Midnight Oil

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Henry Lutte hlutte@telus.net
Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:25:08 -0800 

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Hi folks;
     This was in todays local paper.
Three and a half stars for Capricornia.

     Midnight Oil obviously took a page from the U2 handbook and got =
back to some much needed basics on Capricornia, its first album of new =
material in four years.  The band has regressed a decade on its 11th =
studio effort, sounding as vibrant and masterful as it once did on =
career standouts like 1990's Blue Sky Mining and 1993's Earth and Sun =
and Moon.
     The band isn't operating at the level it once was, but Midnight Oil =
stages quite a bit of a comback by employing a more tuneful approach to =
Capricornias politically leaning rock.  And while it's completely =
refreshing to hear a band over 30 years old still playing off its own =
creativity, the group avoids sounding like a shameless sell-out.  =
Midnight Oil still has something to say, and on Capricornia the band =
says it with a renewed sense of purpose. =20

Cheers

Henry

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi folks;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Three and a half stars for=20
Capricornia.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Midnight Oil =
obviously=20
took a page from the U2 handbook and got back to some much needed basics =
on=20
Capricornia, its first album of new material in four years.&nbsp; The =
band has=20
regressed a decade on its 11th studio effort, sounding as vibrant and =
masterful=20
as it once did on career standouts like 1990's Blue Sky Mining and =
1993's Earth=20
and Sun and Moon.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The band isn't =
operating=20
at the level it once was, but Midnight Oil stages quite a bit of a =
comback by=20
employing a more tuneful approach to Capricornias politically leaning=20
rock.&nbsp; And while it's completely refreshing to hear a band over 30 =
years=20
old still playing off its own creativity, the group avoids sounding like =
a=20
shameless sell-out.&nbsp; Midnight Oil still has something to say, and =
on=20
Capricornia the band says it with a renewed sense of purpose.&nbsp;=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cheers</FONT></DIV>
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