# Flat Chat

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2006 compilation album by Midnight Oil

Flat Chat Compilation album by Midnight Oil Released 14 August 2006 (2006-08-14) Recorded 1978–2002 Genre Rock Length 68:25 Label Sony BMG Midnight Oil chronology Best of Both Worlds (2004) Flat Chat (2006) Essential Oils (2012)

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***Flat Chat*** is a [compilation album](/source/Compilation_album) from the Australian rock band, [Midnight Oil](/source/Midnight_Oil). It is a collection of their heavier rock songs, which gave them their reputation.[2] *Flat Chat* peaked at No. 21 on the [ARIA Albums Chart](/source/ARIA_Charts).[3]

The title is taken from a lyric in their 1982 song, "[Power and the Passion](/source/Power_and_the_Passion_(song))".[4] The Australian [slang](/source/Slang) expression *flat chat* is used for "at the limit of one's powers or resources" or "working or moving as fast as possible".[5]

Of the 18 songs included in *Flat Chat*, four had previously been included in Midnight Oil's compilation album *[20,000 Watt R.S.L.](/source/20%2C000_Watt_R.S.L.)* (1997), and twelve would later be included in Midnight Oil's most comprehensive compilation album, *[Essential Oils](/source/Essential_Oils_(album))* (2012).

## Track listing

1. Only the Strong - 4:34

1. Progress - 3:57

1. Don't Wanna Be the One - 2:59

1. Dreamworld - 3:35

1. Hercules - 4:28

1. Read About It - 3:56

1. Section 5 (Bus to Bondi) - 3:00

1. Cold Cold Change - 3:29

1. Redneck Wonderland - 3:08

1. Tell Me the Truth - 4:03

1. Stand in Line - 4:48

1. Pictures - 3:13

1. Written in the Heart - 3:10

1. Mosquito March - 3:07

1. No Time for Games - 4:34

1. Best of Both Worlds - 4:04

1. Say Your Prayers - 4:25

1. Run by Night - 3:55

## Charts

Chart (2006) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 21

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Flat Chat](https://www.allmusic.com/album/r865283) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NLA_1_2-0)** Midnight Oil (2006), [*Flat Chat*](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/25207393), [Sony BMG Music](/source/Sony_BMG). [National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia), retrieved 15 April 2015

1. **[^](#cite_ref-AusCharts_3-0)** Hung, Steffen. ["Midnight Oil discography"](https://web.archive.org/web/20101029102343/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Midnight+Oil). Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Archived from [the original](http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Midnight+Oil) on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Chirgwin_4-0)** Chirgwin, Richard (9 July 2013). ["Snowden's Australian 'revelations' are old news"](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/09/pine_gap_is_an_nsa_station_write_the_book/). *[The Register](/source/The_Register)*. [Mike Magee](/source/Mike_Magee_(journalist)), John Lettice. Retrieved 16 April 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Flat-Chat_5-0)** Moore, Bruce (October 2005). ["From the Centre"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110409200400/http://andc.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/ozwords_oct05.pdf) (PDF). *Ozwords*. [Australian National University](/source/Australian_National_University). p. 5. Archived from [the original](http://andc.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/ozwords_oct05.pdf) (PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Australia_Midnight_Oil_6-0)** "[Australiancharts.com – Midnight Oil – Flat Chat](https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Midnight+Oil&titel=Flat+Chat&cat=a)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

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