| | Mike Oldfield Songs Of Distant Earth CD Mike Oldfield Discography of CDs
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THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH is an enhanced CD. In addition to 70 minutes of music that can be played on any CD player, it includes a CD-ROM track that allows users to travel through a futuristic city. The CD-ROM track also includes a video clip for "Let There Be Light." These multimedia functions are accessible only on Macintosh systems.
Personnel: Mike Oldfield; Cori Josias, Ella Harper, David Nickless, Roame, Members of "Verulam Consort," The Tallis Scholars (vocals); Molly Oldfield (keyboards); Pandit Dinesh (tabla); Eric Cadieux (programming); Mark Rutherford, Sugar "J" (loops).
Includes liner notes by Arthur C. Clarke.
THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH is loosely based on Arthur C. Clarke's book of the same title.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Personnel: David Nickless, Ella Harper, Verulam Consort (Members Of), Roame, Cori Josias, The Tallis Scholars (vocals); Molly Oldfield (keyboards); Dinesh (tabla); Eric Cadieux (programming).
Liner Note Author: Arthur C. Clarke.
Ensembles: Verulam Consort (Members Of); The Tallis Scholars.
Photographer: Simon Fowler.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Mark Rutherford; The Tallis Scholars.
The Songs of Distant Earth blend together two motifs crafted through Mike Oldfield's atmospheric music. (Both outer space and inner space under water) are the themes of this album, but Oldfield's synthesized artistry comes up short during the course of the 17 tracks, mainly because of the intermittent talking and unnecessary vocabulary that quickly becomes irksome and ineffective. About the music, it is usually Mike Oldfield's differentiation of rhythms or styles on a song to song basis that makes his music thought-provoking and fresh. On this album, the same rhythm lurks through half of the songs, with only smidgens of add-on instrumentation to elevate its flow. Absent is the freewheeling percussion pulses, or the onslaught of strings that so often shower his music. Instead, each track seems flat as his keyboard work comes off gray and bland. Even a few sudden bursts of tempo become short lived, as the pace always falls back to its straight-lined origin. Inspired by Arthur C. Clarke, Oldfield tries to capture the wonder and mystery of the stars and the sea through washes of synthesizer, but his attempt at capturing both themes could have benefited from a multitude of other instruments, as his work usually includes. ~ Mike DeGagne Songs Of Distant Earth Music Mike Oldfield Songs Of Distant Earth Songs | 1. | In the Beginning |
| 2. | Let There Be Light - (Latin) |
| 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, The |
| 11. | Hibernaculum - (Latin) |
| 12. | Tubular World |
| 13. | Shining Ones, The |
| 14. | Crystal Clear |
| 15. | Sunken Forest, The |
| 16. | Ascension |
| 17. | New Beginning, A |
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Songs Of Distant Earth Music Songs Of Distant Earth Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   Not good all the way.
This album, his first of post-Virgin period, would have been much better with less fillers. Half of the songs are really good, but i understand the album, more than ever, was meant to listen as a whole.
It also can be considered as a "soundtrack" for the book of the same title (excellent) for Arthur C. Clarke.
Submitted by asimov20 (montreal, Quebec)
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Good odd album
This album demonstrates how Mike Oldfield can show many different musical faces. It is different to previous and later things, and it is enourmously bright and a pleasure to listen to. A lot of unusual influences here (even Enigma!) Very good.
Submitted by Enri (Madrid, España)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  A fantastic world
It was a great surprise to find this album. It's a dream
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