Mike Oldfield albums discography
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| Mike Oldfield discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 26 |
| EPs | 6 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 14 |
| Video albums | 11 |
| Orchestral arrangements | 1 |
| Remix albums | 2 |
| Box sets | 7 |
This is the albums discography of English musician Mike Oldfield.
Studio albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][2] |
AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
CAN [5] |
GER [6] |
NL [7] |
SPA [8][9] |
SWE [10][11] |
SWI [12] |
US [13] | |||
| Tubular Bells |
|
1 | 1 | 67[A] | 1 | 22 | 2 | 4 | — | 21[A] | 3 | |
| Hergest Ridge |
|
1 | 12 | — | 91 | — | 12 | 54[B] | 11 | — | 87 |
|
| Ommadawn |
|
4 | 60 | — | 74 | — | 2 | 5 | 42 | — | 146 | |
| Incantations |
|
14 | 54 | — | — | 41 | 27 | 9 | 32 | — | — |
|
| Platinum |
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24 | 98 | 17 | — | 11 | — | 27 | — | — | — |
|
| QE2 |
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27 | 23 | 8 | — | 12 | — | 45[C] | — | — | 174 | |
| Five Miles Out |
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7 | 16 | 10 | 29 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 5 | — | 164 | |
| Crises |
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6 | 17 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | |
| Discovery |
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15 | 56 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | |
| Islands |
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29 | — | 10 | — | 9 | 71 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 138 | |
| Earth Moving |
|
30 | — | 21 | — | 1 | 55 | 21 | 21 | 3 | — | |
| Amarok |
|
49 | — | 26 | — | 16 | 66 | 27 | 50 | 30 | — | |
| Heaven's Open |
|
— | — | — | — | 13 | 80 | — | — | 16 | — | |
| Tubular Bells II |
|
1 | 12 | 4 | — | 7 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 19 | — | |
| The Songs of Distant Earth |
|
24 | — | 20 | — | 33 | 81 | 1 | 12 | 23 | — | |
| Voyager |
|
12 | — | 16 | — | 15 | 41 | 1 | 13 | 15 | — | |
| Tubular Bells III |
|
4 | 96 | 4 | — | 9 | 46 | 1 | 31 | 26 | — | |
| Guitars |
|
40 | — | 35 | — | 16 | — | 3 | — | 34 | — |
|
| The Millennium Bell |
|
133 | — | 43 | — | 39 | — | 5 | — | 94 | — |
|
| Tres Lunas |
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— | — | 8 | — | 19 | — | 5 | 32 | 44 | — |
|
| Tubular Bells 2003 |
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51 | — | — | — | 29 | 41 | 11 | — | 55 | — | |
| Light + Shade |
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175 | — | — | — | 26 | — | 9 | — | 76 | — | |
| Music of the Spheres |
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9 | — | 62 | — | 14 | — | 7 | 31 | 37 | — |
|
| Man on the Rocks |
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12 | — | 10 | — | 3 | 16 | 5 | 48 | 9 | — | |
| Return to Ommadawn |
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4 | — | 6 | — | 3 | 28 | 1 | 38 | 8 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Live albums
[edit]There is only one officially released Oldfield live audio album, Exposed, although others have been released on video: Warner's Sight&Sound edition of The Art in Heaven Concert includes a CD of Oldfield's new millennium live performance in Berlin; and the special edition of Music of the Spheres also contains the only live performance of the piece by Oldfield (Bilbao 2008).
The North America alternate version of Platinum, Airborn, features a live version of Tubular Bells part one and a live/studio version of Incantations on the second LP. Note, they are not the same recordings as Exposed.
Live CDs were also included in the Mercury Records deluxe editions of Oldfield's albums: Platinum (Live at Wembley Arena, May 1980), QE2 (Live from the European Adventure Tour), Five Miles Out (Live in Cologne – 6 December 1982 – Five Miles Out Tour), Crises (Live at Wembley Arena 22 July 1983 Crises Tour).
