Midnight Oil - Head Injuries

Review by Ananta Christyana

Midnight Oil's album Head Injuries, released in 1979, is a powerful and politically charged collection of songs that showcases the band's unique blend of punk, rock, and social commentary. The album opens with the driving and urgent "Cold Cold Change," which sets the tone for the rest of the record. The band's signature sound, driven by Peter Garrett's passionate vocals and the tight rhythm section of drummer Rob Hirst and bassist Bones Hillman, is on full display throughout the album.

The standout tracks on Head Injuries include "Section 5 (Bus to Bondi)," a rollicking punk anthem that captures the energy and chaos of urban life, and "Stand In Line," a scathing indictment of the conformity and apathy that the band saw in society. "Power and the Passion" is another standout, with its driving beat and catchy chorus making it one of the band's most enduring hits.

Artist: Midnight Oil
Album: Head Injuries

1987

Rating: 3.64

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Tracks

Track	Duration	Preview
La Carrera Del Koala
Sin Reaccion
Back On The Borderline
Section 5	2:58
Cambio Frio
Section 5 (Bus to Bondi)	03:00
Stand in Line	04:48
Is It Now?
Naked Flame
Section 5 ( Bus to Bondi )	2:58
No Reaction
Section 5 (Bus To Bondi)
Regreso A La Frontera
Back on the Borderline	03:08
Cold Cold Change
Section 5 (Bus To Bond)
Profiteers
Fuego Desnudo
Koala Spirit	5:09
Formate
Es Ahora?
Extraños
Cold Cold Chance	3:29
Seccion 5
Stand In Line
Koala Sprint
Section 5

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Midnight Oil - 3 - Naked Flame - Head Injuries (1979)

Midnight Oil - 6 - No Reaction - Head Injuries (1979)

Midnight Oil - 2 - Section 5 (Bus To Bondi) - Head Injuries (1979)

Midnight Oil - 9 - Is It Now - Head Injuries (1979)

Midnight Oil - 8 - Profiteers - Head Injuries (1979)

Midnight Oil - 7 - Stand In Line - Head Injuries (1979)

Midnight Oil - 4 - Back On The Borderline - Head Injuries (1979)

Midnight Oil - 5 - Koala Sprint - Head Injuries (1979)

Midnight Oil - 1 - Cold Cold Change - Head Injuries (1979)

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CBS, Sprint Music
Powderworks, Sprint Music
Sony Music Special Products
CBS, Discos CBS
Columbia
Columbia, Sprint Music
Powderworks
Stunn
CBS
Sony Music
Musart
CBS/Sony
Sony Music, Columbia, Sprint Music
Sprint Music, Midnight Oil Records, Columbia
CBS, Columbia, Sprint Music

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ascolta in linea
lytte på nettet
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180g
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Companies

Role	Company
Recorded At	Trafalgar Studios
Mastered At	EMI Studios 301
Manufactured By	Sony Music Special Products
Phonographic Copyright (p)	Midnight Oil
Copyright (c)	Midnight Oil
Distributed By	Sony Music
Glass Mastered At	DADC Austria
Published By	Sprint Music
Made By	7 Records Pty Limited
Licensed From	Powderworks
Remastered At	Studios 301
Record Company	Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited

Credits

Role	Credit
Engineer	Peter J. Walker
Mastered By	Richard Mott
Producer	Leszek J. Karski
Artwork	Silver Bullet
Bass	Andrew James
Backing Vocals	Andrew James
Concept By	Midnight Oil
Drums	Rob Hirst
Guitar	Martin Rotsey
Keyboards	Jim Moginie
Management	Gary Morris
Photography By	Philip Morris
Vocals	Peter Garrett
Written-By	James (tracks: 4), James Moginie (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 9), Martin Rotsey (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 8), Peter Garrett (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 7, 9), Robert Hirst (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 8)
Photography	Philip Morris
Artwork By	Silver Bullet
Graphic Design	Mitch Storck
Remastered By	Steve Smart
Design Concept	Midnight Oil

