Mike Oldfield - Crises [1983]
Crises is my favourite of Mike Oldfield’s eighties CDs. As with its direct predecessor, it contains one long piece which took up the whole of the first side of the original vinyl and a set of shorter tracks, five in this case, on the second side. The shorter songs on the earlier albums were often a lot weaker than the longer pieces. Partly that was because Oldfield’s musical style was not transferring well to shorter pieces but also, the lyrics were often quite dire.
Experience clearly helped a lot but also collaboration with other musicians. On Crises, the most notable name is Jon Anderson of Yes who is creditied with lyrics and vocals on one song “In High Places” which really sounds as though it could have come from a contemporary Yes album.
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1. Crises (2000 Digital Remaster)
2. Moonlight Shadow (2000 Digital Remaster)
3. In High Places (2000 Digital Remaster)
4. Foreign Affair (2000 Digital Remaster)
5. Taurus 3 (2000 Digital Remaster)
6. Shadow On The Wall (2000 Digital Remaster)
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