Editing Midnight Oil (section)

==== ''Red Sails in the Sunset'' ====
Midnight Oil undertook more politically motivated benefit concerts,<ref name="Howl" /> including organising the [[Stop The Drop]] nuclear disarmament concert in 1983, which received a [[United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Prize]].<ref name="McF" /> ''10 to 1'' was followed by ''[[Red Sails in the Sunset (album)|Red Sails in the Sunset]]'' in October 1984, which was recorded in Japan, produced by Launay again.<ref name="McF" /><ref name="ARDb" /> It peaked at No.&nbsp;1 for four weeks on the Australian charts,<ref name="Kent" /> and charted on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="BillA" /> Singles from the album were released in US and UK but had no chart success.<ref name="McF" /> Whilst the album showed an overreliance on technical wizardry, their lyrical stance was positive.<ref name="McF" /> The band continued to expand their sound and explore themes of politics, consumerism, militarism, the threat of nuclear war and environmental issues.<ref name="Howl" /> The album cover by Japanese artist [[Tsunehisa Kimura]] featured a [[photomontage]] of Sydney – both city and harbour – cratered and devastated after a hypothetical nuclear attack.<ref name="MemTV">{{cite web|url=http://www.memorabletv.com/musicworld/ozrock/ltom.htm |title=Memorable TV – L to M |publisher=Memorable TV |access-date=22 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017142844/http://www.memorabletv.com/musicworld/ozrock/ltom.htm |archive-date=17 October 2008 }}</ref> Live concert footage of "Short Memory" was used in the Australian independent anti-nuclear war movie ''[[One Night Stand (1984 film)|One Night Stand]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087844/soundtrack |title=''One Night Stand'' (1984) soundtrack |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] (IMDb) |access-date=24 October 2008 }}</ref> A promotional video for "Best of Both Worlds", later on ''[[Best of Both Worlds (Midnight Oil album)|Best of Both Worlds]]'', received airplay worldwide on cable music TV station MTV.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491669/ |title=''Best of Both Worlds'' (2004)|publisher=Internet Movie Database (IMDb) |access-date=24 October 2008 }}</ref>

Garrett ran as a [[Nuclear Disarmament Party]] (NDP) candidate for a NSW seat in the [[Australian Senate]] during the December [[1984 Australian federal election|1984 federal election]], Garrett obtained 9.6% of votes but was unable to obtain the required quota of 12.5%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1984/1984senatensw.txt |title=1984 Senate N.S.W. results |publisher=Adam Carr |access-date=22 October 2008 }}</ref> In April 1985, Garrett, with some 30 other members, walked out of the national conference and resigned from the NDP claiming it had been infiltrated by a [[Trotskyist]] group.<ref>{{Cite book |last=MacLellan |first=Nic |date=July 1985 |title=Peace Studies |chapter=The Election and Defection of the NDP |pages=18–19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mansell |first=Ken |title=Peace Studies |chapter=Making Sense of the NDP Split |pages=19–20 }}</ref> Although unsuccessful in that federal election, Garrett was now a recognised public figure.<ref name="McF" />