Description
Mike Oldfield – The Songs Of Distant Earth / WEA Audio Cassette / 4509-98581-4
UPC 745099858148
The Songs of Distant Earth is the sixteenth studio album by English musician, songwriter and producer Mike Oldfield, released on 21 November 1994 by WEA. It is a concept album based on the 1986 science fiction novel The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke. The album reached No. 24 on the UK Albums Chart.
| Label: | WEA – 4509-98581-4 |
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Cassette, Album
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| Genre: | Electronic |
| Style: | New Age, Downtempo, Experimental, Ambient |
Tracklist:
| A1 | In The Beginning | 1:24 | |
| A2 | Let There Be Light | 4:52 | |
| A3 | Supernova | 3:29 | |
| A4 | Magellan | 4:41 | |
| A5 | First Landing | 1:16 | |
| A6 | Oceania | 3:27 | |
| A7 | Only Time Will Tell | 4:19 | |
| A8 | Prayer For The Earth |
2:10 | |
| A9 | Lament For Atlantis | 2:44 | |
| B1 | The Chamber | 1:49 | |
| B2 | Hibernaculum | 3:32 | |
| B3 | Tubular World | 3:23 | |
| B4 | The Shining Ones | 2:59 | |
| B5 | Crystal Clear | 5:42 | |
| B6 | The Sunken Forest | 2:39 | |
| B7 | Ascension | 5:48 | |
| B8 | A New Beginning | 1:33 |
- Choir [Tubuai] – Vahine Taihara
- Design, Art Direction – Bill Smith Studio
- Engineer [Asistant] – Gregg Jackman, Steve MacMillan, Tom Newman (2)
- Engineer [Technical] – Richard Barrie
- Executive-Producer – Rob Dickins
- Keyboards – Molly Oldfield
- Loops [Additional Rhythm Loops] – Mark Rutherford, Sugar 'J'
- Management [Worlwide Representation For Cbl] – Clive Banks
- Other [Self Hypnosis Tape] – Mike Joseph
- Photography By [Portrait] – Simon Fowler (2)
- Programmed By [Additional] – Eric Cadieux
- Tabla [Tablas] – Pandit Dinesh
- Vocals – Cori Josias, David Nickless, Ella Harper, Members Of "Verulam Consort", Roame, The Tallis Scholars
- Written-By, Producer, Engineer – Mike Oldfield
