Editing Redneck Wonderland

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Redneck Wonderland
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Midnight Oil]]
| cover        = MidnightOil RedneckWonderland Original.jpg
| alt          = 
| caption      = Original Australian cover<ref>{{cite web | title = Midnight Oil - Redneck Wonderland | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/589178-Midnight-Oil-Redneck-Wonderland}}</ref>
| released     = July 1998
| recorded     = 1997–1998
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = *[[Alternative rock]]
*[[electronic rock]]
*[[hard rock]]
*[[trip hop]]
| length       = 47:01
| label        = Sprint Music, [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer     = [[Warne Livesey]], [[Magoo (Australian producer)|Magoo]], Midnight Oil
| prev_title   = [[20,000 Watt R.S.L.]]
| prev_year    = 1997
| next_title   = [[The Real Thing (Midnight Oil album)|The Real Thing]]
| next_year    = 2000
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Redneck Wonderland
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = White Skin Black Heart
 | single1date = 1997
 | single2     = Cemetery in My Mind
 | single2date = 1998
 | single3     = What Goes On
 | single3date = 1998
 | single4     = Redneck Wonderland
 | single4date = 1998
}}
{{Extra album cover
 | header  = Alternative cover
 | type    = studio
 | cover   = MidnightOil_RedneckWonderland.jpg
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption = US cover<ref>{{cite web | title = Midnight Oil - Redneck Wonderland | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/414076-Midnight-Oil-Redneck-Wonderland}}</ref>

}}}}
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r380858|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review]</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev2score = B<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128052833/https://ew.com/article/1998/11/13/redneck-wonderland/|title=Redneck Wonderland|website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|last=Lanham|first=Tom|date=13 November 1998|access-date=4 April 2025}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev3Score = 7.5/10<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011224140951/http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/midnight-oil/redneck-wonderland.shtml Midnight Oil: Redneck Wonderland: Pitchfork Review]</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA541&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|website=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=4 April 2025}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''Redneck Wonderland''''' is the tenth [[studio album]] by [[Midnight Oil]] that was released in July 1998 under the [[Columbia Records]] label, which peaked at No.7 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Albums Chart]].<ref name="AusCharts">{{cite web | url = http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Midnight+Oil  |title = Midnight Oil discography | publisher = Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien | last = Hung | first = Steffen | accessdate = 29 May 2015 }}</ref> The title of the album was inspired by a wall [[graffiti]], a picture of which can be seen in the [[Promotional recording|promotional]] [[Oil Rag]] Vol. VI issued along with album release.
The album was certified Gold in Australia in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesaria-charts-accreditations-albums-2014.htm|title = Accreditations - ARIA}}</ref> The album's eponymous song was ranked number 93 in [[Triple M]]'s "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time.<ref>{{cite news|work=Musicfeeds|title=Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'|url= http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/songs-made-triple-ms-ozzest-100/|accessdate=4 January 2020|date=27 January 2018}}</ref> The album marked a shift to an electronic influenced hard rock style.

==Reception==
''[[Australian Musician]]'' said, "Midnight Oil are again looking into the future with an album that will startle many listeners. Utilising contemporary production techniques to achieve a brutal, dynamic and completely contemporary production sound, The Oils are striking out in a new direction once again."<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= Australian Musician | title=A Studio Tour| date=Winter 1998|page=15|issue=14}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline        = ''Redneck Wonderland'' track listing
| title1          = Redneck Wonderland
| writer1         = Hirst, Moginie
| length1         = 3:08
| title2          = Concrete
| writer2         = Garrett, Hirst, Moginie
| length2         = 4:12
| title3          = Cemetery in My Mind
| writer3         = Garrett, Hirst, Moginie
| length3         = 3:57
| title4          = Comfortable Place on the Couch
| writer4         = Hirst, Moginie
| length4         = 4:08
| title5          = Safety Chain Blues
| writer5         = Garrett, Moginie
| length5         = 4:21
| title6          = Return to Sender
| writer6         = Moginie
| length6         = 3:31
| title7          = Blot
| writer7         = Garrett, Hirst, Moginie
| length7         =  3:24
| title8          = The Great Gibber Plain
| writer8         = Hirst, Moginie
| length8         = 4:38
| title9          = Seeing Is Believing
| writer9         = Garrett, Hirst, Moginie
| length9         = 4:28
| title10         = White Skin Black Heart
| writer10        = Garrett, Hirst, Moginie
| length10        = 4:01
| title11         = What Goes On
| writer11        = Hirst, Moginie
| length11        = 3:00
| title12         = Drop in the Ocean
| note12          =
| writer12        = Moginie
| length12        = 4:13
}}
Writing credits sourced from APRA WebWorks search engine, November 2009.<ref>[http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt AMCOS search screen]</ref>

