The Complete Mike Oldfield
1985 compilation album by Mike Oldfield
The Complete Mike Oldfield | ||||
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Compilation album by Mike Oldfield | ||||
Released | 21 October 1985 (1985-10-21) | |||
Recorded | 1972 – 1984 | |||
Genre | Progressive rock | |||
Length | 1:57:45 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Producer | Mike Oldfield David Hentschel Simon Phillips Simon Heyworth Tom Newman | |||
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The Complete Mike Oldfield is a compilation album by Mike Oldfield, released on 21 October 1985 by Virgin Records in the UK.[1]
The double album is subdivided into four sections, with The instrumental section and The Vocal section containing shorter pieces, and The Complex section and The Live section containing excerpts from Oldfield's longer pieces.
Some versions of the vinyl have fewer or different tracks, with "The Instrumental Section" missing "In Dulci Jubilo" and "Portsmouth", while other versions replaced "Mistake" with "Pictures in the Dark".
Track listing
Side 1 - The Instrumental Section
- "Arrival" – 2:47
- "William Tell Overture" – 3:55
- "Cuckoo Song" – 3:13
- "In Dulci Jubilo" – 2:50
- "Portsmouth" – 2:02
- "Jungle Gardenia" – 2:37
- "Guilty" – 4:04
- "Blue Peter" – 2:07
- "Waldberg" (The Peak) – 3:24
- "Wonderful Land" – 3:39
- "Etude" (Theme from The Killing Fields) – 3:07
Side 2 - The Vocal Section
- "Moonlight Shadow" – 3:36
- "Family Man" – 3:47
- "Mistake" – 2:55
- "Five Miles Out" – 4:19
- "Crime of Passion" – 3:37
- "To France" – 4:33
- "Shadow on the Wall" (12" Version) – 5:08
Side 3 - The Complex Section
- "Excerpt from Ommadawn" – 6:59
- "Excerpt from Tubular Bells" – 7:59
- "Excerpt from Hergest Ridge" – 4:20
- "Excerpt from Incantations" – 4:41
- "Evacuation" (Excerpt from The Killing Fields) – 4:11
Side 4 - The Live Section
- "Sheba" (Live) – 3:30
- "Mirage" (Live) – 5:12
- "Platinum" (Live) – 14:28
- "Mount Teide" (Live) – 4:34
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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France (SNEP)[2] | Platinum | 300,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[3] | Gold | 250,000^ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[4] | Gold | 50,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[5] | Gold | 25,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[6] | Gold | 100,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ "British album certifications - Mike Oldfield - The Complete Mike Oldfield". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "French album certifications – Mike Oldfield – The Complete" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 19 November 2021. Select MIKE OLDFIELD and click OK.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Michael Oldfield; 'The Complete')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990 (in Spanish), Iberautor Promociones Culturales, ISBN 8480486392, retrieved 11 September 2019
- ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('The Complete')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ "British album certifications – Michael Oldfield – The Complete Mike Oldfield". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
External links
- Mike Oldfield discography - The Complete Mike Oldfield at Tubular.net
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- Tubular Bells
- Hergest Ridge
- Ommadawn
- Incantations
- Platinum
- QE2
- Five Miles Out
- Crises
- Discovery
- The Killing Fields
- Islands
- Earth Moving
- Amarok
- Heaven's Open
- Tubular Bells II
- The Songs of Distant Earth
- Voyager
- Tubular Bells III
- Guitars
- The Millennium Bell
- Tres Lunas
- Tubular Bells 2003
- Light + Shade
- Music of the Spheres
- Man on the Rocks
- Return to Ommadawn
- "Mike Oldfield's Single"
- "Don Alfonso"
- "In Dulci Jubilo"
- "Portsmouth"
- "William Tell Overture"
- "Cuckoo Song"
- "Take Four"
- "Guilty"
- "Blue Peter"
- "Arrival"
- "Sheba" / "Wonderful Land"
- "Five Miles Out"
- "Family Man"
- "Mistake"
- "Moonlight Shadow"
- "Shadow on the Wall"
- "Crime of Passion"
- "To France"
- "Tricks of the Light"
- "Étude"
- "Pictures in the Dark"
- "Shine"
- "In High Places"
- "Islands"
- "The Time Has Come"
- "Magic Touch"
- "Flying Start"
- "Earth Moving"
- "Innocent"
- "(One Glance Is) Holy"
- "Heaven's Open"
- "Gimme Back"
- "Sentinel"
- "Tattoo"
- "The Bell"
- "Hibernaculum"
- "Let There Be Light"
- "Women of Ireland"
- "Man in the Rain"
- "Far Above the Clouds"
- "To Be Free"
- "Thou Art in Heaven"
- "Spheres"
- "Foreign Affair"
- "The X-Files Theme"
- "Introduction 2003"
- "Surfing"
- "Song for Survival"
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- Music Wonderland
- Episodes
- The Complete Mike Oldfield
- Elements 4 CD Boxset
- Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield
- XXV: The Essential
- The Best of Tubular Bells
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- The Complete Tubular Bells
- The Platinum Collection
- The Mike Oldfield Collection 1974–1983
- Two Sides
- Icon
- Tubular Beats
- Moonlight Shadow: The Collection
- The 1984 Suite
- Changeling
- MusicVR
- Tres Lunas
- Maestro
- Sally Oldfield
- Terry Oldfield
- Anita Hegerland
- Maggie Reilly
- The Sallyangie
- Children of the Sun
- Isles of Wonder
- Category