20,000 Watt R.S.L.

Infobox Album |
Name = 20,000 Watt R.S.L.
Type = Greatest hits
Artist = Midnight Oil


Released = 12 October 1997
Recorded = 1982-1997
Genre = Rock
Length = 75:55
Label = Sprint Music / CBS Records
Producer =
Reviews = * Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5c811vg1zzza link]
Last album = "Breathe"
(1996)
This album = "20,000 Watt R.S.L."
(1997)
Next album = "Redneck Wonderland"
(1998)

"20,000 Watt R.S.L" is a compilation album by Midnight Oil released in 1997.The album includes two songs from the album "Redneck Wonderland" which was actually released a year later.

Track listing

# "What Goes On" (Midnight Oil) (from "Redneck Wonderland", 1998)
# "Power and the Passion" (Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Peter Garrett) (from "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1", 1982)
# "Dreamworld" (Midnight Oil) (from "Diesel and Dust", 1987)
# "White Skin Black Heart" (Midnight Oil) (from "Redneck Wonderland", 1998)
# "Kosciuszko" (Hirst, Moginie) (from "Red Sails in the Sunset", 1984)
# "The Dead Heart" (Midnight Oil) (from "Diesel and Dust", 1987)
# "Blue Sky Mine" (Midnight Oil) (from "Blue Sky Mining", 1990)
# "US Forces" (Moginie, Garrett) (from "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1", 1982)
# "Beds Are Burning" (Midnight Oil) (from "Diesel and Dust", 1987)
# "One Country" (Moginie/Garrett) (from "Blue Sky Mining", 1990)
# "Best of Both Worlds" (Hirst, Moginie) (from "Red Sails in the Sunset", 1984)
# "Truganini" (Hirst, Moginie) (from "Earth and Sun and Moon", 1993)
# "King of the Mountain" (Hirst, Moginie) (from "Blue Sky Mining", 1990)
# "Hercules" (Moginie, Garrett, Hirst) (from "Species Deceases", 1986)
# "Surf's up Tonight" (Midnight Oil) - from "Breathe", 1996)
# "Back on the Borderline" (Andrew James, Garrett, Hirst) (from "Head Injuries", 1979)
# "Don't Wanna Be the One" (Hirst, Garrett, Martin Rotsey, Moginie) (from "Place without a Postcard", 1981)
# "Forgotten Years" (Hirst, Moginie) (from "Blue Sky Mining", 1990)

Chart positions

Personnel

*Martin Rotsey - guitars
*Jim Moginie - guitars, keyboards, vocals
*Rob Hirst - drums, vocals
*Peter Garrett - vocals, harmonica
*Peter Gifford - bass, vocals on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 17
*Bones Hillman - bass, vocals on tracks 1, 4, 7, 10, 12, 13, 15, 18
*Andrew James - bass on track 16

External links

* [http://www.midnightoil.com Midnight Oil]
* [http://arthedains.com/blog/2007/02/24/20000-watt-rsl/ Mottled Album Review]

succession box
before = "Anthology 1: Greatest Hits 1987-1997"
by John Farnham
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = 26 October - 1 November 1997
after = ""
by Various artists