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• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.84 x 5.71 x 0.39 inches; 3.32 ounces
• Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Warner Bros Uk
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ 706301589625
• Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2008
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• Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 11, 2007
• Label ‏ : ‎ Warner Bros Uk
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000072O2
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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The Voyager

1 January 1996 10 Songs, 58 minutes ℗ 1996 Warner Music UK Ltd.

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Voyager August 26th, 1996

Cover by Bill Smith Studio (photography by David Scheinmann)

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

Written, Produced and Engineered by Mike Oldfield (except track 1) Assistant Engineers: Gregg Jackman, Tom Newman Technical Engineer: Richard Barrie Arrangement by Robin Smith on 'Mont St Michel' Additional Programming: Henry Jackman

Additional Musicans: Maire Breatnach (Fiddle) Choir: London Voices Noel Eccles (Percussion) Liam O' Flynn (Uillean pipes) Highland Pipers Seam Keane (Fiddle) London Symphony Orchestra Matt Molloy (Flutes, Tin Whistles) John Myers (Tin Whistle/Fiddle) David Spillane (Uillean Pipes/Low whistle) Pat Walsh

Recorded at Roughwood Studios Orchestra at Air studios (Lyndhurst) Ltd

Special thanks to: Clive Banks, Moira Bellas and Jeremy Parker

Mike Oldfield plays... Nothing listed. Believed to be: Electric guitars (including guitar synthesiser), Acoustic guitars, Mandolin, Keyboards.

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Additional notes from Richard Carter

Notes On The Instruments

Electric guitars - Mike continued to use his PRS Custom and red Fender Stratocaster as his main electric guitars. Somewhere between the time of him recording this album and Tubular Bells 3, Mike acquired a PRS Custom 24, into which he had installed a Roland GK2A pickup system (got all the numbers here...). Mike uses this pickup to connect the guitar to a Roland VG8 virtual guitar modeling processor. This is similar in idea to a guitar synthesiser, although technically it isn't synthesising as it uses the waveform produced by the guitar strings/pickup as its starting point (just so you know...). The unit is capable of recreating the sounds of all manner of guitars, amplifiers and effects units via digital modeling, although a feature used by Mike a fair amount is its ability to create the sounds of other instruments. Several tracks on Voyager use the unit to create the sounds of whistles and bagpipes.

Mandolin - Used a lot on 'Dark Island'. By the time of this album, Mike was using a mandolin built by Scottish instrument builder Mike Vanden.

Notes On The Musicians

Maire Breatnach - Has played on all sorts of albums including those by The Chieftains and Riverdance, as well as releasing her own solo albums. Maire plays fiddle, viola, whistles, piano and keyboards, guitar and vocals. She probably contributes the fiddle to Voyager.

Noel Eccles - Irish percussionist who has worked with The Chieftains, Liam O'Flynn, Van Morrison and The Corrs, amongst others. Played percussion for Riverdance and has played on the soundtracks of numerous films including Room With A View and Mask.

Liam O' Flynn - Uillean piper. Has released several solo albums and has also played with the likes of Kate Bush, Enya, Mark Knopfler and The Everly Brothers. Founder member of 'Planxty'.

Seán Keane - Vocalist and Fiddler. Has played with The Corrs, Mark Knopfler, James Galway and currently plays with the Chieftains. Brother of Irish singer Dolores Keane. Also played in the band Arcady, alongside Johnny 'Ringo' McDonough, who played Bodhran on 'Exposed'.

Matt Molloy - Highly regarded Irish flautist and Tin Whistle player, who has played with artists like The Chieftains (the band which he is currently with), The Bothy Band, James Galway and Van Morrison.

John Myers - Whistle player and Fiddler, once played with Shane McGowan's group 'The Popes'. He may have played either tin whistle or fiddle on Voyager.

Davy Spillane - Player of Uillean Pipes and Low Whistles, born in Dublin, Ireland, founded the band Moving Hearts before going on to become a solo artist. Davy has played on numerous soundtracks and also featured on Riverdance, as well as having collaboratedwith many other artists, such as Van Morrison, Kate Bush, Steve Winwood and Enya. Davy Spillane also makes his own pipes and whistles. More information on Davy and his instruments can be found on his website. Davy may have played either Uillean pipes or the Low whistle on Voyager.

Information on Pat Walsh seems to be a bit thin on the ground. The AMG All Music guide lists him as having done vocals on the album. However, as it lists all the musicians as being vocalists, and also claims that Bill Smith (designer of the cover) played guitar on the album, I would rather question its accuracy (and not for the first time...).

Other Notes

In 1992, after leaving Virgin, Mike signed a three album contract with Warner records. Voyager, as the last of the three, was recorded to finish this contract off. The suggestion of doing a Celtic album came from the record company, who no doubt had in mind the popularity of acts such as 'Riverdance' at the time. Mike liked the idea, feeling that Celtic music was 'easy' for him, as his natural way of playing music is rooted in celtic playing styles. What emerged was a very calm, relaxed album, with this feel influenced by Mike's then recent discoveries of meditations and Tai Chi.

'The Song of the Sun' was written by Bieito Romero, piper of Galician group 'Luar na Lubre'. Mike first met the group in 1992 and has since had a good relationship with them. The tune of 'O Son do Ar' (the track's Galician name), stuck in Mike's head, making it seem an obvious choice for him to cover for the album. Take a look at the group's website for more information on them.

