- Mike Oldfield discography
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For Mike Oldfield's singles, see Mike Oldfield singles discography.Main article: Mike Oldfield
This page is a discography for the musician Mike Oldfield.
Contents
Studio albums
Year Title Chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)UK[1] FRA[2] NOR[3] SWE[4] US[5] 1973 Tubular Bells - Released: 25 May 1973
1 - - - 3 - 7× Platinum (UK)
- 2× Platinum (CAN)
- Gold (FR)
- Gold (NLD)
- Gold (US)
1974 Hergest Ridge - Released: 28 August 1974
1 - - - 87 - Silver (UK)
1975 Ommadawn - Released: 21 October 1975
4 - - 42 146 - Gold (NLD)
- Silver (UK)
1978 Incantations - Released: 24 November 1978
14 - 14 32 - - Silver (UK)
1979 Exposed - Released: 17 July 1979
16 - - - - - Silver (UK)
Platinum (aka Airborn) - Released: 23 November 1979
24 - 24 - - - Gold (GER)
- Silver (UK)
1980 QE2 - Released: 31 October 1980
27 - 23 - 174 - Gold (GER)
- Gold (UK)
1982 Five Miles Out - Released: 19 March 1982
7 - 6 5 164 - Gold (GER)
- Gold (UK)
1983 Crises - Released: 27 May 1983
6 - 1 1 - - Platinum (GER)
- Gold (FRA)
- Gold (NLD)
- Gold (UK)
1984 Discovery - Released: 25 June 1984
15 - 3 3 - - Gold (FRA)
- Gold (GER)
- Gold (UK)
The Killing Fields - Released: 26 November 1984
97 - - - - - Silver (UK)
1987 Islands - Released: 7 September 1987
29 - 9 12 138 - Gold (FRA)
- Gold (GER)
- Silver (UK)
1989 Earth Moving - Released: 10 July 1989
30 - - 21 - - Gold (FRA)
1990 Amarok - Released: 14 June 1990
49 - - 50 - 1991 Heaven's Open - Released: 18 February 1991
- - - - - 1992 Tubular Bells II - Released: 31 August 1992
1 - - 18 - - 2x Multi-Platinum (UK)
- Gold (GER)
1994 The Songs of Distant Earth - Released: 14 November 1994
24 - - 12 - - Gold (UK)
1996 Voyager - Released: 26 August 1996
12 40 30 13 - - Gold (UK)
1998 Tubular Bells III - Released: 22 September 1998
4 47 - 31 - - Gold (UK)
1999 Guitars - Released: 24 May 1999
40 - - - - The Millennium Bell - Released: 26 November 1999
133 - - - - 2002 Tr3s Lunas - Released: 3 June 2002
- 67 - 32 - 2003 Tubular Bells 2003 - Released: 27 May 2003
51 44 - - - 2005 Light + Shade - Released: 26 September 2005
175 78 - - - 2008 Music of the Spheres - Released: 14 March 2008
9 72 - 31 - Other albums
Soundtracks
Although the introduction theme was used in The Exorcist, Tubular Bells (1973) was not a soundtrack album. Oldfield was commissioned to produce the music for NASA's The Space Movie in 1979; no soundtrack album was released however.
Mike Oldfield also contributed to the The X-Files movie soundtrack album, with his rendition of Mark Snow's main theme, entitled "Tubular X". Note, this does not appear on all versions of the soundtrack album for the movie.
The only full film score which Oldfield has written, was for the 1984 film The Killing Fields (See The Killing Fields soundtrack album).
Orchestral arrangements
In 1975 David Bedford arranged Oldfield's first two albums, Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge, for orchestra. These were both performed and recorded, however only The Orchestral Tubular Bells was released to the public as an album, and reached number 17 in the UK Albums Chart. Even though The Orchestral Hergest Ridge was not released, sections were used in the soundtrack to The Space Movie.
Live albums
There is only one officially released Oldfield live audio album, Exposed, although others have been released on video (see below). Exposed reached number 16 in the UK Album Chart and was recorded in 1979.
The alternate version of Platinum, Airborn is a US-only 2-LP release from 1980. One LP being a version of Platinum, the other having a live version of Tubular Bells part one and a live/studio version of Incantations. Note, they are not the same recordings as Exposed.
The Special Edition of Music of the Spheres also contains the only live performance of the piece given by Oldfield.
Album reissues
There have been a number of reissue releases of Oldfield's work.
The most notable reissue sets have been of Oldfield's Virgin Records albums Tubular Bells through Heaven's Open:
- In 2000 Virgin issued HDCD reissues of the albums.
- This included a hybrid SA-CD version of Tubular Bells, containing a new remaster of the original LP in 2-channel CDDA and DSD, and a new remaster of the 1975 quadraphonic mix.
- In the 2000s Virgin Japan released the albums with Mini-LP style artwork.
- From 2009, when Oldfield's Virgin albums were transferred to Mercury Records they were slowly reissued with bonus material. In 2009 Tubular Bells was released in multiple editions including an Ultimate Edition and a Deluxe Edition. The Ultimate Edition contained 3 CDs, 1 DVD, 1 Vinyl, 1 Book and other items. Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn were reissued in June 2010, and Incantations followed in July 2011.
Singles
Main article: Mike Oldfield singles discographyOldfield has had more than 25 charting singles in the UK. Oldfield's highest charting single in the UK is "Portsmouth", which charted at number 3, however "Moonlight Shadow" reached number 1 on many European charts.
