Discovery (Mike Oldfield album)
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June 25, 1984 |
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| Label (s) | Virgin Records | |||
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Title (number) |
8th |
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41 min 23 s |
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Mike Oldfield and Simon Phillips |
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Studio (s) |
in the Swiss Alps |
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Discovery is a studio album by the British artist Mike Oldfield from the year 1984 .
History of origin
Oldfield had the idea of putting a long instrumental piece together with sung songs on an album before with Platinum , Five Miles Out and Crises , and later with Islands and Heaven's Open ; However, this time The Lake is last and in contrast to the more than 20-minute works of the above-mentioned works only 12 min 11 s long.
Oldfield recorded the album in Switzerland and wrote in the booklet: “ Recorded in the Swiss Alps at 2000 meters within sight of Lake Geneva on sunny days ” (German: “Recorded in the Swiss Alps, 2000 meters above sea level, on sunny days View of Lake Geneva ”); this lake also inspired him to create The Lake .
Mike Oldfield used several guitars for recording, including a Gibson SG and a modified Gibson Les Paul Junior . As Synthesizer one was Roland GR-300 , and as the main instrument a Fairlight CMI used.
As a singer participated Barry Palmer of the German band triumvirate and already from the previous albums QE2 , Five Miles Out and Crises known Maggie Reilly . Ironically, the two never met in the studio despite a duet at Tricks of the Light , the parts were recorded separately. Simon Phillips took over the drums again and participated in the production of the album.
Track list
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- To France (sung by Maggie Reilly ) - 4:37
- Poison Arrows (sung by Barry Palmer ) - 3:57
- Crystal Gazing (sung by Maggie Reilly) - 3:02
- Tricks of the Light (sung by Barry Palmer and Maggie Reilly) - 3:52
- Discovery (sung by Barry Palmer) - 4:35
- Talk About Your Life (sung by Maggie Reilly) - 4:24
- Saved by a Bell (sung by Barry Palmer) - 4:39
- The Lake (Instrumental) - 12:10
success
The album reached number 15 on the UK album charts. In Germany the album reached the top position and stayed there for nine weeks. The single To France reached number 6. The album also reached the top position in Switzerland, in Austria it rose to number 3.
Single releases
To France was released as a single on June 16, 1984. The B-side was the non-album track In the Pool , the maxi also contained the song Bones . The single reached the top 10 in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland. In Great Britain it only came in 48th.
The opening track To France is sung from the perspective of Mary Stuart , the famous Queen of Scotland from the 16th century. Maria I was the target of numerous artistic adaptations, from Friedrich Schiller's drama Maria Stuart to the film adaptation of Maria Stuart, Queen of Scotland .
Another single was the song Tricks of the Light , which was released on September 1, 1984 with the B-side Afghan . It reached number 46 in the German single charts.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The album ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Tubular.net
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK
- ↑ Search on Everyhit.com
- ↑ a b search query on Charts-surfer.de
