Q.E.2. [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Mike Oldfield | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1980
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Blue Plate Caroline
• ASIN: B000000I0K
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,169 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #95 in Music > Indie Music > Rock > Progressive

Track Listings

1. Taurus I

2. Sheba

3. Conflict

4. Arrival

5. Wonderful Land

6. Mirage

7. QE2

8. Celt

9. Molly

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow !, October 16, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Q.E.2. (Audio CD)

This is INCREDIBLE music, I still listen to it 20 years after it was released. It's hard to find the words to describe the feeelings this music conveys. While providing us with a handful of great instruments (harps, african drums, mandolin, tambourine ..), Mike Oldfield seems to find his celtic roots back. With Voyager, it is certainly the most celtic of his records, though you can't really classify this kind of music. I do enjoy the mixture of happy, energetic tracks (Celt) and sad, rather short ones (Molly). This is probably one of Oldfield's most underrated records. I can't help but thinking the 80ties were Mike's best period, and that nothing (and certainly not The millenium bell or Tres Lunas) will ever resemble Five miles out or Discovery ..

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Almost his best work, August 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Q.E.2. (Audio CD)

I have to say that this is one of my all time favourite Mike Oldfield albums, eclipsing Tubular Bells 3, Incantations and almost beating Crises to my all time favourite, but believe me, it is a very very close second. Smooth melodies, guarenteed toe-tapping and guarenteed to make most people ask "Who is this" and then asking to borrow it (No you can`t, it`s mine :) ) Best tracks : Taurus 1, Arrival, Wonderful Land and QE2. If you like any other Mike Oldfield music, you will love this.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oldfield's hallmark opuses delivered in digestible morsels, December 27, 2001

By 

K. A. Levine "kale-vine" (Stow, MA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Q.E.2. (Audio CD)

Everything Mike Oldfield did prior to QE2 was worthy of attention and interest, but much of it was so daunting in the length of compositions and shifts of mood that it could all end up a bit hard to stomach. QE2 rectifies this situation without sacrificing anything in terms of quality and musical message. David Hentschel does a fine job in production and the use of a consistent set of backup musicians reflects Oldfield's growing maturity. The involved compositions are still there in the form of the title cut and Taurus I, but there are also powerful shorter pieces that are miracles of composition and arranging, in particular "Conflict" with its synthesizer doodlings that eventually morph into a passage that would make the best contemporary celtic band blush. Maggie Reilly is introduced here but provides voice as instrument rather than carrier of lyrics in "Sheba" and "Celt". Abba's "Arrival" receives a spirited interpretation and "Wonderful Land" dashes some spanish guitar into a wonderful mix. Only "Mirage" is a bit overly long although it has some great lead guitar and time changes. A liberal does of the esoteric wafts over much of this disc which should surprise and please those 70s fans who might have held off for what ever reason from making this part of their collection, but its marriage of the eclectic to the attainable is what makes QE2 one of Mike Oldfield's best overall efforts.