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Capricornia
12 songs

Redneck Wonderland
12 songs

Cemetery in My Mind [EP]
4 songs

20,000 Watt R.S.L.: Greatest Hits
18 songs

Breathe
13 songs

Earth and Sun and Moon
11 songs

Scream in Blue Live
13 songs

Blue Sky Mining
10 songs

Diesel and Dust
10 songs

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

Species Deceases
4 songs

Bird Noises
4 songs

Red Sails in the Sunset
12 songs

Place Without a Postcard
11 songs

Midnight Oil
7 songs

Head Injuries
9 songs

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Midnight Oil

 

Midnight Oil, or the Oils to fans, was an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie.[1][2] Vocalist Peter Garrett was studying at Australian National University in Canberra,[1] he answered an advert for a spot in Farm,[3][4] and by 1975 the band was touring the east coast.[1] By late 1976, Garrett moved to Sydney to complete his Law degree,[1][4] and Farm changed its name to Midnight Oil by drawing the name out of a hat.[5]

Important to their development was manager, Gary Morris, who was able to negotiate favourable contracts with tour promoters and record companies and frustrate rock journalists.[1][4] Guitarist Martin Rotsey joined in 1977[2] and Midnight Oil, with Morris, established their own record label Powderworks,[2] which released their debut eponymous album in November 1978 and their first single "Run by Night" followed in December.[1][4] Founding bass guitarist James left due to illness in 1980, he was replaced by Peter Gifford, Gifford was himself replaced by Bones Hillman in 1987.[1][2][4] Through a long and distinguished career, the band became known for its driving hard-rock sound, intense live performances and political activism, particularly in aid of anti-nuclear, environmentalist and indigenous causes.[6]

Midnight Oil’s albums which peaked in the Australian Top Ten were 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Red Sails in the Sunset, Species Deceases, Diesel and Dust, Blue Sky Mining, Scream in Blue, Earth and Sun and Moon, Breathe, 20,000 Watt R.S.L., Redneck Wonderland, The Real Thing, Capricornia and Flat Chat.[7][8] Australian Top Ten singles were "Power and the Passion", "The Dead Heart", "Beds Are Burning" and "Blue Sky Mine".[7][8] Aside from chart success both "Power and the Passion" and "Beds Are Burning" were listed by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in the Top 30 best Australian songs of all time in 2001.[9] In December 2002, Garrett announced that he would seek to further his political career and Midnight Oil disbanded. But they would reform for 2 warm upshows in Canberra leading up to their performance at one of the "Sound Relief" charity concerts, in honour of the victims of the "Black Saturday" fires and the "Queensland Floods".

Midnight Oil won eleven Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards during its career,[10] including induction into the Hall of Fame in 2006.[11][12] At the induction, ARIA chairman Denis Handlin described Midnight Oil as true legends that always led by example in a uniquely Australian way with music that is powerful, uncompromising, inspiring, entertaining and enduring.

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Minutes to Midnight
Red Sails/Place Without a Postcard/10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

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Best of Both Worlds
20,000 Watt R.S.L.: Greatest Hits

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Beds Are Burning
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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King of the Mountain
Blue Sky Mining

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Power and the Passion
20,000 Watt R.S.L.: Greatest Hits

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Blue Sky Mine
Blue Sky Mining

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Read About It
Scream in Blue Live

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Dead Heart
20,000 Watt R.S.L.: Greatest Hits

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Hercules
Species Deceases

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Only the Strong
Scream in Blue Live

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Forgotten Years
Blue Sky Mining

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Sometimes
Diesel and Dust [Australia Bonus Track]

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Power and The Passion
Red Sails/Place Without a Postcard/10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

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One Country
Blue Sky Mining

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Us Forces
Best of Both Worlds

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Put Down That Weapon
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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Lucky Country
Red Sails/Place Without a Postcard/10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

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Sell My Soul
Scream in Blue Live

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Dreamworld
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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Bullroarer
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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Maralinga
Red Sails/Place Without a Postcard/10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

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My Country
Earth and Sun and Moon

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Truganini
20,000 Watt R.S.L.: Greatest Hits

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Warakurna
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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Arctic World
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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Helps Me Helps You
Red Sails/Place Without a Postcard/10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

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Bedlam Bridge
Blue Sky Mining

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When the Generals Talk
Red Sails/Place Without a Postcard/10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

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What Goes On
20,000 Watt R.S.L.: Greatest Hits

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Short Memory
Real Thing [Australian Bonus Interview Disc]

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Minutes to Midnight [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Antarctica
Blue Sky Mining

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Earth and Sun and Moon
Earth and Sun and Moon

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In the Valley
Real Thing

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River Runs Red
Blue Sky Mining

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Kosciuszko
20,000 Watt R.S.L.: Greatest Hits

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White Skin Black Heart
20,000 Watt R.S.L.: Greatest Hits

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Armistice Day [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Renaissance Man
Earth and Sun and Moon

