Islands (Mike Oldfield album)

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Iceland
Studio album by Mike Oldfield

Publication
(s)

September 7, 1987

Label (s) Virgin Records

Genre (s)

pop

Title (number)

7th

running time

48 min 14 s

occupation
  • Mike Oldfield (various instruments)

production

Mike Oldfield et al

chronology
The Killing Fields
(1984) 		Iceland Earth Moving
(1989)

Iceland is a studio album by the British musician Mike Oldfield from the year 1987 . Islands is also the title of one of the songs. After the double hit in 1984 with Discovery and The Killing Fields , the soundtrack to the film of the same name (see The Killing Fields ), Oldfield had taken a three-year hiatus. From 1987 to 1999 a new album followed at least every two years before Oldfield dedicated himself to the computer game and the accompanying soundtrack Tr3s Lunas .

useful information

  • Like the albums Five Miles Out and Crises , Oldfield follows the principle: a long instrumental piece (22 minutes) followed by vocal pieces - in this case six in number.
  • All the tracks on the album were provided with a video (these can also be seen on the Elements DVD ) - often with the most modern computer technology for the time.
  • The track list of the US version differs from the one that was released in Europe (see 'Tracks' for details); the encore When The Night's On Fire is completely missing in the US Version.
  • The album was yes - and Asia - keyboardist and GTR -producer Geoff Downes produced.

Title list (European version)

  • The Wind Chimes Part 1 and 2 - 21:47 (In the USA the pieces were separated on two tracks; Part 1 goes up to minute 02:33)
  • Islands - 4:20 (last track on the album in the US; sung by Bonnie Tyler )
  • Flying Start - 3:37 (In the USA Track 6; sung by Kevin Ayers )
  • North Point - 3:33 (In the USA Track 5; sung by Anita Hegerland )
  • Magic Touch - 4:14 (Track 3 in the US; sung by Jim Price)
  • The Time Has Come - 3:55 (In the USA Track 4; sung by Anita Hegerland )
  • When the Night's on Fire - 6:40 (not available in the USA; sung by Anita Hegerland , this almost seven-minute piece is a revival of motifs from The Wind Chimes and Islands and is an encore for the European album version)

success

Islands follows on from the usual success of Oldfield's albums; the title song reached number 41 in Germany ; Magic Touch was a top ten hit in the US .

Album charts

UK # 29, D # 9, A # 10, CH # 4, S # 12, N # 9, USA # 138

Singles charts

1987 Islands Mike & Bonnie

  • Switzerland # 22
  • Germany # 41
  • Italy # 41
  • UK # 100

1988 Magic Touch

  • USA # 10 mainstream rock track

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