Editing Diesel and Dust (section)

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/diesel-and-dust-mw0000651747 |title=''Diesel and Dust'' – Midnight Oil |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2 October 2015 |last=Deming |first=Mark}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Dingwall|first=John|date=20 June 2008|title=Albums|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/ALBUMS%3B+singles+and+albums-a0180339570|work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|access-date=1 March 2022}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |title=[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-06-ca-680-story.html |title=Burning Midnight Oil |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=6 March 1988 |access-date=10 October 2015 |last=Willman |first=Chris}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
| rev5Score = 9/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/midnight-oil-diesel-and-dust-2496144108.html |title=Midnight Oil: Diesel and Dust |work=[[PopMatters]] |date=19 June 2008 |access-date=16 June 2018 |last=Gilstrap |first=Andrew}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/midnightoil/albums/album/203471/review/5945431/diesel_and_dust |title=Midnight Oil: ''Diesel And Dust'' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=7 April 1988 |access-date=2 October 2015 |last=Fricke |first=David |author-link=David Fricke |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111203545/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/midnightoil/albums/album/203471/review/5945431/diesel_and_dust |archive-date=11 November 2007}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev7Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Midnight Oil |last=Fricke |first=David |author-link=David Fricke |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |edition=4th |year=2004 |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/541 541–42] |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide }}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev9Score = B+<ref name="Christgau">{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv289-89.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |location=New York |date=14 March 1989 |access-date=29 April 2013 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
}}
According to Australian rock music historian [[Ian McFarlane]], Midnight Oil "reached the peak of its powers with the release of the groundbreaking ''Diesel and Dust''... [it] is arguably one of the greatest Australian albums of all time. Powerful, dynamic and passionate songs like 'Beds are Burning', 'Put Down that Weapon', 'Dreamworld', 'The Dead Heart' and 'Sell My Soul' were statements of intent and a call to action backed by the strength of their convictions".<ref name="McF"/> Mark Deming of [[AllMusic]] called the record "an artistic success and a triumph for leftist politics" which "makes clear that the bandmembers could apply their intelligence and passion to less aggressive material and still come up with forceful, compelling music".<ref name="allmusic"/>