Diesel and Dust

Critic Score
Based on 2 reviews
1987 Ratings: #30 / 210
User Score
Based on 177 ratings
1987 Ratings: #76
August 1, 1987 / Release Date
LP / Format
Sprint, CBS, Epic, Columbia / Label
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Critic Reviews

90
AllMusic

Diesel and Dust is that rarity, a bid for the larger audience that's also an artistic success and a triumph for leftist politics -- even the Clash never managed that hat trick this well.

80
Rolling Stone

Anyone, anywhere, who has felt the sting of the lash, a heel on the back of the neck or the hate in another man's eyes will hear a piece of himself on Diesel and Dust. The rest of us can revel in it and learn from it. Or choke on it.

TheLilBastard
85

Not exactly the hottest take out there: but I firmly believe that if Midnight Oil were American or British, instead of Australian, they would be much more firmly established in the rock music canon.

ElisPlaylist
93

Definitely one of the most underrated rock albums of the 80s. Well worth a listen

Giwashere
100

Incredible.
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Increíble.

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blackstewie
70

yeah i mean we all know this song

SyntaxError
86

Brilliantly underrated

Zimmy
78

It's decent.

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