Islands is the 11th album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1987. Guest singers on the album are Bonnie Tyler, Kevin Ayers, Anita Hegerland and Jim Price. A different track list and cover was used for the American edition.
Islands was also released as a video album produced. For each track a video was made and released, often mixing state of the art (for the time) computer generated images with real life images.
The album boasts the largest number of...
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Islands is the 11th album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1987. Guest singers on the album are Bonnie Tyler, Kevin Ayers, Anita Hegerland and Jim Price. A different track list and cover was used for the American edition.
Islands was also released as a video album produced. For each track a video was made and released, often mixing state of the art (for the time) computer generated images with real life images.
The album boasts the largest number of co-producers out of all of Oldfield's work; production was handled by Michael Cretu (of Enigma fame), Geoffrey Downes, Tom Newman, Simon Phillips, Alan Shacklock and Oldfield himself. Guest singers on the album are Bonnie Tyler, Kevin Ayers, Anita Hegerland and Jim Price.
The album peaked at #9 on Norway's album chart and at #29 in the UK Album Chart.
The major single in Europe was the title track, "Islands", which was sung by Bonnie Tyler. In the United States, "Magic Touch" was a top 10 hit on the Billboard Album Rock charts in early 1988....
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