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XXV The Essential
Released on November 17th, 1997
Tracklist
01. Tubular Bells (Excerpt)
02. Hergest Ridge (Excerpt)
03. Ommadawn (Excerpt)
04. Incantations (Excerpt)
05. Moonlight Shadow
06. Portsmouth
07. Good News
(from The Killing Fields)
02. Hergest Ridge (Excerpt)
03. Ommadawn (Excerpt)
04. Incantations (Excerpt)
05. Moonlight Shadow
06. Portsmouth
07. Good News
(from The Killing Fields)
08. Sentinel (Tubular Bells II Remix)
09. The Bell (Remix)
10. Let There Be Light
11. Only Time Will Tell
12. The Voyager
13. Women of Ireland
14. Tubular Bells III (Excerpt)
09. The Bell (Remix)
10. Let There Be Light
11. Only Time Will Tell
12. The Voyager
13. Women of Ireland
14. Tubular Bells III (Excerpt)
XXV: The Essential is a compilation album written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield and released in 1997. The Roman numerals XXV are to represent that this is a compilation pieces of the first 25 years of Oldfield's work.
Background
The 14 track album features songs from the first 25 years of Oldfield's career, when he was on the Virgin Records and Warner Music labels.
Oldfield's version of "Women of Ireland" although from his previous album of new material, "Voyager", was released as a single from this compilation album in 1997 and titled "Women of Ireland XXV".
The track "Tubular Bells III" is an early version of the main introduction theme ("Source of Secrets") from Oldfield's then forthcoming album, Tubular Bells III. The differences between this version and the album version are there is a male vocal instead of a female vocal and there is different instrumentation.
Oldfield's version of "Women of Ireland" although from his previous album of new material, "Voyager", was released as a single from this compilation album in 1997 and titled "Women of Ireland XXV".
The track "Tubular Bells III" is an early version of the main introduction theme ("Source of Secrets") from Oldfield's then forthcoming album, Tubular Bells III. The differences between this version and the album version are there is a male vocal instead of a female vocal and there is different instrumentation.
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