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Mike Oldfield discography
Studio albums26
EPs6
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums1
Compilation albums14
Video albums11
Orchestral arrangements1
Remix albums2
Box sets7

This is the albums discography of English musician Mike Oldfield.

Studio albums

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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
  • Released: 30 August 1974
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
1 12 91 12 54[B] 11 87
Ommadawn
  • Released: 31 October 1975
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
4 60 74 2 5 42 146
Incantations
  • Released: 1 December 1978
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2×LP, MC
14 54 41 27 9 32
Platinum
  • Released: 23 November 1979
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Released in North America as Airborn
24 98 17 11 27
QE2
  • Released: 31 October 1980
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
27 23 8 12 45[C] 174
Five Miles Out
  • Released: 19 March 1982
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
7 16 10 29 7 34 3 5 164
Crises
  • Released: 27 May 1983
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
6 17 2 57 1 2 1 1 5
Discovery
  • Released: 25 June 1984
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
15 56 3 44 1 2 1 3 1
Islands
  • Released: 28 September 1987
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
29 10 9 71 4 12 4 138
Earth Moving
  • Released: 10 July 1989
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
30 21 1 55 21 21 3
Amarok
  • Released: 28 May 1990
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
49 26 16 66 27 50 30
Heaven's Open
  • Released: 18 February 1991
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
13 80 16
Tubular Bells II
  • Released: 31 August 1992
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
1 12 4 7 15 1 18 19
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[14]
  • BVMI: Gold[19]
  • PROMUSICAE: 5× Platinum[20]
The Songs of Distant Earth
  • Released: 21 November 1994
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
24 20 33 81 1 12 23
  • BPI: Gold[14]
  • PROMUSICAE: 2× Platinum[20]
Voyager
  • Released: 26 August 1996
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, MC
12 16 15 41 1 13 15
  • BPI: Gold[14]
  • PROMUSICAE: 3× Platinum[20]
Tubular Bells III
  • Released: 31 August 1998
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, MC
4 96 4 9 46 1 31 26
  • BPI: Gold[14]
  • PROMUSICAE: 4× Platinum[20]
Guitars
  • Released: 24 May 1999
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, MC
40 35 16 3 34
  • PROMUSICAE: Platinum[20]
The Millennium Bell
  • Released: 26 November 1999
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, MC
133 43 39 5 94
  • PROMUSICAE: Platinum[20]
Tres Lunas
  • Released: 3 June 2002
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, MC
8 19 5 32 44
  • PROMUSICAE: Platinum[20]
Tubular Bells 2003
  • Released: 27 May 2003
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, MC
51 29 41 11 55
Light + Shade
  • Released: 26 September 2005
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: 2×CD
175 26 9 76
Music of the Spheres 9 62 14 7 31 37
Man on the Rocks 12 10 3 16 5 48 9
Return to Ommadawn
  • Released: 29 January 2017
  • Label: Virgin EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
4 6 3 28 1 38 8
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

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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
  • Released: 27 July 1979
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2×LP, MC
16 43

Soundtrack albums

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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
  • Released: 26 November 1984
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
97 90 64 16

Orchestral arrangements

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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
  • Released: January 1975
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
17

