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The Real Thing is a mostly acoustic live album by Midnight Oil, which includes four additional studio recordings, among them a cover version of Russell Morris's classic "The Real Thing". It was initially issued in Australia with a bonus disk of interview material listed as containing 2 tracks ("Interview" and "Track by track") but the CD was divided into 30 tracks, dividing the interview up so that past albums and each track on "The Real Thing" gets a short discussion followed by snippet from the album or song being discussed. Later international releases had a bonus disk with videos of "Cemetery In My Mind" and "Redneck Wonderland".

The Real Thing
Live album by Midnight Oil
Released	8 July 2000
Recorded	(see track listing)
Genre	Rock
Length	62:20
Label	Sprint Music / Sony Music
Producer	various / Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil chronology
Redneck Wonderland (1998) The Real Thing (2000) Capricornia (2002)
Singles from The Real Thing
"The Real Thing" Released: June 2000 "Spirit of the Age" Released: 2000

Like the band's previous live album Scream in Blue, it was not included in the Full Tank box set, but three of the four studio tracks appear on the b-sides disc of the Overflow Tank box set (the fourth is included on Full Tank as part of Capricornia).

Track listing

1. "The Real Thing" (Johnny Young) 3:32 (studio recording)
2. "Say Your Prayers" (Moginie) 4:27 (studio recording, first released on the album Liberdade - Viva East Timor in 1999)
3. "Spirit of the Age" (Garrett, Moginie) 3:11 (studio recording)
4. "Feeding Frenzy" (Garrett, Moginie) 6:02 – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
5. "Tell Me the Truth" (Garrett, Moginie) 3:36 – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
6. "The Dead Heart" (Garrett, Hirst, Moginie) 6:04 – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
7. "Tin Legs and Tin Mines" (Garrett, Gifford, Moginie, Rotsey) 4:43 – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
8. "Short Memory" (Garrett, Hirst, Moginie) 4:53 – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
9. "In the Valley" (Garrett, Hirst, Moginie) 3:31 – Sony Studios NYC (April 1993) for MTV Unplugged
10. "Blue Sky Mine" (Garrett, Hillman, Hirst, Moginie, Rotsey) 4:25 – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
11. "US Forces" (Garrett, Moginie) 4:24 – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
12. "Warakurna" (Moginie) 4:27 – Sony Studios NYC (April 1993) for MTV Unplugged
13. "Truganini" (Hirst, Moginie) 4:37 – Sony Studios NYC (April 1993) for MTV Unplugged
14. "The Last of the Diggers" (Hirst) 4:19 (studio recording)

Personnel

Midnight Oil

• Peter Garrett - lead vocals, harmonica
• Bones Hillman - bass, vocals
• Rob Hirst - drums, vocals
• Jim Moginie - guitars, organ, harmonium, autoharp
• Martin Rotsey - guitars

Additional personnel

• Chris Abrahams - piano, organ (on all live tracks)
• Basheri - percussion (on MTV Unplugged tracks)
• Sunil de Silva - percussion (on all other live tracks)
• Charlie McMahon - Didgeridoo (on "The Dead Heart")

Horns on "Say Your Prayers":

• Stewart Kirwan - trumpet
• Andrew Bickers - tenor saxophone
• Anthony Kable - trombone

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[1]	7

References

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