Midnight Oil went to England to record and turned to a major label (CBS Records) and a name producer (Glyn Johns) for its third full-length album.
You might have expected this to make for a sonic breakthrough, but you'd be wrong.
The band was experiencing growing pains, trying to stretch musically, and, at least at first, this made for a dilution of their hard rock focus moving toward a pop style they hadn't fully developed.
Place Without a Postcard had its share of powerfully performed songs, but its sound was light compared to the band's first two albums, the stylistic experiments were not yet bearing fruit, and, with an emphasis placed on the vocals, Peter Garrett sounded overly strident.
(Originally released in 1981 in Australia on CBS Records, Place Without a Postcard was re-released in 1990 in the U.S.
on Columbia Records as Columbia 46145.).
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don't Wanna Be the OnePeter Garrett, Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey | Midnight Oil | Play | 03:04 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 2 | Brave FacesPeter Garrett, Jim Moginie | Midnight Oil | Play | 04:47 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 3 | Armistice DayRob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey | Midnight Oil | Play | 04:27 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 4 | Someone Else to BlamePeter Gifford, Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie | Midnight Oil | Play | 02:47 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 5 | Basement FlatPeter Garrett, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey | Midnight Oil | Play | 04:33 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 6 | Written in the HeartRob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey | Midnight Oil | Play | 03:14 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 7 | BurniePeter Garrett, Jim Moginie | Midnight Oil | Play | 04:43 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 8 | Quinella HolidayPeter Garrett, Jim Moginie | Midnight Oil | Play | 02:34 | 5 MB | 16 MB |
| 9 | Loves on SalePeter Garrett, Martin Rotsey | Midnight Oil | Play | 02:21 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 10 | If Ned Kelly Was KingPeter Garrett, Jim Moginie | Midnight Oil | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 11 | Lucky CountryPeter Garrett, Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey | Midnight Oil | Play | 04:49 | 11 MB | 28 MB |
| 41 mins | 93 MB | |||||
| 41 mins | 254 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Butcher | Artwork, Cover Photo, Design, Photography |
| 2 | Sean Fullan | Assistant Engineer |
| 3 | Peter Garrett | Composer, Vocals |
| 4 | Peter Gifford | Bass, Composer |
| 5 | Rob Hirst | Composer, Drums |
| 6 | Glyn Johns | Engineer, Producer |
| 7 | Midnight Oil | Primary Artist |
| 8 | Jim Moginie | Composer, Guitar, Keyboards |
| 9 | Martin Rotsey | Composer, Guitar |
| 10 | Gisele Scales | Violin |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |