Description
Mike Oldfield – Earth Moving / Disky Audio CD 1997 / VI 882352
UPC 0724348823526
Earth Moving is the 12th record album by British musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1989. Unlike Oldfield's albums released prior to Earth Moving, the album contains no instrumental tracks.
Oldfield used several vocalists on the album, including his then girlfriend, Anita Hegerland. The album's music was performed mainly with synthesizers. It was the first time Oldfield recorded an album without an instrumental piece; each track being vocal-based pop and rock songs. Oldfield's only other album free of instrumentals to date is 2014's Man on the Rocks.
The final track, despite appearing to be a lengthier piece, consists of two short, apparently unconnected songs, combined into one track, with a noticeable pause in between. According to Oldfield, the album was made in full compliance with his recording company, Virgin Records, which demanded he create more commercially oriented material than his previous albums. After recording Earth Moving Oldfield wanted to move away from 'computerised music' and return to real musicians and instruments; this is evident in his next album, Amarok.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Holy
Backing Vocals – Phil Spalding
Lead Vocals – Adrian Belew
Backing Vocals – Phil Spalding
Lead Vocals – Adrian Belew
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4:36 | |
| 2 | Hostage
Backing Vocals – Mike Oldfield
Clavinet – Daniel Lazerus
Lead Vocals – Max Bacon
Violin – Bobby Valentino
Vocals [Additional Vocals] – Nikkie "B" Bentley
Backing Vocals – Mike Oldfield
Clavinet – Daniel Lazerus
Lead Vocals – Max Bacon
Violin – Bobby Valentino
Vocals [Additional Vocals] – Nikkie "B" Bentley
|
4:08 | |
| 3 | Far Country
Guitar [Left Side Solo Guitar] – Adrian Belew
Guitar [Right Side Solo Guitar] – Mike Oldfield
Lead Vocals – Mark Williamson
Guitar [Left Side Solo Guitar] – Adrian Belew
Guitar [Right Side Solo Guitar] – Mike Oldfield
Lead Vocals – Mark Williamson
|
4:24 | |
| 4 | Innocent
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Anita Hegerland
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Anita Hegerland
|
3:30 | |
| 5 | Runaway Son
Backing Vocals – Phil Spalding
Horns [Kick Horn Section] – Roddy Lorimer, Simon Clarke (2), Simon Gardner, Tim Sanders
Lead Vocals – Chris Thompson
Backing Vocals – Phil Spalding
Horns [Kick Horn Section] – Roddy Lorimer, Simon Clarke (2), Simon Gardner, Tim Sanders
Lead Vocals – Chris Thompson
|
4:07 | |
| 6 | See The Light
Backing Vocals – Phil Spalding
Horns [Kick Horn Section] – Roddy Lorimer, Simon Clarke (2), Simon Gardner, Tim Sanders
Lead Vocals – Chris Thompson
Backing Vocals – Phil Spalding
Horns [Kick Horn Section] – Roddy Lorimer, Simon Clarke (2), Simon Gardner, Tim Sanders
Lead Vocals – Chris Thompson
|
3:59 | |
| 7 |
Earth Moving
Backing Vocals – Carl Wayne, Jackie Challenor, Keith Murrell, Lance Ellington, Maggie Ryder, Sonia Jones Morgan
Bass [Fretless Bass] – Phil Spalding
Lead Vocals – Nikkie "B" Bentley
Saxophone – Raf Ravenscroft
Vocals [Additional Vocals] – Max Bacon
Backing Vocals – Carl Wayne, Jackie Challenor, Keith Murrell, Lance Ellington, Maggie Ryder, Sonia Jones Morgan
Bass [Fretless Bass] – Phil Spalding
Lead Vocals – Nikkie "B" Bentley
Saxophone – Raf Ravenscroft
Vocals [Additional Vocals] – Max Bacon
|
4:04 | |
| 8 | Blue Night
Backing Vocals – Daniel Lazerus, Maggie Reilly
Lead Vocals – Maggie Reilly
Tambourine – Daniel Lazerus
Backing Vocals – Daniel Lazerus, Maggie Reilly
Lead Vocals – Maggie Reilly
Tambourine – Daniel Lazerus
|
3:48 | |
| 9 | Nothing But / Bridge To Paradise
Backing Vocals – Carl Wayne, Jackie Challenor, Keith Murrell, Lance Ellington, Maggie Ryder, Sonia Jones Morgan
Harp [Blues Harp], Tambourine – Daniel Lazerus
Lead Vocals – Carol Kenyon, Max Bacon
Vocals [Additional Vocals] – Paul Lee, Phil Spalding
Backing Vocals – Carl Wayne, Jackie Challenor, Keith Murrell, Lance Ellington, Maggie Ryder, Sonia Jones Morgan
Harp [Blues Harp], Tambourine – Daniel Lazerus
Lead Vocals – Carol Kenyon, Max Bacon
Vocals [Additional Vocals] – Paul Lee, Phil Spalding
|
8:40 |
- Crew [Personal Assistant] – Jeremy Parker (3)
- Design [Re-Cover Design] – Artidee
- Engineer [Casting Engineer] – Dennis Blackham
- Guitar [Guitars], Keyboards, Programmed By, Written-By, Engineer – Mike Oldfield
- Producer – Daniel Lazerus, Mike Oldfield
- Technician [Technical Advisor] – Richard Barrie
