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1. Tubular Bells Part One
2. Tubular Bells Part Two
Other Songs A Lover for All Seasons A Minor Tune A New Beginning Altered State Amarok Amber Light Ambient Guitars An Extract From Stars End Angelique Argiers Arrival Ascension B. Blues Bagpipe Guitars Basses Blackbird Blue Night Blue Saloon Blues Bridge To Paradise Broad Sunlit Uplands Castaway Caveman Celt Celtic Rain Chariots Children Of The Sun Clear Light Closer Cochise Conflict Crime of Passion Crises Crisis Crystal Clear Crystal Gazing Dark Island Dark Star Daydream Discovery Don Alfonso [Long Version] Don Alfonso [Multimedia Track] Dreaming in the Wind Earth Moving Embers Enigmatism Family Man Far Above The Clouds Far Country Fast Guitars Finale Fire Fly First Excursion First Landing First Steps Five Miles Out Flowers Of The Forest Flying Start Following the Angels Foreign Affair Four Winds From The Ashes Ghost Bells Gimme Back Guilty Harmonics Heavens Open Hergest Ridge Part One Hergest Ridge Part Two Hibernaculum High Places Holy Hornpipe Hostage I Give Myself Away I Got Rhythm Im Guilty In Dulci Jubilo In Dulci Jubilo for soloists In High Places In The Beginning Incantations Incantations Part 1 Incantations Part 2 Incantations Part 3 Incantations Part 4 Incantations Part Four Incantations Part One Incantations Part Three Incantations. Part Two Incantations Pt 4 Innocent Into Wonderland Introduction Irene Islands Jazz Jewel In The Crown Lake Constance Lament For Atlantis Landfall Latin Let There Be Light Liberation Magellan Magic Touch Make Make Man In The Rain Man On the Rocks Mastermind Maya Gold Mirage Mistake Misty Molly Mont St Michel Moonlight Shadow Moonshine Moonwatch Mount Teide Mr. Shame Muse Music From The Balcony Nightshade No Dream No Mans Land North Point Northpoint Nothing But Nothing But / Bridge To Paradise Nuclear Oceania Ommadawn Ommadawn Part One Ommadawn Part Two Ommadawn, Pt. 2 On Horseback Only Time Will Tell Orabidoo Our Father Out Of Mind Out Of Sight Outcast Pacha Mama Part 1 Peace Peace On Earth Pictures In The Dark Platinum Part Three: Charleston Poison Arrows Portsmouth Prayer For The Earth Punkadiddle QE2 / QE2 Finale Q.E.2 / Q.E.2 Finale Quicksilver Red Dawn Resolution Return To The Origin Ringscape Rocky Romance Runaway Son Russian Sailing Sally Santa Maria Saved By A Bell Secrets See The Light Sentinel Serpent Dream Shadow On The Wall She Moves Through The Fair Sheba Shine Sirius Slipstream Speak Speak (Tho' You Only Say Farewell) Summit Day Sunjammer Sunlight Shining Through Cloud Sunset Sunset Door Supernova Surfing Talk About Your Life Tattoo Taurus 1 Taurus 3 Taurus Ii Tears Of An Angel The Bell The Chamber The Doges Palace The Gate The Great Plain The Hero The Inner Child The Lake The Millennium Bell The Phaeacian Games The Rio Grande The Shining Ones The Song Of The Sun The Source Of Secrets The Sunken Forest The Time Has Come The Top Of The Morning The Voyager The Watchful Eye The Wind Chimes Part One The Wind Chimes Part Two The Wind Chimes Pt 2 Thou Art In Heaven Thrash To Be Free To France Tr3s Lunas Tricks Of The Light Tubular Bells Tubular Bells Part 1 Tubular Bells Part 2 Tubular Bells Pt. 1 Tubular Bells Pt. 2 Tubular World Étude Turtle Island Viper Weightless When The Nights On Fire Wild Goose Flaps Its Wings Women Of Ireland Wonderful Land Woodhenge
Other Songs A Lover for All Seasons A Minor Tune A New Beginning Altered State Amarok Amber Light Ambient Guitars An Extract From Stars End Angelique Argiers Arrival Ascension B. Blues Bagpipe Guitars Basses Blackbird Blue Night Blue Saloon Blues Bridge To Paradise Broad Sunlit Uplands Castaway Caveman Celt Celtic Rain Chariots Children Of The Sun Clear Light Closer Cochise Conflict Crime of Passion Crises Crisis Crystal Clear Crystal Gazing Dark Island Dark Star Daydream Discovery Don Alfonso [Long Version] Don Alfonso [Multimedia Track] Dreaming in the Wind Earth Moving Embers Enigmatism Family Man Far Above The Clouds Far Country Fast Guitars Finale Fire Fly First Excursion First Landing First Steps Five Miles Out Flowers Of The Forest Flying Start Following the Angels Foreign Affair Four Winds From The Ashes Ghost Bells Gimme Back Guilty Harmonics Heavens Open Hergest Ridge Part One Hergest Ridge Part Two Hibernaculum High Places Holy Hornpipe Hostage I Give Myself Away I Got Rhythm Im Guilty In Dulci Jubilo In Dulci Jubilo for soloists In High Places In The Beginning Incantations Incantations Part 1 Incantations Part 2 Incantations Part 3 Incantations Part 4 Incantations Part Four Incantations Part One Incantations Part Three Incantations. Part Two Incantations Pt 4 Innocent Into Wonderland Introduction Irene Islands Jazz Jewel In The Crown Lake Constance Lament For Atlantis Landfall Latin Let There Be Light Liberation Magellan Magic Touch Make Make Man In The Rain Man On the Rocks Mastermind Maya Gold Mirage Mistake Misty Molly Mont St Michel Moonlight Shadow Moonshine Moonwatch Mount Teide Mr. Shame Muse Music From The Balcony Nightshade No Dream No Mans Land North Point Northpoint Nothing But Nothing But / Bridge To Paradise Nuclear Oceania Ommadawn Ommadawn Part One Ommadawn Part Two Ommadawn, Pt. 2 On Horseback Only Time Will Tell Orabidoo Our