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Short Memory [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Mountains of Burma
Blue Sky Mining

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Shipyards of New Zealand
Red Sails in the Sunset

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Surf's Up Tonight
20,000 Watt R.S.L.: Greatest Hits

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Return to Sender
Redneck Wonderland

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Dream World
Scream in Blue Live

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Gunbarrel Highway [*]
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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US Forces
20,000 Watt R.S.L.: Greatest Hits

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Whoah
Diesel and Dust

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Drop in the Ocean
Redneck Wonderland

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Used and Abused
Midnight Oil

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Shakers and Movers
Blue Sky Mining

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Head Over Heels
Midnight Oil

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Powderworks
Midnight Oil

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Beds Are Burning [DVD][*]
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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Who Can Stand in the Way
Red Sails in the Sunset

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Bushfire
Earth and Sun and Moon

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Capricornia
Capricornia

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World That I See
Capricornia

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Don't Wanna Be the One
Place Without a Postcard

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Say Your Prayers
Real Thing [Australian Bonus Interview Disc]

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Dust
Midnight Oil

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Helps Me Help You [DVD][Live][*]
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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Best of Both Worlds [DVD][Live][*]
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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Crocodile Cries
Capricornia

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Progress
Scream in Blue Live

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Jimmy Sharman's Boxers [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Armistice Day
Red Sails/Place Without a Postcard/10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

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Run by Night
Midnight Oil

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Stars of Warburton
Blue Sky Mining

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Kosciusko
Red Sails in the Sunset

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Drums of Heaven
Earth and Sun and Moon

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Jimmy Sharman's Boxers
Red Sails in the Sunset

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Luritja Way
Capricornia

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Blackfella/Whitefella [DVD][Live][*]
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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Harrisburg
Red Sails in the Sunset

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Back on the Borderline
20,000 Watt R.S.L.: Greatest Hits

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Someone Else to Blame
Place Without a Postcard

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If Ned Kelly Was King
Place Without a Postcard

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Cemetery in My Mind
Redneck Wonderland

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Stand in Line
Flat Chat

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Scream in Blue
Scream in Blue Live

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Blossom and Blood
Species Deceases

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Bakerman
Red Sails/Place Without a Postcard/10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

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Heaven and Earth
Cemetery in My Mind [EP]

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Is It Now?
Head Injuries

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Profiteers
Head Injuries

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Real Thing
Real Thing [Australian Bonus Interview Disc]

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No Reaction
Head Injuries

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Knife's Edge [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Now or Never Land
Earth and Sun and Moon

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Feeding Frenzy
Earth and Sun and Moon

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Power and the Passion [DVD][Live][*]
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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Dead Heart [DVD][*]
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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Kosciuszko [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Burnie
Place Without a Postcard

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Only the Strong [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Sleep [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Quinella Holiday
Red Sails/Place Without a Postcard/10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

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Chat With Midnight Oil-Interview [*]
Real Thing [Australian Bonus Interview Disc]

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Stand in Line [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Brave Faces
Red Sails/Place Without a Postcard/10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

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Gravelrash
Breathe

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Outbreak of Love
Earth and Sun and Moon

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Don't Wanna Be the One [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Pub with No Beer
Capricornia [Germany Bonus Tracks]

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Koala Sprint
Head Injuries

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Bakerman [Instrumental]
Red Sails in the Sunset

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Kosciusko [DVD][Live][*]
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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Lucky Country [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Kiss That Girl [Version for Europe]
Capricornia [Germany Bonus Tracks]

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Waru [DVD][Live][*]
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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Quinella Holiday [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Pictures
20,000 Watts [Video/DVD]

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Poets & Slaves
Capricornia [Germany Bonus Tracks]

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Somebody's Trying to Tell Me Something
Red Sails/Place Without a Postcard/10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

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Naked Flame
Head Injuries

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Underwater
20,000 Watts [Video/DVD]

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No Time for Games [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Tin-Legs and Tin Mines
Red Sails/Place Without a Postcard/10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

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Sleep
Red Sails in the Sunset

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Exxon Protest-1990
20,000 Watts [Video/DVD]

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Golden Age
Capricornia [Germany Bonus Tracks]

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Power & The Passion [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Closing Credits
20,000 Watts [Video/DVD]

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Love Calls Love
No Man's Land

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Warumpinya (Papunya) [DVD][Live][*]
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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Tone Poem
Capricornia

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Gotta Be Strong [DVD][Live][*]
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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Brave Faces [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Best of Both Worlds [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Tin-Legs & Tin Mines
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

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Stand in Line [DVD][Live][*]
Diesel and Dust [CD/DVD]

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Loves on Sale
Place Without a Postcard

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Us Forces [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Poets and Slaves
Capricornia

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End Credits [DVD]
Best of Both Worlds

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Run By Night
Essential Oils

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Outside World
Red Sails/Place Without a Postcard/10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1



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