Mike Oldfield

Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English retired musician, songwriter and producer best known for his debut studio album Tubular Bells (1973), which became an unexpected critical and commercial success. Though primarily a guitarist, Oldfield played a range of instruments, which included keyboards and percussion, as well as vocals. He had adopted a range of musical styles throughout his career, including progressive rock, world, folk, classical, electronic, ambient and new age music. Oldfield took up the guitar at age ten and left school in his teens to embark on a music career. From 1967 to 1970, he and his sister Sally Oldfield were a folk duo, the Sallyangie, after which he performed with Kevin Ayers. In 1971, Oldfield started work on Tubular Bells which caught the attention of Richard Branson, who agreed to release it on his new label, Virgin Records. Its opening was used in the horror film The Exorcist and the album went on to sell over 2.7 million copies in the UK. Oldfield followed it with Hergest Ridge (1974), Ommadawn (1975) and Incantations (1978), all of which feature longform and mostly instrumental pieces. In the late 1970s, Oldfield began to tour and release more commercial and song-based music, beginning with Platinum (1979), QE2 (1980) and Five Miles Out (1982). His most successful album of this period was Crises (1983), which features the worldwide hit single "Moonlight Shadow" with vocalist Maggie Reilly. After signing with WEA in the early 1990s, Oldfield's most significant album of the decade was Tubular Bells II (1992) and he experimented with virtual reality and gaming content with his MusicVR project. In 2012, he performed at the opening ceremony for the 2012 Olympic Games held in London. Oldfield's discography includes 26 studio albums, nine of which have reached the UK top ten. His final album, Return to Ommadawn, was released in 2017. Oldfield's label announced his retirement in 2023.

Tubular Bells (50th Anniversary) - 2023-05-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Tubular Bells - 50th Anniversary Celebration - 2022-10-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Discovery (Deluxe / Remastered 2015) - 2016-01-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Discovery (Remastered 2015) - 2016-01-29T00:00:00.000000Z

The Killing Fields (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Remastered 2015) - 2016-01-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Man On The Rocks - 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Man On The Rocks (Deluxe Edition) - 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Man On The Rocks (Track By Track) - 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Crises - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Crises (Deluxe Edition) - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Crises (Super Deluxe Edition) - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Five Miles Out - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Five Miles Out (Deluxe Edition) - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Tubular Beats - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Platinum (Deluxe Edition) - 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

QE2 (Deluxe Edition) - 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Ommadawn (Deluxe Edition) - 2010-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Mike Oldfield Collection - 2009-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Tubular Bells Digital Box Set - 2009-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Music Of The Spheres - 2008-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Light And Shade - 2005-09-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Tubular Bells 2003 - 2004-11-09T00:00:00.000000Z

3 Lunas - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Earth Moving - 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Heaven's Open - 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z