Händel's sarabande from his Suite no 4 for harpsichord in D minor is incorporated into 'Women of Ireland' (the tune is played on a guitar synth sound between 2:30 and 3:00). The piece, arranged for orchestra, was used as the theme music to Stanley Kubrick's film 'Barry Lyndon' which also featured music by The Chieftains, who provided the tune 'Women of Ireland', amongst others. Like with 'Dark Island', although 'Women of Ireland' is credited in Voyager's sleeve notes as being traditional, it seems that it was actually written by Seán Ó Riada, leader of 'Ceoltóirí Cualann', a group which featured several musicians who branched off to form 'The Chieftains'. 'Women of Ireland' first featured on Ceoltóirí Cualann's 1964 album 'Ó Riada Sa Gaiety', under its Irish name of 'Mná na h Éireann'. The Chieftains later played it on their fourth album (the imaginatively titled ' The Chieftains 4') in 1973. Mike Oldfield, being a fan of Stanley Kubrick's films, almost certainly heard the two pieces of music on the 'Barry Lyndon' soundtrack.

Though 'Dark Island' is listed in the sleeve notes as being a traditional tune, it seems that it was written in 1958 by Iain McLachlan, under the title 'Dr. Mackay's Farewell to Creagorry', a lament for a doctor on the island of Benbecula where McLachlan lived. Words were then added by David Silver for when the tune was used as the theme music to the 1963 BBC TV Thriller 'The Dark Island'.

© Richard Carter 2002

Reviews & Commentary

Ten essential mike oldfield albums.

There are three epochs of Mike Oldfield’s career: Tubular Bells to Incantations , Platinum to Heaven’s Open , Tubular Bells II to the present. There is nothing on this list of 10 Essential Mike Oldfield albums from the middle-era which, except for the overlooked and unjustly criticized Amarok , sound dated, clinical and derivative of Oldfield himself. But…. Mike Oldfield, aside from six different iterations of Tubular Bells , has not been one to repeat himself, so attempts at disco popularity with “Guilty” and punk commentary with “Punkadiddle” and pop with Man on the Rocks are to be forgiven as evidence of a musician who doesn’t stand still and is willing to take chances with his audience. Here are the albums that will embody the legacy of Mike Oldfield as well as a bonus list ranking the six editions of Tubular Bells .

Also bubbling under: Amarok , an album that I thought was a fuck-you to Virgin Records and Richard Branson , but it was actually one of Oldfield’s most adventurous recordings, just a bit more fractured and really, a clearing of the decks for the final third of his career.

Bonus TUBULAR BELLS VERSIONS RANKED 1- Tubular Bells 2- Tubular Bells II 3- Tubular Bells 2003 4- Tubular Bells III 5- The Orchestral Tubular Bells 6- The Millennium Bell

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Amarok is the best album, by any artist, ever IMHO – I know that musical tastes may vary, but I am a bit puzzled by not seeing it in the top 3 of this list – This album is deep.

I only just came around to appreciating Amarok. Maybe when we do the 35 Icons of Echoes it will have moved onto the list, though not Top 3.

I am totally disagree with this list

Great analysis, and mostly agree (I’d remove Tres Lunas and I’d add Amarok high on the list). Perfect explanations and reasoning for each album. Just one comment, “Song of the sun” in Voyager is not an Oldfield’s original. It’s a cover from “O son do ar” from the Spanish celtic group Luar Na Lubre (1988).

Thanks for that correction. You are right. I just never looked at the credits thinking they were Oldfield’s except for the ones I knew were traditional.

TBII is my favorite Mike Oldfield album The colors it evokes and the sonic imagery are amazing. I also like albums from that middle period (i.e. Five Miles Out, QE2 and Crises).

Amarok?? How could you overlook one of his greatest albums?

Mmmh, I’m a bit surprised to see that Tres Lunas, Guitars, Voyager and RTO are part of this list, and TB2 always sounded quite cheap to me and made of “factory sounds”. And I’m even more surprised to see that Five Miles Out isn’t in the list, side 1 is so powerful and sounds almost live.

That’s why there are lists.

Mike Oldfield will forever have a place in my musical soul. As a 6 year old, hearing TB for the first time, I knew this was heavenly sounds. It fueled my love for rhythm and bass guitars. Still after all these years and so many iterations of Mike, I still find solace in his sounds.

I think this is unduly harsh to the 1980s Oldfield. I was born in 1970, and starting listening to Oldfield in the 1980s, so I’m clearly biased, but that run of albums from Platinum through to Crises was marvellous. The pop songs may not have lasted as well, but Crises, Mount Teide, Orabidoo, the Taurus suite, even The Lake from Discovery – all of these are wonderful, lyrical works.

Yes, there were some really good cuts on those albums, but I feel like the ones I selected were pretty much great from first note to last.

Fantastic list! Agree with pretty much all your rankings, Incantations is also my favourite and The Songs of Distant Earth just fantastic. I’m also really glad that you highlighted Guitars and Tres Lunas!

1 hergest ridge 2 ommadawn 3 return to ommadawn 4 tubular bells 2 5 qe2 6 platinum 7 crises 8 music of the spheres 9 ammarok 10 tubular bells 11 guitars

Wow it is difficult to make lists I like them all

Nice list except Platinum would be on my worst Mike Oldfield albums list. Fortunately, that is a short list.

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