==Song notes==
* "Concrete" originally performed as "Free My Soul;" known to be played on ''[[20,000 Watt R.S.L.]]'' tour.<ref name="The Dead Heart Midnight Oil FAQ"/>
* "Cemetery in My Mind" known to be played on ''20,000 Watt R.S.L.'' tour.
* "Comfortable Place on the Couch" originally performed as "Haulaway;" known to be played on ''20,000 Watt R.S.L.'' tour.<ref name="The Dead Heart Midnight Oil FAQ">[http://www.deadheart.org.uk/news_and_info/faq/album_faq/redneck_wonderland.htm The Dead Heart Midnight Oil FAQ], retrieved 5 August 2007.</ref>
* "Safety Chain Blues" originally performed as "Warm Babies;" known to be played on ''20,000 Watt R.S.L.'' tour.<ref name="The Dead Heart Midnight Oil FAQ"/>
* "Blot" known to be played on ''20,000 Watt R.S.L.'' tour. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbtDVttEtGM (video of 22 November 1997 performance)]
* "White Skin Black Heart" & "What Goes On" both first released on ''20,000 Watt R.S.L.''; known to be played on ''20,000 Watt R.S.L.'' tour.
* "Return to Sender", "The Great Gibber Plain" and "Drop in the Ocean" were all played on the ''Redneck Wonderland'' tour, the latter two having rare appearances in 2017 on ''The Great Circle Tour'' and "Drop in the Ocean" being part of the final concert of the final tour in 2022 (which was also the longest Midnight Oil show ever)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Midnight Oil Setlist at Hordern Pavilion, Sydney |url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/midnight-oil/2022/hordern-pavilion-sydney-australia-3b1ed57.html |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=setlist.fm |language=en}}</ref>

==The tour==
The tour is noted for the use of a wheel featuring the titles of 64 Midnight Oil tracks. Most tracks from ''Redneck Wonderland'' were not played after the tour ended; the title track was generally the only song played, often as the opening track to shows on the ''[[Capricornia (album)|Capricornia]]'' tour. The track was later placed elsewhere in the set list; "Concrete" and "Comfortable Place on the Couch" occasionally reappeared.

==Personnel==
===Midnight Oil===
* [[Peter Garrett]] - lead vocals
* [[Bones Hillman]] - bass, vocals
* [[Rob Hirst]] - drums, vocals
* [[Jim Moginie]] - guitar, keyboards, synthesiser, vocals
* [[Martin Rotsey]] - guitar

===Additional musicians===
* [[Jeremy Smith (Australian musician)|Jeremy Smith]] (of [[Hunters and Collectors|H&C]]) - French horn
* Helen Mountfort - cello
* Hope Csutoros - violin

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (1998)
!scope="col"| Peak<br>position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|7|artist=Midnight Oil|album=Redneck Wonderland|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 November 2018}}
|}

==Certifications==
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Midnight Oil|title=Redneck Wonderland |award=Gold|certyear=2014|refname="Album Certification"|access-date=31 December 2014}}
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.midnightoil.com Midnight Oil]

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