Mike Oldfield (born 1953)

English New Age musician, using multiple overdubs, playing extended instrumentals. Also some songs.

(Mike Oldfield has also recorded with Sallyangie) 
(The movie "The Exorcist" used music from "Tubular Bells")

Albums.

Title.year.Label. Number
Tubular Bells1973Virgin  V 2001
Hergest Ridge1974 VirginV 2013
The Orchestral Tubular Bells 1975Virgin  V 2026
Ommadawn1975 VirginV 2043
Incantations1978 VirginVDT 101
Incantations Exposed (live)1979 VirginVD 2511
Platinum1979 VirginV 2141
QE21980  VirginV 2181
Five Miles Out 1982 VirginV 2222
Crises1983 VirginV 2262
Discovery1984 VirginV 2308
The Killing Fields (soundtrack)1984 Virgin 
Islands1987 Virgin 
Earthmoving1989 Virgin 
Amarok1990 Virgin 
Heaven's Open1991 Virgin 
Tubular Bells II1992 Warner 
The Songs of Distant Earth1994 Reprise/ Warner   
Voyager (*)1996 Warner 
Tubular Bells III1998 Warner 
Guitars1999 Warner 
Millennium Bells1999 Warner 
Tres Lunas (TR4s Lunas)2002Warner 
Tubular Bells 20032003 Warner 
Light and Shade2005 Universal 
Music of the Spheres 2008Mercury 

(*) Contains several traditional songs.

Multi-volume Albums.

TitleYear.Label.number.
Collector's Edition (*)1990 ??
Collector's Edition (**) 1990  

(* Contains "The Orchestra Tubular Bells" + "Ommadawn" + "Hergest Ridge")
(** Contains "QE2" + "Platinum" + "Five Miles Out").

Compilations.

Title.year.Label.number.
Best of Tubular Bells1975  
Boxed1976 VirginV BOX 1 
Wonderful World1984  
The Complete Mike Oldfield1985  
Elements: the Best of Mike Oldfield1993  
Elements - Mike Oldfield 1973 - 19911993  
XXV (The Best of Mike Oldfield)1997  
The Best of Tubular Bells2001  

Live Albums.

Title.year.Label.number.
Incantations Live 1978  
The Art in Heaven Concert (Live) (CD +DVD) (Recorded 2000)2008Warner Music Entertainment 

Best albums(*).

Title.year.Label.
Tubular Bells 1973Virgin 
Hergest Ridge 1974 
Ommadawn1975 
Five Miles Out1982 
Voyager1996 
Incantations1978 
Orchestral Tubular Bells1975 
The Songs of Distant Earth1994 
QE21980 
Crises1983 
Tubular Bells II1992 

(*)According to critical opinion.

DVDs.

Titleyear.Label.
Elements 2004Virgin 
The Art in Heaven Concert - Live In  Berlin ( CD + DVDs)2008 

Singles.

Title.year.Label. Number
Tubular Bells (edit)/ Tubular Bells (excerpt)1974   
Mike Oldfield's Single (theme from Tubular Bells)/ Froggy Went A-Courtin'1974 VirginVS 101
Don Alfonso/ In Dulce Jubilo1975Virgin  
In Dulce Jubilo/ On Horseback1975 VirginVS 131
Portsmouth/ Speak (Tho' You Only Say Farewell)1976Virgin VS 163
The William Tell Overture/ Algiers1976    
The Cuckoo Songs/ Pipe Tune1977   
Take 4 (EP)1978 VirginVS 238
Guilty/ Incantations1979Virgin VS 245
Blue Peter/ Woodhenge1979Virgin  
Arrival/ Polka1980   
Sheba/ Wonderful Land1980   
Five Miles Out/ Live Punkadiddle 1982 Virgin  
Family Man/ Mount Teidi 1982 Virgin  
Mistake/ Waldberg (The Peak) 1982    
Moonlight Shadow (*)/ Rite of Man 1983    
Shadow on the Wall/ Tarsus III 1983 Virgin  
Crime of Passion/ Jungle Gardenia 1984 Virgin  
To France / In the Pool 1984 Virgin  
Tricks of the Light/ Apeman 1984 Virgin  
Etude/ Evacuation 1984    
Pictures In The Dark/ Legend 1985 Virgin  
Shine (**)/ The Path 1986 Virgin  
In High Places/ Poison Arrows 1987    
Islands/ The Wind Chimes (part one) 1987    
The Time Has Come/ (final excerpt from) The Wind Chimes 1987    
Magic Touch/ The Wind Chimes (part 1) 1987    
Flying Start/ The Wind Chimes (part 2) 1988    
Earthmoving/ Bridge to Paradise 1989    
Innocent/ Earthmoving (club mix) 1989    
Heaven's Open/ Excerpt From Amarok 1991    
Sentinel/ Early Stages 1992    
Tattoo/ Silent Night/ Sentinel (live) 1992    
The Bell/ Sentinel 1993    
Hibernaculum/ Moonshine 1994    
Let There Be Light (Indian Lake Mix)/ Let There Be Light (BT's entropic dub) 1995    
Women of Ireland/ Women of Ireland ('A' mix) 1997    
Man in the Rain/ The Inner Child 1998    
Far Above the Clouds 1999    
(* vocals by Maggie Reilly)
(**) by Mike Oldfield and Jon Anderson.

Hit Singles.

Title Year. Highest position.
Mike Oldfield's Single (theme from Tubular Bells)/ Froggy Went A-Courtin' 1974 31
In Dulce Jubilo/ On Horseback 1975 4
Guilty/ Incantations 1979 22
Blue Peter/ Woodhenge 1979 19
Five Miles Out/ Live Punkadiddle 1982 43
Family Man/ Mount Teidi 1982 45
Moonlight Shadow/ Rite of Man 1983 4
Crime of Passion/ Jungle Gardenia 1984 61
To France / In the Pool 1984 48
Pictures In The Dark/ Legend 1985 50
Sentinel/ Early Stages 1992 10
Tattoo/ Silent Night/ Sentinel (live) 1992 33
The Bell/ Sentinel 1993 50
Hibernaculum/ Moonshine 1994 47
Let There Be Light (Indian Lake Mix)/ Let There Be Light (BT's entropic dub) 1995 51
Far Above the Clouds 1999 53

Hit Albums.

Title Year. Highest position.
Tubular Bells19731 
Hergest Ridge1974 1
The Orchestral Tubular Bells 197517 
Ommadawn1975 4
Incantations1978 14
Incantations Exposed (live)1979 16
Platinum1979 24
Five Miles Out 1982 7
Crises1983 6
Discovery1984 15
The Killing Fields (soundtrack)1984 97
Islands1987 29
Earthmoving1989 30
Amarok1990 49
Tubular Bells II1992 1
The Songs of Distant Earth1994 24 (*)
Voyager (*)1996 12
Tubular Bells III1998 4
Guitars1999 40
Tubular Bells 20032003 51 
(* not a hit until 1996).

Popular downloads.

Title.
Moonlight Shadow
To France
Foreign Affair
Shadow On The Wall
In Dulci Jubilo
Family Man
Five Miles Out
Man In he Rain
Let There Be Light

Last updated on 30/08/2010