Mike Oldfield's The Songs of Distant Earth was inspired by a book by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, who gave the album a ringing endorsement in the liner notes. Of course, the association between literature and music is something more felt than generally understood, and while Oldfield's recording was shot through with sound effects that seemed to relate to space travel (countdowns, etc.), it was less reminiscent of any writing than it was of earlier works by Oldfield. And though by 1996 Oldfield could make some claim to being the godfather not only of new age but of the recently popular version of it steeped in Celtic music (i.e., Enya), he remained grounded in progressive rock so that, with its recurrent backbeat and stately, but penetrating guitar solos, his music continued to seem closer to Pink Floyd than to Windham Hill. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi
The Songs of Distant Earth
1994 | Warner Spec. Mkt. Uk
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CD
$10.99SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH
01/13/2008
All Music Guide Review
The Songs of Distant Earth Track Listing
Credits of The Songs of Distant Earth
- Steve MacMillan
- Assistant Engineer
- Mark Rutherford
- ?, Rhythm Loops
- Sugar J.
- Rhythm Loops
- Rob Dickins
- Executive Producer
- Dinesh
- Tabla
- Ella Harper
- Vocals
- Simon Fowler
- Photography
- Gregg Jackman
- Assistant Engineer
- Richard Barrie
- Engineer
- Eric Cadieux
- Programming
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Liner Notes
- David Nickless
- Vocals
- Molly Oldfield
- Keyboards
- Roame
- Vocals
- Verulam Consort (Members Of)
- Vocals, Ensemble
- Tom Newman
- Assistant Engineer
- The Tallis Scholars
- Vocals, ?, Ensemble
- Greg Jackman
- Assistant Engineer
- Cori Josias
- Vocals
- Mike Oldfield
- Producer, Engineer
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