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The Real Thing
1.1	The Real Thing Mixed By – Magoo Mixed By [Assisted] – Anton HagopWritten-By – Johnny Young	3:32
1.2	Say Your Prayers Engineer [Additional] – Brent ClarkMixed By – Daniel DenholmProducer, Recorded By – Daniel DenholmSaxophone [Tenor] – Andrew BickersTrombone – Anthony KableTrumpet – Stewart Kirwan	4:27
1.3	Spirit Of The Age Mixed By – Paul McKercher	3:11
1.4	Feeding Frenzy	6:02
1.5	Tell Me The Truth	3:36
1.6	The Dead Heart Didgeridoo – Charlie McMahon*	6:04
1.7	Tin Legs And Tin Mines Written-By – Martin Rotsey, Peter Gifford	4:43
1.8	Short Memory	4:53
1.9	In The Valley	3:31
1.10	Blue Sky Mine Written-By – Bones Hillman, Martin Rotsey	4:25
1.11	US Forces	4:24
1.12	Warakurna	4:27
1.13	Truganini	4:37
1.14	The Last Of The Diggers Mixed By – Paul McKercher	4:19
Bonus Disc
Track 1
2.1	The Real Thing - Interview	1:43
2.2	The Dead Heart - Interview	2:18
2.3	Blue Sky Mine - Interview	1:43
2.4	Short Memory - Interview	1:24
2.5	Truganini - Interview	1:50
2.6	Warakurna - Interview	2:08
2.7	Spirit Of The Age - Interview	0:52
2.8	Say Your Prayers - Interview	1:00
2.9	The Last Of The Diggers - Interview	1:50
2.10	In The Valley - Interview	3:04
2.11	Tell Me The Truth - Interview	2:30
2.12	Short Memory - Interview	1:34
2.13	Tin Legs And Tin Mines - Interview	1:50
2.14	Feeding Frenzy - Interview	2:21
2.15	The Dead Heart - Interview	2:18
2.16	The Real Thing - Interview	1:38
Track 2
2.17	The Real Thing - Track By Track	3:11
2.18	Say Your Prayers - Track By Track	2:20
2.19	Spirit Of The Age - Track By Track	1:40
2.20	Feeding Frenzy - Track By Track	2:21
2.21	Tell Me The Truth - Track By Track	2:29
2.22	The Dead Heart - Track By Track	3:27
2.23	Tin Legs And Tin Mines - Track By Track	2:14
2.24	Short Memory - Track By Track	2:34
2.25	In The Valley - Track By Track	1:48
2.26	Blue Sky Mine - Track By Track	1:44
2.27	US Forces - Track By Track	1:34
2.28	Warakurna - Track By Track	2:08
2.29	Truganini - Track By Track	1:50
2.30	The Last Of The Diggers - Track By Track	1:56
Track 3
2.Video1	Cemetery In My Mind
2.Video2	The Redneck Wonderland

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Festival Studios
• Recorded At – Metro Theatre
• Recorded At – Sony Music Studios, New York City

Credits

• Bass – Bones Hillman
• Drums, Percussion – Rob Hirst
• Guitar – Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey
• Harmonica – Peter Garrett
• Harmonium, Harp [Auto] – Jim Moginie
• Interviewer – Andrew Turner
• Mastered By – Tim Young
• Mixed By – Midnight Oil (tracks: 1.2, 1.3, 1.14), Nick Launay (tracks: 1.9, 1.12, 1.13), Paul McKercher (tracks: 1.4 to 1.8, 1.10, 1.11)
• Mixed By [Assisted] – Fabian Weston (tracks: 1.2 to 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.14), Pete (tracks: 1.9, 1.12, 1.13)
• Organ – Chris Abrahams (tracks: 1.4 to 1.13), Jim Moginie
• Other [Manager] – Gary Morris
• Percussion – Basheri (tracks: 1.4 to 1.13), Sunil de Silva (tracks: 1.4 to 1.8, 1.10, 1.11)
• Piano – Chris Abrahams (tracks: 1.4 to 1.13)
• Producer – Midnight Oil
• Recorded By – Jay Vicari (tracks: 1.9, 1.12, 1.13), Keith Walker (tracks: 1.4 to 1.8, 1.10, 1.11), Paul McKercher (tracks: 1.1 to 1.3, 1.14)
• Recorded By [Assisted] – Matt Lovell (tracks: 1.1 to 1.3, 1.14), Mike Fisher (tracks: 1.9, 1.12, 1.13)
• Vocals – Bones Hillman, Jim Moginie, Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst
• Written-By – Jim Moginie (tracks: 1.2 to 1.13), Peter Garrett (tracks: 1.3 to 1.11), Rob Hirst (tracks: 1.6, 1.8 to 1.10, 1.13, 1.14)

Notes

On disc The Real Thing: 498278.2
On bonus disc: 498278.9
Standard thickness jewel case with clear center flip for 2 CDs

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 14 Recorded at Festival Studios, Sydney Australia
Tracks 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 Recorded at The Metro Theatre, October 1994, Sydney Australia
Tracks 9, 12, 13 Recorded Sony Studios, April 1993, NYC USA for MTV Unplugged.

The bonus disc is labeled as 3 tracks.
Track 1 is broken into 16 tracks each with a 15 seconds of a song, then an interview with the band.
Track 2 is broken into 14 tracks with a 15 seconds of a song, then a discussion on the meaning of the song.
Track 3 is actually two MPeg Videos for PC or Mac.

Track 2 from the album Liberdade - Viva East Timor
Tracks 7, 8, 11 from the album 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Tracks 6, 12 from the album Diesel And Dust
Track 10 from the album Blue Sky Mining
Tracks 4, 5, 9, 13 from the album Earth And Sun And Moon
Tracks 1, 3, 14 unreleased

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 9 399700 078503
• Barcode (Scanned): 9399700078503
• Matrix / Runout (CD1): 0150525-498278.2 01 SEMA
• Matrix / Runout (Bonus disc): 0151011-498278.9 01 SEMA
• Mastering SID Code (CD1, Bonus disc): IFPI L681
• Mould SID Code (CD1, Bonus disc): IFPI 6521

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
498278.2	Midnight Oil	The Real Thing ‎(CD, Album)	Columbia	498278.2	Australia	2000
498278.2	Midnight Oil	The Real Thing ‎(CD, Album)	Columbia	498278.2	Indonesia	2000
SAMP 2251	Midnight Oil	The Real Thing ‎(CD, Album, Promo, Smplr)	Sony Music Australia Limited, Columbia	SAMP 2251	Australia	2000
498278.9, COL 498278.2	Midnight Oil	The Real Thing ‎(CD, Comp, Ltd + CD, Enh, Ltd)	Columbia, Columbia	498278.9, COL 498278.2	France	2000
498278.2	Midnight Oil	The Real Thing ‎(CD, Album)	Columbia	498278.2	Australia	2000