Mike Oldfield discography
Studio albums26
Live albums1
Compilation albums14
Video albums11
EPs6
Soundtrack albums1
Orchestral arrangements1
Remix albums2
Box sets7

This is the albums discography of English musician Mike Oldfield.

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1][2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
CAN
[5]
GER
[6]
NL
[7]
SPA
[8][9]
SWE
[10][11]
SWI
[12]
US
[13]
Tubular Bells 1 1 67[upper-alpha 1] 1 22 2 4 21[upper-alpha 1] 3
Hergest Ridge
  • Released: 2 September 1974
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
1 12 91 12 54[upper-alpha 2] 11 87
Ommadawn
  • Released: 3 November 1975
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
4 60 74 2 5 42 146
Incantations
  • Released: 1 December 1978
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2×LP, MC
14 54 41 27 9 32
Platinum
  • Released: 23 November 1979
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Released in North America as Airborn
24 98 17 11 27
QE2
  • Released: 31 October 1980
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
27 23 8 12 45[upper-alpha 3] 174
Five Miles Out
  • Released: 19 March 1982
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
7 16 10 29 7 34 3 5 164
Crises
  • Released: 27 May 1983
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
6 17 2 57 1 2 1 1 5
Discovery
  • Released: 25 June 1984
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
15 56 3 44 1 2 1 3 1
Islands
  • Released: 28 September 1987
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
29 10 9 71 4 12 4 138
Earth Moving
  • Released: 10 July 1989
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
30 21 1 55 21 21 3
Amarok
  • Released: 28 May 1990
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
49 26 16 66 27 50 30
Heaven's Open
  • Released: 18 February 1991
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
13 80 16
Tubular Bells II
  • Released: 31 August 1992
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
1 12 4 7 15 1 18 19
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[14]
  • BVMI: Gold[19]
  • PROMUSICAE: 5× Platinum[20]
The Songs of Distant Earth
  • Released: 21 November 1994
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
24 20 33 81 1 12 23
  • BPI: Gold[14]
  • PROMUSICAE: 2× Platinum[20]
Voyager
  • Released: 26 August 1996
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, MC
12 16 15 41 1 13 15
  • BPI: Gold[14]
  • PROMUSICAE: 3× Platinum[20]
Tubular Bells III
  • Released: 31 August 1998
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, MC
4 96 4 9 46 1 31 26
  • BPI: Gold[14]
  • PROMUSICAE: 4× Platinum[20]
Guitars
  • Released: 24 May 1999
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, MC
40 35 16 3 34
  • PROMUSICAE: Platinum[20]
The Millennium Bell
  • Released: 26 November 1999
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, MC
133 43 39 5 94
  • PROMUSICAE: Platinum[20]
Tres Lunas
  • Released: 3 June 2002
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, MC
8 19 5 32 44
  • PROMUSICAE: Platinum[20]
Tubular Bells 2003
  • Released: 27 May 2003
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, MC
51 29 41 11 55
Light + Shade
  • Released: 26 September 2005
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: 2×CD
175 26 9 76
Music of the Spheres 9 62 14 7 31 37
Man on the Rocks 12 10 3 16 5 48 9
Return to Ommadawn
  • Released: 29 January 2017
  • Label: Virgin EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
4 6 3 28 1 38 8
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

There is only one officially released Oldfield live audio album, Exposed, although others have been released on video: Warner's Sight&Sound edition of The Art in Heaven Concert includes a CD of Oldfield's new millennium live performance in Berlin; and the special edition of Music of the Spheres also contains the only live performance of the piece by Oldfield (Bilbao 2008).

The North America alternate version of Platinum, Airborn, features a live version of Tubular Bells part one and a live/studio version of Incantations on the second LP. Note, they are not the same recordings as Exposed.

Live CDs were also included in the Mercury Records deluxe editions of Oldfield's albums: Platinum (Live at Wembley Arena, May 1980), QE2 (Live from the European Adventure Tour), Five Miles Out (Live in Cologne – 6 December 1982 – Five Miles Out Tour), Crises (Live at Wembley Arena 22 July 1983 Crises Tour).

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
GER
[6]
Exposed
  • Released: 27 July 1979
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2×LP, MC
16 43

Soundtrack albums

The only full film score which Oldfield has written, was for the 1984 film The Killing Fields. Oldfield was commissioned to produce the music for NASA's The Space Movie in 1979; no soundtrack album was released at the time. However a DVD and CD soundtrack (though the CD content is just the audio track from the DVD, including voiceovers and sound effects) were issued in October 2015. He also contributed to the movie soundtrack album on The X-Files, with his rendition of Mark Snow's main theme, entitled "Tubular X".