Father Out Of Mind Out Of Sight Outcast Pacha Mama Part 1 Peace Peace On Earth Pictures In The Dark Platinum Part Three: Charleston Poison Arrows Portsmouth Prayer For The Earth Punkadiddle QE2 / QE2 Finale Q.E.2 / Q.E.2 Finale Quicksilver Red Dawn Resolution Return To The Origin Ringscape Rocky Romance Runaway Son Russian Sailing Sally Santa Maria Saved By A Bell Secrets See The Light Sentinel Serpent Dream Shadow On The Wall She Moves Through The Fair Sheba Shine Sirius Slipstream Speak Speak (Tho' You Only Say Farewell) Summit Day Sunjammer Sunlight Shining Through Cloud Sunset Sunset Door Supernova Surfing Talk About Your Life Tattoo Taurus 1 Taurus 3 Taurus Ii Tears Of An Angel The Bell The Chamber The Doges Palace The Gate The Great Plain The Hero The Inner Child The Lake The Millennium Bell The Phaeacian Games The Rio Grande The Shining Ones The Song Of The Sun The Source Of Secrets The Sunken Forest The Time Has Come The Top Of The Morning The Voyager The Watchful Eye The Wind Chimes Part One The Wind Chimes Part Two The Wind Chimes Pt 2 Thou Art In Heaven Thrash To Be Free To France Tr3s Lunas Tricks Of The Light Tubular Bells Tubular Bells Part 1 Tubular Bells Part 2 Tubular Bells Pt. 1 Tubular Bells Pt. 2 Tubular World Étude Turtle Island Viper Weightless When The Nights On Fire Wild Goose Flaps Its Wings Women Of Ireland Wonderful Land Woodhenge
Michael Gordon Oldfield is an English musician, songwriter and producer best known for his debut studio album Tubular Bells (1973), which became an unexpected critical and commercial success. Though primarily a guitarist, Oldfield plays a range of instruments, which includes keyboards and percussion, as well as vocals. He has adopted a range of musical styles throughout his career, including progressive rock, world, folk, classical, electronic, ambient and new age music.
Oldfield took up the guitar at age ten and left school in his teens to embark on a music career. From 1967 to 1970, he and his sister Sally Oldfield were a folk duo, the Sallyangie, after which he performed with Kevin Ayers. In 1971, Oldfield started work on Tubular Bells which caught the attention of Richard Branson, who agreed to release it on his new label, Virgin Records. Its opening was used in the horror film The Exorcist and the album went on to sell over 2.7 million copies in the UK. Oldfield followed it with Hergest Ridge (1974), Ommadawn (1975) and Incantations (1978), all of which feature longform and mostly instrumental pieces.
In the late 1970s, Oldfield began to tour and release more commercial and song-based music, beginning with Platinum (1979), QE2 (1980) and Five Miles Out (1982). His most successful album of this period was Crises (1983), which features the worldwide hit single "Moonlight Shadow" with vocalist Maggie Reilly.
After signing with WEA in the early 1990s, Oldfield's most significant album of the decade was Tubular Bells II (1992) and he experimented with virtual reality and gaming content with his MusicVR project. In 2012, he performed at the opening ceremony for the 2012 Olympic Games held in London. Oldfield's discography includes 26 studio albums, nine of which have reached the UK top ten. His final album, Return to Ommadawn, was released in 2017. Oldfield's label announced his retirement in 2023.
Birth Name: Michael Gordon OldfieldOldfield took up the guitar at age ten and left school in his teens to embark on a music career. From 1967 to 1970, he and his sister Sally Oldfield were a folk duo, the Sallyangie, after which he performed with Kevin Ayers. In 1971, Oldfield started work on Tubular Bells which caught the attention of Richard Branson, who agreed to release it on his new label, Virgin Records. Its opening was used in the horror film The Exorcist and the album went on to sell over 2.7 million copies in the UK. Oldfield followed it with Hergest Ridge (1974), Ommadawn (1975) and Incantations (1978), all of which feature longform and mostly instrumental pieces.
In the late 1970s, Oldfield began to tour and release more commercial and song-based music, beginning with Platinum (1979), QE2 (1980) and Five Miles Out (1982). His most successful album of this period was Crises (1983), which features the worldwide hit single "Moonlight Shadow" with vocalist Maggie Reilly.
After signing with WEA in the early 1990s, Oldfield's most significant album of the decade was Tubular Bells II (1992) and he experimented with virtual reality and gaming content with his MusicVR project. In 2012, he performed at the opening ceremony for the 2012 Olympic Games held in London. Oldfield's discography includes 26 studio albums, nine of which have reached the UK top ten. His final album, Return to Ommadawn, was released in 2017. Oldfield's label announced his retirement in 2023.
Born: 15 May 1953 (age 71)
From: Reading, Berkshire, England
Spouse(s): Diana Fuller (m. 1978; div. 1978)
Sally Cooper (m. 1979; div. 1986)
Fanny Vandekerckhove (m. 2002; div. 2013)
Genre(s): Progressive rock, world, folk, classical, ambient, new-age, pop, experimental, minimalist
Instrument(s): Guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, vocals
Occupation(s): Musician, songwriter, record producer, video game designer
Active From: 1967-2023