Remix albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUT
[4]
GER
[6]
NL
[7]
SPA
[8]
SWE
[9]
Tubular Beats
  • Released: 1 February 2013
  • Label: Ear Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
67 55 54 96 55
The 1984 Suite
  • Released: 29 January 2016
  • Label: Mercury/Virgin EMI
  • Formats: LP, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUT
[4]
GER
[6]
NL
[7]
SPA
[8][9]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[12]
Music Wonderland
  • Released: March 1981
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Continental Europe-only release
5 12
Episodes
  • Released: June 1981[23]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • France-only release
The Complete Mike Oldfield
  • Released: 21 October 1985
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2×CD, 2×LP, 2×MC
36 17 7 27
Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield
  • Released: 13 September 1993
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
5 24 13 54 5 4 21
XXV: The Essential
  • Released: 17 November 1997
  • Label: WEA/Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
78 19 42 19
  • PROMUSICAE: Gold[20]
The Best of Tubular Bells
  • Released: 4 June 2001
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
60
Collection
  • Released: February 2002
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2×CD
The Platinum Collection
  • Released: 13 March 2006
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 3×CD
36 12
The Mike Oldfield Collection 1974–1983
  • Released: 8 June 2009
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: 2×CD
11
Icon
Two Sides: The Very Best of Mike Oldfield
  • Released: 30 July 2012
  • Label: Mercury/Universal Music
  • Formats: 2×CD, digital download
6 22 38 86
Moonlight Shadow: The Collection
  • Released: 22 April 2013
  • Label: Mercury/Universal Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Best of 1992–2003
  • Released: 24 April 2015
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Formats: 2×CD, digital download
70 91
Lo mejor de...
  • Released: 10 July 2015
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Spain-only release
93
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1][2]
SPA
[8][9]
Boxed
  • Released: 29 October 1976
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 4×LP, 2×MC
22
Collector's Edition Box
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2×CD
Elements Box
  • Released: November 1993
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 4×CD
The Complete Tubular Bells
  • Released: November 1993
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: 3×CD+DVD
167 13
Classic Album Selection – Six Albums 1973–1980
  • Released: 30 July 2012
  • Label: Mercury/Universal Music
  • Formats: 6×CD
68
The Studio Albums 1992–2003
  • Released: 21 October 2014
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Formats: 8×CD
Original Album Series
  • Released: 11 November 2016
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Music
  • Formats: 5×CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Video albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
The Essential Mike Oldfield
Tubular Bells – Live in Concert
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: WOT Video/Festival
  • Formats: VHS
  • Australia-only release
The Wind Chimes
  • Released: June 1988
  • Label: Virgin Music Video
  • Formats: VHS, CD-V
8[25]
Tubular Bells II – The Performance Live at Edinburgh Castle 4[26]
Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield
  • Released: September 1993
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: VHS, LD
5[27]
Tubular Bells III Live
  • Released: October 1998
  • Label: Warner Music Video
  • Formats: VHS
9
Tubular Bells II & III Live
  • Released: 20 September 1999
  • Label: Warner Music Video
  • Formats: DVD
16
The Art in Heaven Concert
  • Released: 10 February 2000
  • Label: Warner Music Video
  • Formats: DVD, VHS
20
Esposed
  • Released: 24 October 2005
  • Label: EMI/Virgin
  • Formats: 2×DVD
33
Live at Montreux 1981 40
The Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Tour
  • Released: 7 November 2022
  • Label: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment
  • Formats: 2×DVD, 2×Blu-ray
1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

EPs

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
Take Four
  • Released: 1 December 1978
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 7", 12"
72
The Singles
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12"
  • Japan-only release
The Mike Oldfield EP
  • Released: September 1982
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 7", 12"
  • Germany-only release
Tattoo – Live at Edinburgh Castle EP
  • Released: 7 December 1992
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD
In Dulci Jubilo – The Mike Oldfield Christmas EP
  • Released: November 1993
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
The X-Files Theme EP
  • Released: 16 December 1998
  • Label: EastWest Japan
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Collaborations

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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

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  1. ^ a b Chart peak for the 2023 50th Anniversary Edition re-release.
  2. ^ Chart peak in 2010.
  3. ^ Chart peak in 2012.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Mike Oldfield". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Chart Log UK: The O – Ozric Tentacles". www.zobbel.de. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b c "Discographie Mike Oldfield - austriancharts.at". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Mike Oldfield". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Discographie Mike Oldfield". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "Mike Oldfield search". DutchCharts.nl. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  8. ^ a b c d e Salaverri, Fernando (2015). Sólo éxitos 1959–2012 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 978-84-8048-866-2.
  9. ^ a b c d "spanishcharts.com - Spanish charts portal". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Mike Oldfield - Se alla låtar och listplaceringar". NostalgiListan (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Mike Oldfield search". Swedish Charts. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  12. ^ a b "Mike Oldfield - hitparade.ch". www.swisscharts.com. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Mike Oldfield Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "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).
  16. ^ "Gold and Platinum". Music Canada. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "Gold and Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Mike Oldfield)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  20. ^ 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
  21. ^ "Gold & Platinum Awards 1987" (PDF). Music and Media. American Radio History Archive. 26 December 1987. p. 46. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  22. ^ a b c "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Mike Oldfield)". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  23. ^ "Advert". Gig (in French). No. 8. 19 June 1981. p. 3. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  24. ^ "Record World International" (PDF). Record World. 18 October 1981. p. 94. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  25. ^ "Music Video" (PDF). Music Week. 2 July 1988. p. 9. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  26. ^ "Top 30 Music Video" (PDF). Music Week. 31 October 1992. p. 17. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  27. ^ "Music Video" (PDF). Music Week. 9 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  28. ^ "Bruce Parry presents Amazon / Tribe Songs for Survival". Kensaltown Records. Archived from the original on 30 August 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  29. ^ "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.
  30. ^ "Opening Ceremony album tops the download charts". London2012.com. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
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