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
CAN
[5]
GER
[6]
SPA
[8]
The Killing Fields
  • Released: 26 November 1984
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
97 90 64 16

Orchestral arrangements

In 1975, David Bedford arranged Oldfield's first two albums, Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge, for orchestra. These were both performed and recorded, however only The Orchestral Tubular Bells was released to the public as an album. Even though The Orchestral Hergest Ridge was not released, sections were used in the soundtrack to The Space Movie.

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
The Orchestral Tubular Bells
  • Released: January 1975
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
17

Remix albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUT
[4]
GER
[6]
NL
[7]
SPA
[8]
SWE
[9]
Tubular Beats
  • Released: 1 February 2013
  • Label: Ear Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
67 55 54 96 55
The 1984 Suite
  • Released: 29 January 2016
  • Label: Mercury/Virgin EMI
  • Formats: LP, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUT
[4]
GER
[6]
NL
[7]
SPA
[8][9]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[12]
Music Wonderland
  • Released: March 1981
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Continental Europe-only release
5 12
Episodes
  • Released: June 1981[23]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • France-only release
The Complete Mike Oldfield
  • Released: 21 October 1985
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2×CD, 2×LP, 2×MC
36 17 7 27
Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield
  • Released: 13 September 1993
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
5 24 13 54 5 4 21
XXV: The Essential
  • Released: 17 November 1997
  • Label: WEA/Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
78 19 42 19
  • PROMUSICAE: Gold[20]
The Best of Tubular Bells
  • Released: 4 June 2001
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
60
Collection
  • Released: February 2002
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2×CD
The Platinum Collection
  • Released: 13 March 2006
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 3×CD
36 12
The Mike Oldfield Collection 1974–1983
  • Released: 8 June 2009
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: 2×CD
11
Icon
Two Sides: The Very Best of Mike Oldfield
  • Released: 30 July 2012
  • Label: Mercury/Universal Music
  • Formats: 2×CD, digital download
6 22 38 86
Moonlight Shadow: The Collection
  • Released: 22 April 2013
  • Label: Mercury/Universal Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Best of 1992–2003
  • Released: 24 April 2015
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Formats: 2×CD, digital download
70 91
Lo mejor de...
  • Released: 10 July 2015
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Spain-only release
93
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1][2]
SPA
[8][9]
Boxed
  • Released: 29 October 1976
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 4×LP, 2×MC
22
Collector's Edition Box
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2×CD
Elements Box
  • Released: November 1993
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 4×CD
The Complete Tubular Bells
  • Released: November 1993
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: 3×CD+DVD
167 13
Classic Album Selection – Six Albums 1973–1980
  • Released: 30 July 2012
  • Label: Mercury/Universal Music
  • Formats: 6×CD
68
The Studio Albums 1992–2003
  • Released: 21 October 2014
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Formats: 8×CD
Original Album Series
  • Released: 11 November 2016
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Music
  • Formats: 5×CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Video albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
The Essential Mike Oldfield
Tubular Bells – Live in Concert
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: WOT Video/Festival
  • Formats: VHS
  • Australia-only release
The Wind Chimes
  • Released: June 1988
  • Label: Virgin Music Video
  • Formats: VHS, CD-V
8[25]
Tubular Bells II – The Performance Live at Edinburgh Castle 4[26]
Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield
  • Released: September 1993
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: VHS, LD
5[27]
Tubular Bells III Live
  • Released: October 1998
  • Label: Warner Music Video
  • Formats: VHS
9
Tubular Bells II & III Live
  • Released: 20 September 1999
  • Label: Warner Music Video
  • Formats: DVD
16
The Art in Heaven Concert
  • Released: 10 February 2000
  • Label: Warner Music Video
  • Formats: DVD, VHS
20
Esposed
  • Released: 24 October 2005
  • Label: EMI/Virgin
  • Formats: 2×DVD
33
Live at Montreux 1981 40
The Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Tour
  • Released: 7 November 2022
  • Label: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment
  • Formats: 2×DVD, 2×Blu-ray
1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

EPs

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
Take Four
  • Released: 1 December 1978
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 7", 12"
72
The Singles
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12"
  • Japan-only release
The Mike Oldfield EP
  • Released: September 1982
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 7", 12"
  • Germany-only release
Tattoo – Live at Edinburgh Castle EP
  • Released: 7 December 1992
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD
In Dulci Jubilo – The Mike Oldfield Christmas EP
  • Released: November 1993
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
The X-Files Theme EP
  • Released: 16 December 1998
  • Label: EastWest Japan
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Collaborations

