The Songs of Distant Earth [Enhanced]

Track Listings

1. In the Beginning

2. Let There Be Light

3. Supernova

4. Magellan

5. First Landing

6. Oceania

7. Only Time Will Tell

8. Prayer for the Earth

9. Lament for Atlantis

10. Chamber

11. Hibernaculum

12. Tubular World

13. Shining Ones

14. Crystal Clear

15. Sunken Forest

16. Ascension

17. New Beginning

The Songs of Distant Earth,Mike Oldfield,Warner Bros / Wea,New Age / Meditation,Pop,Popular Music,Prog-Rock/Art Rock,Progressive Electronic

Tracks:

In The Beginning
Let There Be Light
Supernova
Magellan
First Landing
Oceania
Only Time Will Tell
Prayer For The Earth
Lament For Atlantis
The Chamber
Hibernaculum
Tubular World
The Shining Ones
Crystal Clear
The Sunken Forest
Ascension
A New Beginning

Customer Reviews:

It never gets old!.......2007-06-30

Mike's music on this CD seems to seamlessly mold to whatever mood, circumstance or environment you may find yourself in. It's in my top 10 all time favorites right up there with selections from Wolfgang, Zeppelin,Part and Miles. My only advice? Buy it!

One of Oldfield's Best!.......2006-12-13

Mike Oldfield's music is so eclectic and therefore very unpredictable. The man is a genius, but honestly, he has produced some albums I can't stand. The Songs of Distant Earth, however, is awesome. It's one of those albums you can listen to for days on end. It reminds me a great deal of a cross between Enigma and Vangelis with his signature guitar style entwined throughout. It is mixed with very quiet surreal moments to more upbeat with chants and operatic vocals, making this one of those rare albums where you actually enjoy ALL of the tracks. This is definitely worth owning. I just discovered this and will be adding it to our radio broadcast.

IMO his best work!.......2006-11-21

This album is simply fascinating!
It starts with 'In the beginnig' and continues with 'Let There Be Light', 2 very inspired songs which introduce you to the entire atmosphere of the album.
Oceania is an 'Island' style of song, although better sounding.
A New Beginning is a great song with a foreign speaking choir which definitely conveys the message of a 'New Beginning'!
There is not a single song on this album that one feels it should not be there.
Overall, extremely inspired and sending the audience a sense of 'well being' and 'out of this world'!

Haven't got tired of it yet.......2006-10-01

I'm 54 years old and have listened to thousands of hours of everything from A to ZZ Topp. And, I can honestly say that it took longer to get burnt out on this album than any other I've ever heard before. Other reviewers have covered the details of this album quite well. I don't know what more I could say. It's good. Real good.

In the Beginning.....God created Mike Oldfield!!.......2006-09-01

Concept albums are something that is inextricably linked to that genre of rock music known as progressive. But it has been noted that although a major exponent of that form, Mike Oldfield very rarely composes concept albums. He himself has admitted that "Tubular Bells" is not a concept album, but just a continuous suite of music. I would argue that "The Songs of Distant Earth" is in fact his first out and out concept album. Based on Arthur C. Clarke's novel of the same name, Oldfield forgoes the direct narration that the other famous concept album based on a novel "War of the Worlds" utilised and instead chooses to tell the story almost entirely with music. The form and shape of Oldfield's album is a creation myth and what better way to start than with a track called "Let there be Light". Naturally for an album dealing with the forces of nature, creation, technology and science Oldfield produces an epic and epochal grandeur too an album that could in other less talented hands turned out flat and uninspired. It was only logical that Oldfield (a musician always wanting to forge into new frontiers and technologies) should embrace dance and ambient music. At the time of the albums release this was a market cornered by Enigma and at times, especially on the lead single "Hibernaculum" Oldfield comes perilously close to sounding a little too like them. But amid the programmed and heavily sequenced music, Oldfield's soaring and lamenting lead guitar shines, imperious and saying so much more than mere words can. This album was also one of the first to have CD Rom material contained within it, Oldfield proves some twenty-one years after his first album that innovation still comes naturally to him. This is a definite highlight for Oldfield in the 1990's and probably the best album he did for Warners.

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ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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