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
GER [6] | |||
| Exposed |
|
16 | 43 |
|
Soundtrack albums
[edit]The only full film score which Oldfield has written, was for the 1984 film The Killing Fields. Oldfield was commissioned to produce the music for NASA's The Space Movie in 1979; no soundtrack album was released at the time. However a DVD and CD soundtrack (though the CD content is just the audio track from the DVD, including voiceovers and sound effects) were issued in October 2015. He also contributed to the movie soundtrack album on The X-Files, with his rendition of Mark Snow's main theme, entitled "Tubular X".
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
CAN [5] |
GER [6] |
SPA [8] | |||
| The Killing Fields |
|
97 | 90 | 64 | 16 |
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Orchestral arrangements
[edit]In 1975, David Bedford arranged Oldfield's first two albums, Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge, for orchestra. These were both performed and recorded, but only The Orchestral Tubular Bells was released to the public as an album. Even though The Orchestral Hergest Ridge was not released, sections were used in the soundtrack to The Space Movie.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | |||
| The Orchestral Tubular Bells |
|
17 |
|
Remix albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [4] |
GER [6] |
NL [7] |
SPA [8] |
SWE [9] | ||
| Tubular Beats |
|
67 | 55 | 54 | 96 | 55 |
| The 1984 Suite |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||
Compilation albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUT [4] |
GER [6] |
NL [7] |
SPA [8][9] |
SWE [11] |
SWI [12] | |||
| Music Wonderland |
|
— | — | 5 | 12 | — | — | — |
|
| Episodes |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Complete Mike Oldfield |
|
36 | — | 17 | — | 7 | — | 27 | |
| Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield |
|
5 | 24 | 13 | 54 | 5 | 4 | 21 | |
| XXV: The Essential |
|
78 | 19 | 42 | — | 19 | — | — |
|
| The Best of Tubular Bells |
|
60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Collection |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Platinum Collection |
|
36 | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | |
| The Mike Oldfield Collection 1974–1983 |
|
11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Icon |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Two Sides: The Very Best of Mike Oldfield |
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6 | — | 22 | — | 38 | — | 86 | |
| Moonlight Shadow: The Collection |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Best of 1992–2003 |
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— | — | — | — | 70 | — | 91 | |
| Lo mejor de... |
|
— | — | — | — | 93 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Box sets
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][2] |
SPA [8][9] | ||
| Boxed |
|
22 | — |
| Collector's Edition Box |
|
— | — |
| Elements Box |
|
— | — |
| The Complete Tubular Bells |
|
167 | 13 |
| Classic Album Selection – Six Albums 1973–1980 |
|
— | 68 |
| The Studio Albums 1992–2003 |
|
— | — |
| Original Album Series |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
Video albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | |||
| The Essential Mike Oldfield |
|
— | |
| Tubular Bells – Live in Concert |
|
— | |
| The Wind Chimes |
|
8[25] | |
| Tubular Bells II – The Performance Live at Edinburgh Castle |
|
4[26] | |
| Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield |
|
5[27] | |
| Tubular Bells III Live |
|
9 | |
| Tubular Bells II & III Live |
|
16 |
|
| The Art in Heaven Concert |
|
20 | |
| Esposed |
|
33 | |
| Live at Montreux 1981 |
|
40 | |
| The Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Tour |
|
1 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
EPs
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | ||
| Take Four |
|
72 |
| The Singles |
|
— |
| The Mike Oldfield EP |
|
— |
| Tattoo – Live at Edinburgh Castle EP |
|
— |
| In Dulci Jubilo – The Mike Oldfield Christmas EP |
|
— |
| The X-Files Theme EP |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||
Collaborations
[edit]| 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 |
| 1969 | "Child of Allah" / "Lady Go Lightly" | The Sallyangie | Single |
| 1970 | Shooting at the Moon | Kevin Ayers and the Whole World | Bass guitar, lead guitar and backing vocals |
| 1970 | "If You've Got Money" / "Yep" | Bridget St. John | Elektra single; Bridget St. John featuring Kevin Ayers and the Whole World, including Mike Oldfield on lead guitar |
| 1971 | Edgar Broughton Band | The Edgar Broughton Band | Mandolin on one track |
| 1971 | Ear of Beholder | Lol Coxhill | |
| 1971 | Whatevershebringswesing | Kevin Ayers and the Whole World | Bass guitar and lead guitar |
| 1972 | Nurses Song with Elephants | David Bedford | |
| 1973 | Legend | Henry Cow | |
| 1974 | Rock Bottom | Robert Wyatt | Lead guitar on one track |
| 1974 | The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories | Kevin Ayers | Lead guitar on one track |
| 1974 | June 1, 1974 | Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Nico and Brian Eno | Live album recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London on 1 June 1974. |
