Capricornia is Midnight Oil's final studio album, released in 2001 in Austr… Read Full Bio ↴Capricornia is Midnight Oil's final studio album, released in 2001 in Australia and 2002 worldwide.
To many, it showed a return to the strength of the Oils' most popular albums, diesel and dust, Blue sky mining and Earth and sun and moon. It was produced by Warne Livesey, who had already worked on Diesel and Dust and Blue Sky Mining.
The name and concept of Capricornia was taken from the novel of the same name written by the Australian author Xavier Herbert. The name Capricornia refers to part of the Queensland coast and inland region around Rockhampton, which is close to the Tropic of Capricorn.
Capricornia was finished in early 2001 and released in Australia later the same year, but the band's overseas recording contract with Sony Music/COlumbia had expired after the release of The real thing in 2000.
The band eventually signed with the newly founded record label Liquid 8 in the US, where Capricornia was released on 19 February 2002. The US version contains one bonus track:
• say your prayers - originally released in 2000 on the real thing (which did not see an official US release).
Europe was the last region to see a release, in November 2002, after the band's management concluded a follow-up deal with their previous label, Sony Music/COlumbia. The European release of Capricornia contains two bonus tracks:
• kiss that girl - a new song exclusive to the European edition of Capricornia. The last new song released by the band, it has not appeared on any other release before or since Capricornia.
• pub with no beer - cover of a Slim Dusty song, originally released in 1998 on the tribute album Not So Dusty: A Tribute To Slim Dusty, as well as on the Australian version of the Redneck Wonderland single, released in the same year.
A DTS-Version of the album was released in late 2002 (Europe: early 2003).
To many, it showed a return to the strength of the Oils' most popular albums, diesel and dust, Blue sky mining and Earth and sun and moon. It was produced by Warne Livesey, who had already worked on Diesel and Dust and Blue Sky Mining.
The name and concept of Capricornia was taken from the novel of the same name written by the Australian author Xavier Herbert. The name Capricornia refers to part of the Queensland coast and inland region around Rockhampton, which is close to the Tropic of Capricorn.
Capricornia was finished in early 2001 and released in Australia later the same year, but the band's overseas recording contract with Sony Music/COlumbia had expired after the release of The real thing in 2000.
The band eventually signed with the newly founded record label Liquid 8 in the US, where Capricornia was released on 19 February 2002. The US version contains one bonus track:
• say your prayers - originally released in 2000 on the real thing (which did not see an official US release).
Europe was the last region to see a release, in November 2002, after the band's management concluded a follow-up deal with their previous label, Sony Music/COlumbia. The European release of Capricornia contains two bonus tracks:
• kiss that girl - a new song exclusive to the European edition of Capricornia. The last new song released by the band, it has not appeared on any other release before or since Capricornia.
• pub with no beer - cover of a Slim Dusty song, originally released in 1998 on the tribute album Not So Dusty: A Tribute To Slim Dusty, as well as on the Australian version of the Redneck Wonderland single, released in the same year.
A DTS-Version of the album was released in late 2002 (Europe: early 2003).
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