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Mike Oldfield: Discovery

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Label: Virgin Records
Released: 1984.06.01
Time:
 41:23
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Mike Oldfield, Simon Phillips
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.mikeoldfield.org
Appears with:
Purchase date: 1997.05.13
Price in €: 10,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] To France (Mike Oldfield) - 4:50
[2] Poison Arrows (Mike Oldfield) - 3:45
[3] Crystal Gazing (Mike Oldfield) - 3:02
[4] Tricks of the Light (Mike Oldfield) - 3:52
[5] Discovery (Mike Oldfield) - 4:32
[6] Talk About Your Life (Mike Oldfield) - 4:24
[7] Saved by a Bell (Mike Oldfield) - 4:36
[8] Lake (Mike Oldfield) - 12:08

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


MIKE OLDFIELD - Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, All Instruments, Engineer

ADAM ANT - Guitar, Keyboards
MAGGIE REILLY - Vocals
BARRY PALMER - Vocals
SIMON PHILLIPS - Drums, Engineer

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LP: 1984 UK (Virgin V 2308)
CD: 1984 UK (Virgin CDV 2308)

Discovery was the first album to be made by Mike outside England. He built a studio in a house 2000 metres up on a Swiss mountainside overlooking Lake Geneva.

"To France" was inspired by the life of Mary Queen of Scots.

Mike used the Fairlight Computer as his primary compositional tool for this album.

Upon completing Discovery, Mike considered it his best album to date.

The video clip for "To France" was filmed in the famous Bavarian Film Studios in Munich (Bavaria), where "The Never Ending Story" was also filmed.



Auch wenn Discovery immer im Schatten von Werken wie Tubular Bells, Crisis oder Five Miles Out stand, so ist sie doch aus dem Schaffen von Mike Oldfield nicht wegzudenken und eine gelungene Weiterentwicklung des Prinzips Crisis. Hier hat Barry Palmer den Part der kräftigen männlichen Stimme übernommen, der auf Crisis noch Roger Chapman zustand, sonst wurde am Konzept kaum etwas verändert. Wunderbare Folk-angehauchte Pop-Songs, getragen von der fantastischen Stime Maggie Reillys. Herausragend ist hier natürlich "To France", der große Singlehit, doch auch u.a. bei "Tricks Of The Light" funktioniert dieses Prinzip. Natürlich darf auch hier das lange Instrumental nicht fehlen, hier "The Lake", auf dem der Multi-Instrumentalist Mike Oldfield seine Fähigkeiten voll zur Geltung bringen kann.

Peter Grosser, Amazon.de



"Discovery" ist fast so etwas wie meine Lieblings-CD von Mike Oldfield. Auch wenn sie imemr im Schatten von Werken wie "Tubular Bells", "Crises" oder "Five Miles Out" stand, so ist sie doch aus dem Schaffen von Mike Oldfield nicht wegzudenken und für mich eine gelungene Weiterentwicklung des Prinzipes "Crises". Hier hat Barry Palmer den Part der kräftigen männluichen Stime übernommen, der auf "Crises" noch Roger Chapman zustand, sonst wurde am Konzept kaum etwas verändert. Wunderbare Folk-angehauchte Pop-Songs getragen von der fantastischen Stime Maggie Reilly's. Herausragend ist hier natürlich "To France", der grosse Singlehit, doch auch u.a. bei "Tricks of the light" funktioniert dieses Prinzip. Natürlich darf auch hier das lange Instrumental nicht fehlen, hier "The Lake", auf dem der Multi-Instrumentalist Mike Oldfield seine Fähigkeiten voll zur Geltung bringen kann. Eine sehr schöne CD, die sich jeder, der schon etwas von Oldfield zu Hause hat anschaffen sollte. Doch auch für Einsteiger ist sie sehr gut geeignet.

Irgendwie schafft es Mike Oldfield immer wieder auf jeder seiner CD´s mindestens einen grossen Hit unterzubringen. So auch mal wieder auf dieser! Und zwar ist es im Falle von „ Discovery“ gleich der erste Titel: TO FRANCE. Der Song war fast in jeder Hitparade in Europa und es gab auch noch so ein tolles Video dazu. Die Stimme von Maggie Reilly hat wirklich eine mystischen Klang und läuft hier zu Höchstform auf. Und wie immer ist die Musik typisch Mike Oldfield: Ein Hauch von Exotik. Aber auch auf dieser CD gibt es wieder die etwas meditativeren Stücke. Auch noch sehr gut ist das Stück, das so heisst wie die komplette CD: „Discovery“. Der eine oder andere kennt das Stück bestimmt noch. In der Zusammenfassung bleibt auch diese CD eine Kaufempfehlung.
 

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TO FRANCE

Taking on water,
Sailing a restless sea
From a memory,
A fantasy.
The wind carries
Into white water,
Far from the islands.
Don't you know you're

[ Chorus ]

Never going to get to France.
Mary, Queen of Chance, will they find you?
Never going to get to France.
Could a new romance ever bind you?

Walking on foreign ground,
Like a shadow,
Roaming in far off
Territory.
Over your shoulder,
Stories unfold, you're
Searching for sanctuary.
You know you're

[ Repeat Chorus ]

I see a picture
By the lamp's flicker.
Isn't it strange how
Dreams fade and shimmer?

[ Repeat Chorus ]

I see a picture
By the lamp's flicker.
Isn't it strange how
Dreams fade and shimmer?

[ Repeat Chorus ]

Never going to get to France.
Never going to....

Never going to get to France.
Never going to....

Never going to get to France.
Never going to....


