Icon (Mike Oldfield album)

Icon is a compilation album by British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield. It was released on 31 May 2012 in Europe.[1] It is part of a series of similar Icon albums released by Universal Music Enterprises.

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Compilation album by
Released31 May 2012 (2012-05-31)
Recorded1973 – 2007
GenrePop rock, Progressive rock
Length55:35
LabelUniversal Music Enterprises
ProducerMike Oldfield, Tom Newman, Simon Heyworth, Simon Phillips, Karl Jenkins
Mike Oldfield chronology
Two Sides
(2012)
Icon
(2012)
Moonlight Shadow: The Collection
(2013)

The album includes selections from Oldfield's recorded output with Mercury Records. Pieces from earlier in Oldfield's career were originally released on Virgin Records but have been subsequently moved to Mercury/Universal.

The album was released during the same year as another Mike Oldfield compilation from Universal, Two Sides.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tubular Bells" (Original theme from The Exorcist)Mike Oldfield3:18
2."Moonlight Shadow"Oldfield3:39
3."In Dulci Jubilo"Johann Sebastian Bach2:51
4."Spanish Tune"Oldfield3:12
5."Harbinger"Oldfield4:09
6."Ommadawn" (Excerpt)Oldfield3:39
7."The Tempest"Oldfield5:49
8."Angelique"Oldfield4:42
9."Family Man"Oldfield, Tim Cross, Rick Fenn, Mike Frye, Morris Pert, Maggie Reilly3:46
10."Guilty"Oldfield6:44
11."The Gate"Oldfield4:15
12."The Sailor's Hornpipe" (Viv Stanshall version)Traditional2:49
13."Portsmouth"Traditional2:01
14."Incantations" (Excerpt from part 4)Oldfield4:41

References

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  1. ^ "Mike Oldfield - Icon". Discogs. Retrieved 5 May 2013.