| 1974 | Star's End | David Bedford | |
| 1974 | Unrest | Henry Cow | |
| 1974 | Theatre Royal Drury Lane 8th September 1974 | Robert Wyatt | Live album released in 2005; lead guitar. |
| 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 | |
| 1978 | Water Bearer | Sally Oldfield | Mandolin on "Child of Allah"; a song that Oldfield had previously recorded with his sister, Sally, as Sallyangie. |
| 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 | Guitar, sleigh bells and bodhrán on one track |
| 1980 | Joy | The Skids | |
| 1983 | 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 | |
| 1992 | Pavarotti & Friends | Luciano Pavarotti | |
| 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; orchestral sections of Tubular Bells and Ommadawn, and "Shadow on the Wall" with John Miles. Tubular Bells on DVD "Best of the Night of the Proms Vol.2". Moonlight Shadow with Miriam Stockley on DVD "Best of Night of the Proms Vol 3". |
| 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.[28] |
| 2012 | Journey into Space | Terry Oldfield | Guitar on "Origin", "Flight of the Eagle" and "Dancer in the Void". |
| 2012 | Isles of Wonder: Music for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games | Various | Soundtrack from the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Features new arrangements of Tubular Bells introduction, "Far Above the Clouds" and "In Dulci Jubilo". This album charted in the top ten around the world.[29][30] Live performance also released on BBC DVD/Blu-ray. |
| 2012 | Islanders | York | "Islanders" |
Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ a b "Chart Log UK: The O – Ozric Tentacles". www.zobbel.de. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ Peaks in Australia:
- All except noted: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. pp. 222, 223. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- Tubular Bells II and Tubular Bells III: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 208.
- ^ a b c "Discographie Mike Oldfield - austriancharts.at". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Mike Oldfield". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Discographie Mike Oldfield". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Mike Oldfield search". DutchCharts.nl. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Salaverri, Fernando (2015). Sólo éxitos 1959–2012 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 978-84-8048-866-2.
- ^ a b c d "spanishcharts.com - Spanish charts portal". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Mike Oldfield - Se alla låtar och listplaceringar". NostalgiListan (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 October 2023.
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- ^ "Mike Oldfield Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "British album certifications – Mike Oldfield". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 April 2019. Select albums in the Format field. Type Mike Oldfield in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums Chart – Week Ending 04 Oct 1992 (61–100) (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 140)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA).
- ^ "Gold and Platinum". Music Canada. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "Dutch album certifications – Mike Oldfield" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 15 April 2019. Enter Mike Oldfield in the "Artiest of titel" box.
- ^ "Gold and Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Mike Oldfield)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990 (in Spanish), Iberautor Promociones Culturales, 2005, ISBN 8480486392, retrieved 2 May 2019
- ^ "Gold & Platinum Awards 1987" (PDF). Music and Media. American Radio History Archive. 26 December 1987. p. 46. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ a b c "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Mike Oldfield)". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Advert". Gig (in French). No. 8. 19 June 1981. p. 3. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Record World International" (PDF). Record World. 18 October 1981. p. 94. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Music Video" (PDF). Music Week. 2 July 1988. p. 9. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Top 30 Music Video" (PDF). Music Week. 31 October 1992. p. 17. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Music Video" (PDF). Music Week. 9 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Bruce Parry presents Amazon / Tribe Songs for Survival". Kensaltown Records. Archived from the original on 30 August 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
- ^ "Olympics opening ceremony soundtrack album tops download charts". Washington Post. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ "Opening Ceremony album tops the download charts". London2012.com. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
External links
[edit]- Mike Oldfield Official Discography
- Mike Oldfield Discography at Tubular.net
- Mike Oldfield Discography at Amadian.net
- Mike Oldfield albums discography discography at Discogs
- Argiers - Mike Oldfield's collector corner, includes Rainer-Muenz's lists
