DARK ISLAND
MIKE OLDFIELD
SONGWRITER: MICHAEL GORDON OLDFIELD
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: VOYAGER
LABEL: WEA
GENRE: CELTIC
YEAR: 1996
Voyager is the 17th music
album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1996 by Warner. It is a Celtic-themed album
with new compositions intertwined with traditional pieces.
The music on this album is the most overtly Celtic
music Mike Oldfield has produced. The album had originally been recorded
acoustically using only hand-played instruments. Apparently the daughter of an
executive of Warner Music expressed her feelings that the album may have been a
little boring; thus Oldfield added Synthesizers and more instruments to the
album.
Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English musician and
composer. His work blends progressive rock with world, folk, classical, electronic,
ambient, and new-age music. His biggest commercial success is the 1973 album Tubular
Bells – which launched Virgin Records and became a hit in America after its
opening was used as the theme for the film The Exorcist. He recorded the
1983 hit single "Moonlight Shadow and a rendition of the Christmas piece
"In Dulci Jubilo".
Oldfield has released more than 20 albums with
the most recent being a sequel to his 1975 album Ommadawn titled Return
to Ommadawn. It was released on 20 January 2017.
Away to the westward
I'm longing to be,
Where the beauties of heaven
Unfold by the sea;
Where the sweet purple heather blooms
Fragrant and free
On a hilltop high above
The Dark Island
So gentle the sea breeze,
That ripples the bay,
Where the stream joins the ocean,
And young children play;
On the strand of pure silver,
I'll welcome each day,
And I'll roam for every more,
The Dark Island
True gem of the Herbrides,
Bathed in the light,
Of the mid-summer dawning,
That follows the night;
How I yearn for the cries,
Of the seagulls in flight,
As they circle above
The Dark Island.
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