POISON ARROWS

Silence in the air.
Is anybody there?
Searching every sound.
Walking on quiet ground

[ Chorus ]

Somebody's out to get you!
Hiding in shadows - poison arrows.
Somebody's out to break you!
Hiding in narrows - Poison arrows

When you gonna break?
Watching every move you make
And everything you do,
Evil eyes'll be on you.

[ Repeat Chorus ]

Don't give in, don't come any closer,
No sir!
Keep running, coming in closer,
Closer.

Don't give in, don't come any closer,
No sir!
Keep running, coming in closer,
Closer.

What you gonna do?
Time is running out on you.
Anywhere you choose,
Anyway, you're gonna lose.

[ Repeat Chorus ]

[ Repeat Chorus ]

Sombody's out to get you.


CRYSTAL GAZING

Watching for a spark, it's a moonlight show.
Reaching through the dark. Do you have to go?
Try to put a message through to your sweetheart.
Won't you like to know the secrets of the heart?

[ Chorus ]

Crystal gazing, crystal gazing.
What you gonna find in crystal gazing?
Crystal gazing, crystal gazing.
What you gonna find in crystal gazing?

Voices in the dark and the lights burn low.
Teach yourself the art that you never know.
Try to put a message through to your sweetheart.
Won't you like to know the secrets of the heart?

[ Repeat Chorus ]

Pictures from the night, would you be my guide?
What you talk about on the other side.
Carry you a message through from your sweetheart.
Won't you like to know the secrets of the heart?

[ Repeat Chorus ]

Watching for a spark, it's a moonlight show.
Reaching through the dark. Do you have to go?
Try to put a message through to your sweetheart.
Won't you like to know the secrets of the heart?

Watching for a spark, it's a moonlight show.
Reaching through the dark. Do you have to go?


TRICKS OF THE LIGHT

I have a crazy man
Waiting for a confirmation.
Signs keep a-changing up.
I need some more information.

Some are tricks of the light, you'll never know.
Make a flickering midnight light into a glow.
It's a trick of the light.
It's a trick of the light.

Something that tells me how,
Her bright blue eyes are shining.
She turns up her head now,
Where she walks, she's and I am.

[ Chorus ]

Some are tricks of the light, you'll never know.
Make a flickering midnight light into a glow.
And the spot that you saw so bright was just for show.
Could it ever have turned out right? You'll never know.
It's a trick of the light.
It's a trick of the light.

She turns, she takes his hand,
Breaking his concentration.
She burns at his command,
That ends some man's recollection.

[ Repeat Chorus ]

Could it ever have turned out right, now?
It's a trick of the light.
That is something you'll never know.
It's a trick of the light.

Could it ever have turned out right, now?
It's a trick of the light.
That is something you'll never know.
It's a trick of the light.

Could it ever have turned out right, now?
It's a trick of the light.
That is something you'll never, something you'll never,
Something you'll never, something you'll never,
Something you'll never, something you'll never,
Something you'll never, something you'll never....


DISCOVERY

When you want the score,
When you need a helping hand.
When you find closed doors,
When you're back where you began.
Keeping those secrets,
Telling those lies.
Can anybody tell me what's the big surprise?

[ Chorus ]

Discovery.
Who has the chance to know it all?
Discovery.
Give me some truth and stop makin' me cry!
Discovery.

How can you sleep?
How can you turn away?
Thinking so cheap,
Someday you're gonna pay!
You're keeping secrets,
I can see in your eyes.
Can anybody tell me why the big disguise?

[ Repeat Chorus ]

[ Repeat Chorus ]

Please, give me some chance.
Give me some confidence.
Would you please set me free?
Oh, someone, deliver me!
Who's keeping secrets?
I got my spies.
Does anybody think we live in Paradise?

[ Repeat Chorus ]

[ Repeat Chorus ]


TALK ABOUT YOUR LIFE

Walking out in the street light, midnight.
Whispry wind, catch me in the headlight.
Talk about your life, I'd like to know.
It's not easy going where no-one goes,
And no-one knows.

[ Chorus ]

Do we have to be so distant?
How can you be so unreal?
What's the reason for hiding, and
How does crying make you feel?

I can see you're talking to me in riddles.
Do what you like, you go where the wind blows.
Talk about your life, I'd like to know.
It's not easy going where no-one goes,
And no-one knows.

[ Repeat Chorus ]

I reach for certain diguise that you're leaving,
And I can tell by the mist in your eyes that you're dreaming.
Dreaming.

Do we have to be so distant?
How can you be so unreal?

In the clouds, running and chasing shadows.
In the crowd, frozen in the window.
Talk about your life, I'd like to know.
It's not easy going where no-one goes,
And no-one knows.

[ Repeat Chorus ]

[ Repeat Chorus ]

[ Repeat Chorus ]

[ Repeat Chorus ]


SAVED BY A BELL

Would you like to look through my telescope?
The Milky Way's a fine sight to see.
All around our universe, we try so hard to view
What's new.

Make a trip down to Sagittarius
And take a spin by some nebula.
I hope the sky stays clear for us, the night goes on so far
In stars.

[ Chorus ]

Saved by a bell,
Suffering hell,
But you were too blind to tell.
Saved by a bell,
Suffering hell,
And you made it through so well.

Shining like bright diamonds, the galaxies.
Jupiter and Saturn spin by.
Passing by companions, they all go drifting by.
They fly!

Carry me down to see Aquarius.
We're hoping to meet a shooting star.
I can see there's going to be a message from afar.
How close we are.

[ Repeat Chorus ]

[ Repeat Chorus ]

[ Repeat Chorus ]

[ Repeat Chorus ]


THE LAKE

Instrumental

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