YearTitleArtistNotes
1968Children of the SunThe SallyangieAs part of a duo with his sister Sally Oldfield. Sallyangie also released two singles.
1969"Two Ships" / "Colours of the World"The SallyangieSingle
1969"Child of Allah" / "Lady Go Lightly"The SallyangieSingle
1970Shooting at the MoonKevin Ayers and the Whole WorldBass guitar, lead guitar and backing vocals
1970"If You've Got Money" / "Yep"Bridget St. JohnElektra single; Bridget St. John featuring Kevin Ayers and the Whole World, including Mike Oldfield on lead guitar
1971Edgar Broughton BandThe Edgar Broughton BandMandolin on one track
1971Ear of BeholderLol Coxhill
1971WhatevershebringswesingKevin Ayers and the Whole WorldBass guitar and lead guitar
1972Nurses Song with ElephantsDavid Bedford
1973LegendHenry Cow
1974Rock BottomRobert WyattLead guitar on one track
1974The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other StoriesKevin AyersLead guitar on one track
1974June 1, 1974Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Nico and Brian EnoLive album recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London on 1 June 1974.
1974Star's EndDavid Bedford
1974UnrestHenry Cow
1974Theatre Royal Drury Lane 8th September 1974Robert WyattLive album released in 2005; lead guitar.
1975The Rime of the Ancient MarinerDavid Bedford
1976Odd DittiesKevin AyersA compilation of singles and unreleased tracks.
1976The OdysseyDavid Bedford
1976BandagesThe Edgar Broughton Band
1977Instructions for AngelsDavid Bedford
1977Mathematicians Air DisplayPekka PohjolaAlso known as a collaboration with Pekka Pohjola or The Consequences of Indecisions album. The original title is Keesojen lehto, under which it is available on CD from Love Records. There was also a release with a Swedish title.
1977Song of the White HorseDavid Bedford
1977Fine Old TomTom Newman
1978Water BearerSally OldfieldMandolin on "Child of Allah"; a song that Oldfield had previously recorded with his sister, Sally, as Sallyangie.
1979Faerie SymphonyTom Newman
1979DownwindPierre Moerlen's Gong
1979Strange Man, Changed ManBram Tchaikovsky
1979"Judy's Gone Down/Jung Lovers"James VaneSingle
1980LivePierre Moerlen's GongLive album
1980The Concertina RecordLea NicholsonGuitar, sleigh bells and bodhrán on one track
1980JoyThe Skids
1983Star Clusters, Nebulae & Places in Devon/The Song of the White HorseDavid BedfordProduced and Engineered by Oldfield. Also the only LP issued by Oldfield Music.
1990NatashaSally Nathasha Oldfield
1990Kâma-SûtraMichel Polnareff
1992Still Life with GuitarKevin Ayers
1992BBC Radio 1: Live in ConcertKevin Ayers
1992Pavarotti & FriendsLuciano Pavarotti
1995Variations on a Rhythm of Mike OldfieldDavid Bedford
1996Singing the BruiseKevin Ayers
1997Snow BlindTom Newman
1998The Garden of LoveKevin Ayers
2000Official Bootleg OnePhil Beer
2000Do Ya Wanna Play, CarlCarl Palmer
2002From the Banks of the River IrwellMax Bacon
2005Tag und NachtSchiller
2006Night of the Proms 2006Night of the PromsVarious artists live concert album; orchestral sections of Tubular Bells and Ommadawn, and "Shadow on the Wall" with John Miles. Tubular Bells on DVD "Best of the Night of the Proms Vol.2". Moonlight Shadow with Miriam Stockley on DVD "Best of Night of the Proms Vol 3".
2008"Song for Survival" featuring the Anuta tribeSongs for SurvivalVarious artists charity album for Survival International. In support of the BBC television series Tribe and Amazon.[28]
2012Journey into SpaceTerry OldfieldGuitar on "Origin", "Flight of the Eagle" and "Dancer in the Void".
2012Isles of Wonder: Music for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic GamesVariousSoundtrack from the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Features new arrangements of Tubular Bells introduction, "Far Above the Clouds" and "In Dulci Jubilo". This album charted in the top ten around the world.[29][30] Live performance also released on BBC DVD/Blu-ray.
2012IslandersYork"Islanders"

Notes

  1. 1 2 Chart peak for the 2023 50th Anniversary Edition re-release.
  2. Chart peak in 2010.
  3. Chart peak in 2012.


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