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Earth Moving was one of the last installments in Mike Oldfield's series of pop experiments, and the record does sound as if the musician was running out of patience with the genre. Many listeners have written off this period, but there were interesting moments that passionate fans still appreciate. Oldfield commits completely to the pop/rock format on Earth Moving by excluding the kind of long intro piece that he often used to kick off other '80s recordings. Instead, the composer puts a sprawling but focused (by Oldfield standards) eight-minute number, "Nothing But/Bridge to Paradise," at the end of this 1989 release. The musician/composer displays a more deft pop hand throughout this offering, which probably isn't such a good thing. The quirkiness of discs like Crisis is exactly what makes them interesting. Unfortunately, songs like "Hostage" are so conventional, they sound unimaginative: almost -- no, exactly -- like bad '80s soundtrack numbers. Not just casual fans, but even Oldfield loyalists will have trouble with Earth Moving, one of the artist's lesser albums.
© Vincent Jeffries /TiVo
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Mike Oldfield, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Oldfield Music Limited, under exclusive license to Mercury Records Limited
Mike Oldfield, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Daniel Lanois, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bacon, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Lazerus, Producer - Bobby V., Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Nickie "B" Bentley, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Oldfield Music Limited, under exclusive license to Mercury Records Limited
Mark Williamson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Oldfield, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Adrian Belew, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Lazerus, Producer
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Oldfield Music Limited, under exclusive license to Mercury Records Limited
Mike Oldfield, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Daniel Lazerus, Producer - Anita Hegerland, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Oldfield Music Limited, under exclusive license to Mercury Records Limited
Roddy Lorimer, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Sanders, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Clarke, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Oldfield, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Horn Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Phil Spalding, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Gardner, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Thompson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Lazerus, Producer, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Oldfield Music Limited, under exclusive licence Mercury Records Limited
Roddy Lorimer, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Sanders, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Clarke, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Oldfield, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Horn Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Phil Spalding, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Gardner, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Thompson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Lazerus, Producer, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Oldfield Music Limited, under exclusive license to Mercury Records Limited
Maggie Ryder, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lance Ellington, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Oldfield, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Phil Spalding, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jackie Challenor, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bacon, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Wayne, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Lazerus, Producer - Raf Ravenscroft, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sonia Jones-Morgan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Murrell, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nickie "B" Bentley, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Oldfield Music Limited, under exclusive license to Mercury Records Limited
Maggie Reilly, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Oldfield, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Daniel Lazerus, Producer, Tambourine, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Oldfield Music Limited, under exclusive license to Mercury Records Limited
Maggie Ryder, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Maggie Reilly, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lance Ellington, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Lee, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Oldfield, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Phil Spalding, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Carol Kenyon, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Challenor, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Max Bacon, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Wayne, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Lazerus, Producer, Harp, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - Sonia Jones-Morgan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Murrell, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Oldfield Music Limited, under exclusive license to Mercury Records Limited
Album review
Earth Moving was one of the last installments in Mike Oldfield's series of pop experiments, and the record does sound as if the musician was running out of patience with the genre. Many listeners have written off this period, but there were interesting moments that passionate fans still appreciate. Oldfield commits completely to the pop/rock format on Earth Moving by excluding the kind of long intro piece that he often used to kick off other '80s recordings. Instead, the composer puts a sprawling but focused (by Oldfield standards) eight-minute number, "Nothing But/Bridge to Paradise," at the end of this 1989 release. The musician/composer displays a more deft pop hand throughout this offering, which probably isn't such a good thing. The quirkiness of discs like Crisis is exactly what makes them interesting. Unfortunately, songs like "Hostage" are so conventional, they sound unimaginative: almost -- no, exactly -- like bad '80s soundtrack numbers. Not just casual fans, but even Oldfield loyalists will have trouble with Earth Moving, one of the artist's lesser albums.
© Vincent Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:16
- Main artists: Mike Oldfield
- Composer: Mike Oldfield
- Label: Virgin Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1989 Oldfield Music Limited, under exclusive licence to Mercury Records Limited ℗ 1989 Oldfield Music Limited, under exclusive licence to Mercury Records Limited
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