Tres Lunas

Infobox Album | Name = Tres Lunas
Type = studio
Artist = Mike Oldfield


Released = start date|2002|6|3|df=yes
Recorded = Roughwood Studio, Plan 1 Studios, Munich
Genre = Chill out
Length = 58:19
Label = Warner
Producer = Mike Oldfield
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hl6fmpmj9foo link]
Last album = "The Millennium Bell"
(1999)
This album = ""'Tres Lunas"
(2002)
Next album = "Tubular Bells 2003"
(2003)
Misc = Singles
Name = Tres Lunas
Type = studio
Single 1 = To Be Free
Single 1 date = 2002
Single 2 = Thou Art in Heaven
Single 2 date = 2002

"Tr3s Lunas" (also known as "Tres Lunas") is a record album written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. It was released in 2002 (see 2002 in music) with a bonus CD containing a demo program for a PC game, "Tres Lunas".

When translated from the Spanish language to English, the album name "Tres Lunas" is "Three Moons". This is reflected in the typeface on the album cover, with the letter 'e' being replaced with a numeric '3'.

Oldfield's sister, Sally makes a speaking appearance on this album. The last previous Mike Oldfield album which she had appeared on was 1978's "Incantations". The main vocalist for "To Be Free" is the Jazz singer Jude Sim. British-Asian vocalist called Amar, who first appeared on "Tubular Bells III", also contributes vocals to the album. The album was recorded at Roughwood Studios, with additional parts at Plan 1 Studios, Munich.

Track listing

# "Misty" – 3:59
# "No Mans Land" – 6:08
# "Return to the Origin" – 4:38
# "Landfall" – 2:19
# "Viper" – 4:32
# "Turtle Island" – 3:40
# "To Be Free" – 4:21
# "Fire Fly" – 3:46
# "Tr3s Lunas" – 4:35
# "Daydream" – 2:15
# "Thou Art in Heaven" – 5:22
# "Sirius" – 5:47
# "No Mans Land" (Reprise) – 2:56
# "To Be Free" (Radio edit) – 3:56

The game

"Tres Lunas" was the vehicle for Oldfield's first publicly released MusicVR game.

Personnel

* Mike Oldfield
* Sally Oldfield - Spoken voice
* Jude Sim - Vocals on "To Be Free"
* Amar - Vocals
* Ben Darlow - Assistant engineer
* Philip Lewis - Percussion programming
* Thomas Süssmair - Percussion programming

External links

* [http://tubular.net/discography/TresLunas.shtml Mike Oldfield Discography - "Tres Lunas"] at Tubular.net
* Cover from [http://kebawe.com/wallpapers/oldfield/wallpapers.shtml an original idea by Hans Claesson of Kebawe]