Label: Virgin Records (Japan), VJCP-38
Style: Instrumental, Progressive Pop, Electronic
Country: Reading, Berkshire, England (15 May 1953)
Time: 60:05
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 333 Mb
In
July 1989 Oldfield released Earth Moving, his twelfth album for Virgin
Records. By this time, his relationship with the label had become
increasingly fraught as a result of disagreements over his contract,
royalties, and the lack of effort in promoting his albums. Earth Moving
was an album whereby he "listened to Virgin totally" in regards to its
musical direction, which became a success in continental Europe, but
received a disappointing reaction in England, for which Oldfield
received "some flak" from Virgin over the matter. Oldfield was now
required to deliver two more albums as part of his Virgin contract and
in the summer of 1989, he started on one with the aim of pleasing his
fans while annoying Virgin executives. Oldfield deemed Amarok his
"personal revenge" for Virgin's lack of support.
The idea for Amarok
originated in August 1989, when Oldfield recorded a session for
broadcast on BBC Radio 1 that included a 7-minute excerpt of his debut
album Tubular Bells (1973) performed by himself. Oldfield had fun in the
process, which inspired him to make Amarok in such a way. When Oldfield
started to write and arrange "Amarok", he ignored the pressures of
delivering commercial material for Virgin and instead "let it all come
out without any interference. I felt I was getting ideas from somewhere
inside me, and six months later I had a whole album." He decided upon an
album that contained one 60-minute piece which, unlike his previous
long tracks, was not split into sections. Such a format would create
difficulty for Virgin to market or promote with radio airplay. He
avoided letting a theme become something that Virgin might have
identified suitable for a single, and developed ideas by "imagining
sound, not picture".
Oldfield's contract with Virgin expired on 1 January 1991.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarok_(Mike_Oldfield_album))
01. Amarok (1:00:05)
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