Flat Chat is a compilation album from the Australian rock band, Midnight Oil.

It is a collection of their heavier rock songs, which gave them their reputation.

[3] The title is taken from a lyric in their 1982 song, "Power and the Passion".

[4] The Australian 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.