Compilations and remixes
Year Title Notes UK Album Chart 1976 Boxed Versions of Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn mixed into Quadraphonic. Also a 4th LP, Collaborations, of shorter tracks with some of the musicians he's worked with on the longer projects. The CD release mixes the quadraphonic versions back down to 2 tracks. 22 1979 Impressions 1980 Mike Oldfield's Wonderland 1980 Music Wonderland 1981 Episodes 1985 The Complete Mike Oldfield 36 1987 A Virgin Compilation 1990 Collector's Edition Box I & II Boxed sets of three albums. 1993 Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield 1 CD 5 1993 Elements Box 4 CDs 1997 XXV: The Essential 78 2001 The Best of Tubular Bells 60 2002 Collection 2003 The Complete Tubular Bells 3 CDs + 1 DVD. Includes Tubular Bells 2003, Tubular Bells II and Tubular Bells III. 167 2006 The Platinum Collection 3 CDs 36 2009 The Mike Oldfield Collection 1974–1983 2 CDs 11 Video/DVD
Year Title VHS release DVD release 1979 The Space Movie 1983 2007 1979 Exposed - 2005 1980 The Essential Live 1980 - 1981 Live at Montreux 1981 - 2006 1988 The Wind Chimes 1988 Included on DVD Elements 1992 Tubular Bells II, The Performance Live at Edinburgh Castle 1992 1999 (with Tubular Bells III) 1993 Elements - The Best of Mike Oldfield 1993 2004 1998 Tubular Bells III, The Performance Live at Horse Guards Parade 1998 1999 (with Tubular Bells II) 2000 The Art in Heaven Concert, Live In Berlin 2000 2001 Collaborations
Year Title Artist Notes 1968 Children of the Sun The Sallyangie As part of a duo with his sister Sally Oldfield. Sallyangie also released two singles. 1969 "Two Ships" / "Colours of the World" The Sallyangie Single 1970 Shooting at the Moon Kevin Ayers and the Whole World 1971 Edgar Broughton Band The Edgar Broughton Band 1971 Ear of Beholder Lol Coxhill 1972 Nurses Song with Elephants David Bedford 1969 "Child of Allah" / "Lady Go Lightly" The Sallyangie Single 1973 Whatevershebringswesing Kevin Ayers and the Whole World 1973 Legend Henry Cow 1974 Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt 1974 The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories Kevin Ayers 1974 June 1, 1974 Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Nico and Brian Eno Live album 1974 Star's End David Bedford 1974 Unrest Henry Cow 1975 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner David Bedford 1976 Odd Ditties Kevin Ayers A compilation of singles and unreleased tracks. 1976 The Odyssey David Bedford 1976 Bandages The Edgar Broughton Band 1977 Instructions for Angels David Bedford 1977 Mathematicians Air Display Pekka Pohjola Also known as a collaboration with Pekka Pohjola or The Consequences of Indecisions album. The original title is Keesojen Lehto, under which it is available on CD from Love Records. There was also a release with a Swedish title. 1977 Song of the White Horse David Bedford 1977 Fine Old Tom Tom Newman 1979 Faerie Symphony Tom Newman 1979 Downwind Pierre Moerlen's Gong 1979 Strange Man, Changed Man Bram Tchaikovsky 1979 "Judy's Gone Down/Jung Lovers" James Vane Single 1980 Live Pierre Moerlen's Gong Live album 1980 The Concertina Record Lea Nicholson 1980 Joy The Skids 1981 Star Clusters, Nebulae & Places in Devon/The Song of the White Horse David Bedford Produced and Engineered by Oldfield. Also the only LP issued by Oldfield Music. 1990 Natasha Sally Nathasha Oldfield 1990 Kâma-Sûtra Michel Polnareff 1992 Still Life with Guitar Kevin Ayers 1992 BBC Radio 1: Live in Concert Kevin Ayers 1995 Variations on a Rhythm of Mike Oldfield David Bedford 1996 Singing the Bruise Kevin Ayers 1997 Snow Blind Tom Newman 1998 The Garden of Love Kevin Ayers 2000 Official Bootleg One Phil Beer 2000 Do Ya Wanna Play, Carl Carl Palmer 2002 From the Banks of the River Irwell Max Bacon 2005 Tag und Nacht Schiller 2006 Night of the Proms 2006 Night of the Proms Various artists live concert album; sections of Tubular Bells and Ommadawn, and "Shadow on the Wall" with John Miles. 2008 "Song for Survival" featuring the Anuta tribe Songs for Survival Various artists charity album for Survival International. In support of the BBC television series Tribe and Amazon.[6] References
- ^ "Mike Oldfield". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=899. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ^ "Mike Oldfield search". Les Charts. http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mike+Oldfield. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ^ "Mike Oldfield search". Norwegian Charts. http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mike+Oldfield. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ^ "Mike Oldfield search". Swedish Charts. http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mike+Oldfield. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ^ "Mike Oldfield search". Billboard Albums Charts. http://billboard.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mike+Oldfield. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ^ "Bruce Parry presents Amazon / Tribe Songs for Survival". Kensaltown Records. http://www.kensaltownrecords.com/survivalalbum.html. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
External links
- Mike Oldfield Discography – The official Mike Oldfield website discography
- Mike Oldfield Discography at Tubular.net
- Mike Oldfield Discography at Amadian.net
- Argiers - Mike Oldfield's collector corner, includes Rainer-Muenz's lists
- Mike Oldfield Discography at Mike Oldfield Worldwide Discography
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