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Mike Oldfield Islands CD

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Personnel includes: Anita Hegerland, Jim Price, Bonnie Tyler, Kevin Ayers (vocals); Simon Phillips (drums); Tony Beard, Raf Ravenscroft, Micky Simmonds, Phil Spalding, Micky Moody, Rick Fenn, Max Bacon, Bjorn J:Son Lindh, Mervyn "Sparn" Spence, Pierre Moerlen, Benoit Moerlen, Andy MacKay.
Producers include: Mike Oldfield, Simon Phillips, Tom Newman, Alan Shacklock, Geoffrey Downes.
For Islands, Mike Oldfield gathered a host of musicians to further his run of more mainstream-sounding albums. The album includes vocals by Bonnie Tyler, Kevin Ayers, and Max Bacon, as well as saxophonist Raphael Ravenscroft (famous for his work on Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street"), along with the album's producer and former Yes member Geoffrey Downes. Even with such talent, Oldfield only garners sporadic instances of entertaining music, and the bulk of Islands comes off as quite pedestrian-sounding. Bonnie Tyler's passionate voice lifts the title track higher than any other cut, while "The Wind Chimes, Pt. 1 and 2" serves as the second-best song, instilling some of Oldfield's instrumental originality and adroitness in order to drum up its enchanting air. Unfortunately, tracks such as "When the Night's on Fire," "Flying Start," and "Magic Touch" lack any allurement or defined character, supporting accusations from critics that Oldfield has finally run out of ideas. ~ Mike DeGagne
 
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List Price $15.98 (You save $3.79)
Category Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Alternative, New Age, Rock/Pop, Progressive, Art Rock
Label Blue Plate
Orig Year 1987
All Time Sales Rank   28194  
CD Universe Part number 1020421
Catalog number 853629
Discs 1
Release Date Aug 15, 2000
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Recording Time 48 minutes
Personnel Jim Price
Micky Moody
Tony Beard
Phil Spalding
Alan Shacklock
Pierre Moerlen
Tom Newman
Max Bacon
Rick Fenn
Anita Hegerland

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Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.Wind Chimes, The (Part One and Part Two)$4.49
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.Islands  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.Flying Start$0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.Northpoint$0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Magic Touch$0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.Time Has Come, The$0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.When the Nights on Fire$0.99

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Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

5 stars Great
I think this is one of the best records in the world
Submitted by riluimal_dagma (Mexico) Verified Buyer
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4 stars Absolute beauty
Absolute beauty and magic, but not exciting to listen to. That applies to the (short) sung songs, beautiful but not very creative to Mike's standards. On my CD i don't have "When the night's on fire", and "The wind chimes" is placed as last track.
Submitted by asimov20 (montreal, Quebec)
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5 stars Wind Chimes
The Wind Chimes (part 1 and 2) from the Islands album are one of the BEST Mike Olfield works. The Wind Chimes sounds Fresh and Full of Power and Happiness. Sure, Mike Oldfield has a lot of master pieces like Tubular Bells (I, II, III and Millenium), The Songs of a Distant Earth, Amarok, Crisis, QE2, and Five Miles Out. But, if you hear The Wind Chimes carefully you will get looped inmediatly playing it and playing it all over again and again and again... It is too sad that The Wind Chimes only lasts almost 22 minutes. At the end you keep thinking "Man, this track was really good to end too soon". You will agree with me that this is a Master Piece very well constructed and performed. It refresh your mind and your soul. Its pure magic. Enjoy.
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