Mike Oldfield "Return To Ommadawn"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Virgin EMI
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: January 20, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Return To Ommadawn (Pt.1) (21:10)
2. Return To Ommadawn (Pt.2) (20:57)

Total Time 42:07

Line-up: 
Mike Oldfield - acoustic, classical, 12-string & electric guitars, acoustic & electric basses, mandolin, harp, bouzouki, banjo, grand piano, spinet, Farfisa organ, ARP 2600 & Solina synths, bodhran, glockenspiel, accordion (6), assorted percussions (marimba, gong, tubular bells)

Media/Samples 
Teaser

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Mike Oldfield "Man On The Rocks"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Virgin EMI
Release date: March 3, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Sailing
2. Moonshine
3. Man On The Rocks
4. Castaway
5. Minutes
6. Dreaming In The Wind
7. Nuclear
8. Chariots
9. Following The Angels
10. Irene
11. I Give Myself Away

Line-up: 
Mike Oldfield - guitars, keyboards
Leland Sklar (Phil Collins, Crosby, Stills & Nash, James Taylor) - bass
John Robinson (Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Daft Punk) - drums
Luke Spiller (the Struts) - vocals

Description/Reviews: 

Its working title, 'Rock' emphasises the album's directness, heard especially on the guitar-driven 'Irene', inspired by the category 3 hurricane that hit the Bahamas in 2011. However, it is – as you would expect from the man who gave the world Tubular Bells and so much more besides – an album of great variance and contrast; from the commercial punch of opening track, ‘Sailing’, to the beautiful folk-influenced ‘Dreaming In The Wind’ to the emotional gravitas of its closer, a cover of William McDowell’s gospel song, ‘I Give Myself Away’.

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Sailing

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