Notes

Recorded at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney, Australia July / August, 1979
Same catalog number as "Head Injuries", but differs as follows:
Barcode in upper right corner of back cover
Back cover image is contained in a black frame. Track listing and Sprint logo on black background.
Different Sprint logo: hand extended to the right
Labels have white print on black background
Mastered at EMI Studios, Sydney.
Originally released in 1979.
℗ 1979
Sticker on foil: 'NICE PRICE' from Sony Music 11-049742-40
Recorded at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney, Australia, July/August 1979.
Mastered at EMI Studios, Sydney, Australia.
Made in Austria. ℗ 1979 Midnight Oil © 1979 Midnight Oil/CBS and CBS (R) CBS Inc.
Released with an inner sleeve that has a photo montage of gig posters on one side and track listing, lyrics and credits on the other.
Labels:
(All titles published by Sprint/Rondor)
Sound recording made by 7 Records P/L.
f(P) in Aust. 1979
This record was made in Australia by 7 Records Pty Limited.
This release is the similar to Head Injuries but positioning of catalog number on labels is a different spot and slightly different wording.
No matrix in the runout grooves.
Includes lyric inner sleeve.
Australian Performance/Australian Compositions
Same catalog number as this release but differs as follows:
Labels have white print on yellow background
Released in an outer sleeve, and an inner sleeve with a photo montage of gig posters on one side, and tracklisting, lyrics and credits on the other.
Features of this release:
there are LP and cassette catalog no.s on the upper right corner of the rear of the outer sleeve
"10/79/BC" is in the bottom left hand corner of the rear of the outer sleeve
there is no matrix no.
the catalog no. is immediately below "Side X" on the right hand side of the label
the writing round the circumference begins "THIS RECORD WAS MADE IN AUSTRALIA BY 7 RECORDS PTY LIMITED."
the artist name is immediately below the release title (which is immediately below the spindle hole)
(see picture)
Inner sleeve:
All song titles Sprint/Rondor
Recorded at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney, Australia July/August, 1979
Mastered at EMI Studios, Sydney, Australia
Art Studio Silver Bullet
Sound rec. made by 7 Records P/L.
first pub. ℗ in Aust. 1979
As Mint as a record from 1979 can be. Pretty Damn Good.
Silver Bullet credited with 'Art Studio' and Mitch Storck with 'Updated Vinyl Design'.
Release year on the back of the sleeve states 2016. Release year stated by end distributors/sellers (JB Hi Fi, Amazon etc) 25/08/2017.
According to Studios 301, they remastered it in 2008 for Sony BMG (studios301.com/our-work/head-injuries-remastered/).
No reference on sleeve etc to Rondor or RCA of the original release.
This is said to be the first non-Australian release by Midnight Oil.
No inner sleeve.
Paper sleeves are exact copies of previous releases, only the CD itself is different and with an 'R' added to the catalogue number to indicate Remastered. Plastic case has two stickers on the front: "Digitally Remastered" and "In support of The Making of Midnight Oil Exhibition"
Recorded at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney, Australia
Label: white writing on blue background
first pub. (P) in Aust. 1979
MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED BY RCA LIMITED.
This release is the same as Head Injuries except for the "MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED BY RCA LIMITED' printed in the outer rim on the labels.
Recorded at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney, Australia July / August 1979.
Made in Australia by Disctronics Limited.
℗ & © 1979 Midnight Oil.
"Austrailian Performance/Austrailian Compositions"
Distributed by CBS Music Products Inc
Printed in Canada
This release is slightly different from release 526729, in terms of the formatting of the tracklisting, credits, and publishing details on the labels.
Manufactured and distributed by RCA Limited.
No CD release year on packaging or label
This differs from another similar release in terms of the label artwork.
Booklet:
CD label:
Manufactured in Australia by Sony Music Australia Limited
℗ 1979 Midnight Oil.
Australian Performance
Australian Compositions
Columbia is the exclusive trademark of Sony Music
Entertainment Inc.

