The Essential Mike Oldfield [Import]

Mike Oldfield | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 20, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Virgin/WEA
• ASIN: B000007VYZ
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #428,195 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tubular Bells(Excerpt)

2. Hergest Ridge(Excerpt)

3. Ommadawn(Excerpt)

4. Incantations(Excerpts)

5. Moonlight Shadow

6. Portsmouth

7. Good News(From The 'Killing Fields')

8. Sentinel(Tubular Bells II)-Remix

9. The Bell(Remix)

10. Let There Be Light

11. Only Time Will Tell

12. The Voyager

13. Women Of Ireland

14. Tubular Bells III(Excerpt)

Editorial Reviews

MIKE OLDFIELD The Essential Mike Oldfield (1997 Korean 14-track picture CD featuring excerpts from Tubular Bells Hergest Ridge Ommadawn & Incantations picture sleeve Korean insert + obi-strip)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nothing New, June 10, 2000

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"the_man_in_the_shadows" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Essential Mike Oldfield (Audio CD)

As is implied in its title, this album features the essential pieces of Oldfield's career up to 1998. Every track is beautiful, but it's really a shame that Mike's longer 'symphonies' (i.e. Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge etc.) had to be crippled to fit on one CD. At least it gives you an impression of what they sound like if you've never haerd them before. I think the other tracks were all chosen well, and they are good examples of the power of Oldfield's genius throughout a quarter of a century.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The commercial Point, September 14, 2003

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Moro xxl (Uk) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Essential Mike Oldfield (Audio CD)

awfull,pointless commercial compilation.beware of this one - BUY "ELEMENTS"!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This compilation should be banned!, August 26, 2003

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Mike Chadwick (Gdynia,Poland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Essential Mike Oldfield (Audio CD)

do not even look at this - as an Oldfield fan i must say that even "elements" 1 disc edition was better.this is missing almost 30% of his career....where is "five miles out"? where is "family man"? where is "Shadow on the wall"? where is "Islands"?
Mixing New-age stuff from nineties with his old style is a really bad bad bad idea...
I know that this collection was a kind of introduction to his new stuff but warner did it in tragic style.the only good think is the Excerpt from "Tubular bells 3" with Mike's vocals.it is diferent version - but it is not saving whole album...horible compliation!