Mike Oldfield - Earth Moving (1989) CD-Rip

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.


Tracks:

01. Holy (Vocals Adrian Belew, Phil Spalding)
02. Hostage (Vocals Max Bacon, Nikkie "B" Bentley)
03. Far Country (Vocals Mark Williamson)
04. Innocent (Vocals Anita Hegerland)
05. Runaway Son (Vocals Chris Thompson, Phil Spalding)
06. See The Light (Vocals Chris Thompson, Phil Spalding)
07. Earth Moving (Vocals Max Bacon, Nikkie "B" Bentley)
08. Blue Night (Vocals Daniel Lazerus, Maggie Reilly)
09. Nothing But / Bridge To Paradise