10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Infobox Album |
Name = 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Type = Album
Artist = Midnight Oil


Released = 1982
Recorded = September 1982 at the Town House, London
Genre = Rock, New Wave
Length = 45:55
Label = Sprint Music / Columbia
Producer = Nick Launay & Midnight Oil
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:09fwxqw5ld6e link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/midnightoil/albums/album/136367/review/5946309/10_9_8_7_6_5_4_3_2_1 link]
* Robert Christgau C+ [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=midnight+oil link]
Last album = "Place Without A Postcard"
(1981)
This album = "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1"
(1982)
Next album = "Red Sails in the Sunset"
(1984)

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1" is an album by Midnight Oil that was released in 1982 under the Columbia Records label. The lengthy name is often pronounced "ten-to-one" or "ten-nine-eight" by fans.Fact|date=August 2008 It is notable for staying on the Australian album charts for over 100 weeks.Fact|date=August 2008 The album's closing track "Somebody's trying to tell me something" contains a note held by the group for what seems like an eternityFact|date=June 2008, which would continue into the album's runout groove, and emulated on the CD version for just over 40 seconds. This is an approximation of a locked groove, a gimmick used a number of times on vinyl albums (such as "Diamond Dogs" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band") where the ending sound would continue into the runout groove, with which the sound would continue on until the turntable arm was lifted off, or the automatic return on some turntables would kick-in.

Track listing

# "Outside World" (James Moginie)
# "Only the Strong" (Robert Hirst, Moginie)
# "Short Memory" (Hirst, Moginie, Peter Garrett)
# "Read about It" (Hirst, Moginie, Garrett)
# "Scream in Blue" (Martin Rotsey, Moginie, Garrett)
# "US Forces" (Moginie, Garrett)
# "Power and the Passion" (Hirst, Moginie, Garrett)
# "Maralinga" (Moginie, Garrett)
# "Tin-legs and Tin Mines" (Rotsey, Moginie, Garrett)
# "Somebody's Trying to Tell Me Something" (Hirst, Rotsey, Moginie, Peter Gifford, Garrett)

Personnel

* Martin Rotsey
* Peter Gifford
* Robert Hirst
* Jim Moginie
* Peter Garrett