Mike Oldfield - Islands (1987)

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Mike Oldfield - Islands (1987)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Virgin, 2-90645 | ~ 248 or 98 Mb | Scans(png) -> 33 Mb
New Age, Ambient, Prog Rock

For Islands, Mike Oldfield gathered a host of musicians to further his run of more mainstream-sounding albums. The album includes vocals by Bonnie Tyler, Kevin Ayers, and Max Bacon, as well as saxophonist Raphael Ravenscroft (famous for his work on Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street"), along with the album's producer and former Yes member Geoffrey Downes. Even with such talent, Oldfield only garners sporadic instances of entertaining music, and the bulk of Islands comes off as quite pedestrian-sounding. Bonnie Tyler's passionate voice lifts the title track higher than any other cut, while "The Wind Chimes, Pt. 1 and 2" serves as the second-best song, instilling some of Oldfield's instrumental originality and adroitness in order to drum up its enchanting air. Unfortunately, tracks such as "When the Night's on Fire," "Flying Start," and "Magic Touch" lack any allurement or defined character, supporting accusations from critics that Oldfield has finally run out of ideas.

by Mike DeGagne, allmusic


Mike Oldfield - Islands (1987):


Tracklist:

01. The Wind Chimes Part 1 [02:31]
02. The Wind Chimes Part 2 [19:15]
03. Magic Touch [04:15]
04. The Time Has Come [03:53]
05. North Point [03:33]
06. Flying Start [03:38]
07. Islands [04:18]

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 26. December 2012, 11:22

MIKE OLDFIELD / Islands

Used drive : ASUS DRW-24B3ST Adapter: 3 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

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Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\EAC\WV\wavpack.exe
Additional command line options : -h -hh -m %s %d


TOC of the extracted CD

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5 | 29:55.32 | 3:33.18 | 134657 | 150649
6 | 33:28.50 | 3:38.37 | 150650 | 167036
7 | 37:07.12 | 4:18.63 | 167037 | 186449


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Range quality 99.9 %
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All tracks accurately ripped

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log date: 2017-02-24 19:24:46

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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 0.00 dB -17.48 dB 19:16 02-The Wind Chimes Part 2
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DR11 -0.14 dB -13.55 dB 3:38 06-Flying Start
DR12 -0.59 dB -14.89 dB 4:19 07-Islands
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Codec: FLAC

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All thanks go to the original releaser

Mike Oldfield in my Blog

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