Barcodes

Barcode: 5099745090310
Label Code: LC 0149
Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped): 02 450903 20 1A1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped): 02 450903 20 1B1
Barcode (Scanned): 079893421322
Barcode (Text): 0 7989-34213-2 2
Matrix / Runout: DIDP-072571 5
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L330
Mould SID Code: IFPI 1T03
Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): 188.096 1-467459 450903-1/A
Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): 188.096 1-467459 450903-1/B
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, etched): 188.096 A 1-467459 EL 450903-1/A (p)1990 C 1-1-8
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, etched): 188.096 B 1-467459 EL C 450903-1/B 7 1-1
Barcode: 5 099745 090341
Price Code: CB 431
Price Code: 52
Barcode: 0 7464-46134-4
Barcode (Printed): 5 099745 090327
Rights Society: BIEM / STEMRA
Matrix / Runout (CD Front): 02-450903-10
Matrix / Runout: CDCBS-450903 13 A1 MASTERED BY DADC AUSTRIA
Other (Distribution Code): CB 701
Other: CDM
Other (Outer Sleeve): 10/79/BC
Matrix / Runout (On labels): MLF-322-A
Matrix / Runout (On labels): MLF-322-B
Matrix / Runout (Runout (Etched) Side 1): STUNN 014 A
Matrix / Runout (Runout (Etched) Side 2): STUNN 014 B
Rights Society: SGAE
Barcode: 9 399745 090324
Label Code: LC 0199
Matrix / Runout: MADE BY DISCTRONICS (H) W.O. 13131-1 4509032
Barcode: 7464-46134-2
Matrix / Runout: 1A CK46134 01 A
Matrix / Runout (Inner clear part of matrix): CMU P 26
Matrix / Runout (Outer matrix): "COLUMBIA" REG. U.S. PAT & ™. OFF. MARCA REGISTRADA
Matrix / Runout ((Side 1, stamped)): 02 450903 20 1A1
Matrix / Runout ((Side 2, stamped)): 02 450903 20 1B1
Label Code: LC-149
Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Groove Stamped): BG 48073-01 A1
Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Groove Stamped): BG 48073-01 B1
Barcode: 0889853391714
Barcode: 5 099745 090327
Matrix / Runout: CDCBS-450903 13 MASTERED BY DADC AUSTRIA
Label Code: LC 0162
Price Code: CB 701
Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA
Barcode (Text): 0 7464 - 46134 - 2
Barcode (Scanned): 074644613421
SPARS Code: AAD
Other (On Mould (Variant 1)): CMU P 26
Other (On Mould (Variant 2)): CMU P 77
Matrix / Runout: A0101038155-0101 12 Sony DADC
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LV87
Mould SID Code: IFPI 651D
Barcode: 0 889854 785727
Mould SID Code: IFPI 6552
Barcode (Text): 5 099745 090310
Barcode (Scanned): 5099745090310
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): MX218663
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): MX218664
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, hand-etched): Δ MX 218663 450903.1 S1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, hand-etched): Å MX218664 450903 1 2
Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Groove Stamped): MLF 322 A
Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Groove Stamped): MLF 322 B
Barcode: 5099745090341
Matrix / Runout: MADE BY DISCTRONICS B. ** 450903.2 ** 201
Barcode: 0 7464-46134-2
Matrix / Runout: #9006056 WCK-46134
Other (Outer sleeve): 10/79/BC
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout groove stamped): MLF 322 A
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout groove stamped): MLF 322 B
Other: CB 431
Other: 52
Other: LC 0149
Barcode (Text on tray insert): 9 399745 090324
Label Code (On tray insert): LC 0199
Matrix / Runout: ** 450903.2 ** <DB> #06 SONY MUSIC AUSTRALIA

Summary by Ananta Christyana

The album also features some slower, more introspective tracks, like "Someone Else to Blame" and "No Reaction," which showcase the band's ability to convey emotion and vulnerability through their music. Head Injuries is a powerful and thought-provoking album that still resonates today. It's a must-listen for fans of Midnight Oil and anyone interested in socially conscious rock music.

Comments

jeniffermo

My favourite Oils album. They may have gone on to produce more complex albums but none as fast, furious and passionate as this one.

abc115

Oils for Life

digitalcontmx

Rush meets Beastie Boys

feriacambioyfuera139864326

Gotta love the early Oils. So much better than their later stuff. Raw, energetic and less mainstream.

lillymartinx1

Love the military paradittle at the end. #cadence

jaredbiney

drums

dskyers88

good stalking music.lol.

mexicopolitano

Day 6140. 2 x 2 x 5 x 307. All my urine til 3.00pm then dried figs and green grapes and a few bites of apple and a few peashoota then more urine then more grapes and apple and peashoota at 7.00pm. No change.

mountainview775

jazz intro .wtf ? heavy punk riff...another classic

isabellaswanh911

Got to Sydney in 1980. This, and the Midnight Oil albums were being advertised on the telly. Being a young boy from Perth, I had never seen this level of promotion for a local band before, but bloody hell - The country picked a winner!

romaltrove

They yoused to rock wife da best of em sic.

phanmemdangtinmienphi263581

Is this Song from 1980? I thought it was from 1989, 1990....

nguyenthanhhung020902

Putain mais quel morceau du pur ROCK N ROLL!!!, et quelle énergie !!!, on dirait un peu du punk sans vraiment être punk, aucune étiquette, et c'est ça qui est bien finalement, j adore les groupes qui se foute aucune étiquette au cul, pas comme tout ces groupes punk de cette époque, la boucle est boucler

njldirect

'And sometimes when a thousand voicesr tell you that you're wrong ...

A saint in any formr becomes a sinner all along'

kolyanchik919

Bald people should get more votes.

falihjordan123456789

Funk out of Sydney 1979?
- Oils

"Laugh a lot, cry a lot salt and pepper suppersex..."

webosis

day 3986.

rhodorarealestate

lost a lot of sweat to these guys 1980

sideraorion

Universe is odd..

okcannabisgrowersforum

Fantastic song.

tamrynjadeblomerus

Strutting, swinging and swaying down Bondi Rd, along Campbell Parade up to North Bondi headland, ? in one ✋,billy in the other, hot chicks in tow, oils blasting in symphony with the sound of the ? s breaking. Rewind and hit the Play button, again and again untill the 365 comes back around.