| | Mike Oldfield Earth Moving CD Mike Oldfield Discography of CDs
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Earth Moving was one of the last installments in Mike Oldfield's series of pop experiments, and the record does sound as if the musician was running out of patience with the genre. Many listeners have written off this period, but there were interesting moments that passionate fans still appreciate. Oldfield commits completely to the pop/rock format on Earth Moving by excluding the kind of long intro piece that he often used to kick off other '80s recordings. Instead, the composer puts a sprawling but focused (by Oldfield standards) eight-minute number, "Nothing But/Bridge to Paradise," at the end of this 1989 release. The musician/composer displays a more deft pop hand throughout this offering, which probably isn't such a good thing. The quirkiness of discs like Crisis is exactly what makes them interesting. Unfortunately, songs like "Hostage" are so conventional, they sound unimaginative: almost -- no, exactly -- like bad '80s soundtrack numbers. Not just casual fans, but even Oldfield loyalists will have trouble with Earth Moving, one of the artist's lesser albums. ~ Vincent Jeffries
Mid-priced U.K. reissue of 1989 album featuring Adrian Belew(King Crimson) singing lead vocals on 'Holy' & Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann's Earth Band) singing lead vocals on 'Runaway Son' & 'See The Light'. Nine tracks total. Other six: 'Hostage', 'Far Country', 'Innocent', 'Earth Moving', 'Blue Night' and 'Nothing But/ Bridge To Paradise'.
Personnel: Mike Oldfield (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Adrian Belew (vocals, guitar); Anita Hegerland, Paul Lee, Maggie Reilly, Max Bacon, Mark Williamson, Nikkie "B" Bentley, Chris Thompson, Carol Kenyon (vocals); Bobby Valentino (violin); The Kick Horn Section (horns); Raf Ravenscroft (saxophone); Daniel Lazerus (harmonica, Clavinet, bass, tambourine, background vocals); Phil Spalding, Keith Murrell, Sonia Jones Morgan, Maggie Ryder, Jackie Challenor, Carl Wayne, Lance Ellington, Carol Kenyon (background vocals).
The Kick Horn Section: Simon Gardner, Simon Clarke, Tim Sanders, Roddy Lorimer.
Earth Moving Music | List Price | $13.99 (You save $2.34) | | Category | Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Alternative, New Age, Rock/Pop, Progressive, Art Rock | | Label | Blue Plate | | Orig Year | 1989 | | All Time Sales Rank |  27596  | | CD Universe Part number | 1020422 | | Catalog number | 853630 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 15, 2000 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Mike Oldfield; Daniel Lazerus | | Engineer | Mike Oldfield | | Recording Time | 41 minutes | | Personnel | Mike Oldfield - guitar, keyboards, background vocals
Lance Ellington
Bobby Valentino - violin
Chris Thompson
Mark Williamson
Phil Spalding
Maggie Ryder
Maggie Reilly
Daniel Lazerus - harmonica, Clavinet, bass, tambourine, background vocals
Jackie Challenor
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