Islands (Mike Oldfield album)

Islands
Studio album by Mike Oldfield
Released	September 7, 1987
Genre	Rock
Length	48:11
Label	Virgin
Producer	Michael Cretu Geoffrey Downes Tom Newman Mike Oldfield Simon Phillips Alan Shacklock
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Mike Oldfield chronology
The Killing Fields (1984) Islands (1987) Earth Moving (1989)
Alternate cover
Original United States cover

Islands is a 1987 album written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. 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 possibly the full first 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 major single in Europe was the title track "Islands" which was sung by Bonnie Tyler. In the U.S., "Magic Touch" was a top 10 hit on the U.S. Billboard Album Rock charts in early 1988.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Mike Oldfield.

UK Release

1. "The Wind Chimes Parts One & Two" – 21:49
2. "Islands" – 4:19
3. "Flying Start" – 3:36
4. "North Point" – 3:33
5. "Magic Touch" (New Jim Price Vocal) – 4:14
6. "The Time Has Come" – 3:51
7. "When the Night's on Fire" – 6:41

Original 1987 US Release

1. "The Wind Chimes Part One" – 2:33
2. "The Wind Chimes Part Two" – 19:14
3. "Magic Touch" (Original Max Bacon Vocal) – 4:14
4. "The Time Has Come" – 3:51
5. "North Point" – 3:31
6. "Flying Start" – 3:36
7. "Islands" – 4:19

Singles

• "Islands" (as Mike & Bonnie) (September 7, 1987)
  • Switzerland #22
  • Germany #41
  • Italy #41
  • UK #100
• "The Time Has Come" (1987)
• "Flying Start" (February 1, 1988)
• "Magic Touch" (January 1988) USA/Australia/Germany
  • USA #10 Mainstream Rock Track

Personnel

• Simon Phillips – drums (on "The Wind Chimes")
• Anita Hegerland – vocals (on "The Wind Chimes", "North Point", "The Time Has Come", "When the Night's on Fire")
• Bonnie Tyler – vocals (on "Islands")
• Kevin Ayers – vocals (on "Flying Start")
• Max Bacon - vocals (on "Magic Touch" (1987 Original Issue))
• Jim Price – vocals (on "Magic Touch" (2000 Reissue))
• Mike Oldfield – all other instruments

External links

• Islands lyrics
• Mike Oldfield Discography (Tubular.net) - Islands