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Mike Oldfield: Voyager

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Label: WEA International
Released: 1996.08.01
Time:
 58:25
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Mike Oldfield
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.mikeoldfield.org
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Purchase date: 1997.09.06
Price in €: 16,99



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[1] Song of the Sun (Bieito Romero) - 4:32
[2] Celtic Rain (Mike Oldfield) - 4:40
[3] Hero (Traditional arrangement by Mike Oldfield) - 3:01
[4] Women of Ireland (Traditional arrangement by Mike Oldfield) - 6:27
[5] Voyager (Mike Oldfield) - 4:23
[6] She Moves Through the Fair (Traditional arrangement by Mike Oldfield) - 4:05
[7] Dark Island (Traditional arrangement by Mike Oldfield) - 5:43
[8] Wild Goose Flaps It's Wings (Mike Oldfield) - 5:03
[9] Flowers of the Forest (Traditional arrangement by Mike Oldfield) - 6:01
[10] Mont St. Michel (Mike Oldfield) - 12:18

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MIKE OLDFIELD - Guitar, Producer, Engineer, Programming

BILL SMITH - Guitar, Design

Featuring:
LONDON SYM ORCHESTRA
HIGHLAND PIPERS

MAIRE BREATNACH - Vocals
MATT MOLLOY - Vocals
SEÁN KEANE - Vocals
NOEL ECCLES - Vocals
JOHN MYERS - Vocals
LIAM O'FLYNN - Vocals
DAVY SPILLANE - Vocals
PAT WALSH - Vocals
LONDON VOICES - Choir, Chorus
ROBIN SMITH - Arranger

HENRY JACKMAN - Producer, Programing
ROB DICKINS - Executive Producer
RICHARD BARRIE - Engineer
GREGG JACKMAN - Assistant Engineer
TOM NEWMAN - Assistant Engineer
DAVID SCHEINMANN - Photography

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CD:1996 UK (WEA 0630 45896-2 YS)
CD: 1996 CN (WEA 15896)

VOYAGER was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.



"I'm half Irish, and I think that has always influenced my music a great deal. With this album I wanted to capture the spirit of a mythological world and try to evoke the legends of the ancient Celts. Most of the instruments on the album are hand-played, as opposed to electronic, I think that gives it a more earthy feel."

Mike Oldfield about this album



Celtic themes have bubbled away in Oldfield's work as far back as Hergest Ridge in '74. On this all-instrumental effort, his guitar is bolstered by pipes, orchestra, and choir on a mixed bag of lackluster, repetitive material (the lone exception being a lovely "She Moves Through the Fair").

Jeff Bateman - Amazon.com



Mit "Tubular Bells" läutete er 1973 seine Karriere ein. Als "Reisender" packt der britische Eigenbrötler anno 1996 viele Secondhand-Ideen in sein Gepäck: pulsierende Melodien mit irisch-esoterischem Flair. ** Klang: 03-04

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Musikalischer Tranquilizer oder harmonieverliebtes Soundgenie? Auch nach 23 Jahren scheiden sich an Mike Oldfield noch die Geister. Auf seiner jüngsten Expedition ins Reich der Klänge versucht er "den Geist einer mythologischen Welt einzufangen und einen Bezug zu den alten Legenden der Kelten herzustellen", wie der Meister blumig kommentiert. Dudelsäcke, Harfen und das London Symphony Orchestra geben Oldfields eigenen Stücken und den irisch-schottischen Traditionals feierliches Flair. Doch anders als Mark Knopfler gelingt es ihm nicht, den üppigen Sound zu erden.

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Oldfield has always been a bit of a musical dilettante, and Voyager is no exception. If he didn't come by it honestly, one might almost suspect this album's Celtic influences derived from that music's being in vogue when this disc was recorded. There are certainly some enjoyable melodies herein, but nothing that rises above the ordinary. Oldfield's stinging guitar work is in evidence, and some synthesized bagpipes try to lend it an air of majesty, but ultimately this recording doesn't really voyage much of anywhere.

Ross Boissoneau - All Music Guide
 

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