the whole album is a masterpiece (considering 82/83 was a time of Kate Bush's The Dreaming; Head Over Heels, by Cocteau Twins; Power, Corruption and Lies, New Order, Murmur, REM ; and Rain Parade, Ramones, The Fall, Bowie..... the list goes far. I love Anderson's vocals, but the voices of Maggie Reilly and Roger Chapman are pure gold.
Not really the 80s, more like 1983, 1982 and 1981 in particular. 90% of my favourite albums are from those years, but there are also some great albums from 1979 and 1978 as well like Man Machine by Kraftwerk. My favourite album of all time is Tin Drum by Japan which was released in 1981. Crises is definitely in my top 10 albums. Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics is another favourite. A new one I've just discovered from 1983 is Gang Of Four's "Hard" album. Although it's a different style of music, it's in the same spirit as Crises.
Mike Oldfield - - Crises -From Wikipedia - -Crises is the eighth studio album by English musician and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released on 27 May 1983 on Virgin Records. Oldfield started recording the album towards the end of his 1982 tour supporting his previous record, Five Miles Out. It marked a continuation of Oldfield's experimentation with more accessible music which began in the late 1970s; side one contains the 20-minute "Crises" and side two contains a collection of shorter songs which feature vocalists Maggie Reilly, Jon Anderson, and Roger Chapman. Oldfield produced Crises with drummer Simon Phillips, who also plays on the album. Crises reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart and became Oldfield's most successful record of the 1980s following the release of the single "Moonlight Shadow", which went to number one in nine countries and sold in excess of a million units. Oldfield supported the album with the Crises Tour across Europe in 1983 that featured most of the musicians that played on the album.--By the 1980s, Oldfield had shifted musical direction from the longform compositions that he had become known for throughout the previous decade, towards more commercial and straightforward rock and pop songs. By the time he had finished the 1982 world tour in support of his previous album Five Miles Out in December of that same year, Oldfield had already started work on a follow-up.[ Crises sees Oldfield explore heavy metal elements which he had been a fan of for some time and enjoyed playing. Oldfield described side one as material that he had wanted to write and perform "for personal satisfaction", while side two is "very commercial, full of singles". He added: "It's a case of keeping everybody happy."[ The North American version of Crises featured a different running order to capitalize on the commercial songs by switching the order of the sides, adding the non-album single "Mistake" as the lead track, and moving "Moonlight Shadow" to the end of its side. This North American version has not been reissued since its initial pressing. The "Moonlight Shadow" single from this album includes the rare track "Rite of Man". The album was recorded from November 1982 to April 1983 at Tilehouse Studios in Denham, Buckinghamshire, using an Ampex ATR 124 tape recorder, a Neve 8108 with Necam console and Westlake Monitors. Oldfield used a Gibson SG Junior for overdriven guitar sounds and a Fender Stratocaster for clean sounds. Tama drums were Simon Phillips' brand of choice for drums on the album; Phillips also did some production work. Oldfield makes extensive use of Oberheim and Fairlight keyboards. Asked how he recruited Chapman and Anderson in an interview, Oldfield answered "we just hang out in the same bar". - -Side one The title track of the album is a twenty-minute-long piece, featuring a small amount of vocals, sung by Oldfield. The beginning and end of the track are driven by a synthesised lead passage, stylistically similar to the opening theme to Oldfield's Tubular Bells. Oldfield rated "Crises" as one of the best tracks he had done since "Tubular Bells". Side two "Moonlight Shadow" features Oldfield's touring vocalist Maggie Reilly, who had also sung on his previous albums. Oldfield had singer Hazel O'Connor sing on an early version of the track, which was then titled "Moment of Passion", but it failed to produce sufficient results. He then booked Reilly for a studio session, for which he prepared by drinking wine and writing a set of lyrics using a rhyming dictionary. Reilly sang the lyrics in a rock style at first, which prompted Oldfield to suggest a softer tone and "in the manner of a lullaby". The idea worked, despite recording the song in small sections and using multiple drop-ins which took some time to finalise and piece together.[ "In High Places" was written by Oldfield with lyrics by himself and Yes vocalist Jon Anderson, who sings on the track. The pair had worked on several occasions prior to recording Crises, and Oldfield had enjoyed Anderson's vocal style and how easy it was working with him. Anderson was living in Barbados at the time of writing, so Oldfield phoned him from England and sung the song's tune to him, after which Anderson went away and wrote lyrics to it. The two later met and finished the song in Oldfield's studio.[4] The track features Pierre Moerlen, who had toured with Oldfield and played on his albums, on vibraphone. "Foreign Affair" features Reilly on vocals, who co-wrote the lyrics with Oldfield. "Taurus 3", a short fast-paced guitar piece unlike the previous two long multi-themed "Taurus" tracks featured on QE2 and Five Miles Out respectively. "Shadow on the Wall" features vocals by Roger Chapman. Oldfield wrote the song with Chapman's voice in mind------Track listing All music by Mike Oldfield, except "Foreign Affair" by Oldfield and Maggie Reilly. UK vinyl Side one No. Title Lead Vocals Length 1. "Crises" Mike Oldfield 20:40 Side two No. Title Lead Vocals Length 1. "Moonlight Shadow" Reilly 3:34 2. "In High Places" Jon Anderson 3:33 3. "Foreign Affair" Reilly 3:53 4. "Taurus 3" (instrumental) 2:25 5. "Shadow on the Wall" Roger Chapman 3:09 North American vinyl Side one No. Title Lead Vocals Length 1. "Mistake" Reilly 2:55 2. "In High Places" 3:33 3. "Foreign Affair" 3:53 4. "Taurus 3" 2:25 5. "Shadow on the Wall" 3:09 6. "Moonlight Shadow" 3:34 Side two No. Title Length 1. "Crises" 20:40 Personnel Mike Oldfield - guitars (Ovation Adamus electroacoustic, Ramirez Spanish guitar, Manson acoustic guitar, electric and acoustic bass guitar), keyboards (Fairlight CMI, Roland string synthesiser, Oberheim OB-Xa synthesiser, Farfisa organ, piano, Prophet 5 synthesiser), harp, mandolin, banjo, bells, tambourine, shaker, Simmons electronic drums, Oberheim DMX drum machine, Oberheim DSX digital polyphonic sequencer, vocals on "Crises" Additional musicians Maggie Reilly - vocals on "Moonlight Shadow", "Foreign Affair", and "Mistake" Jon Anderson - vocals on "In High Places" Roger Chapman - vocals on "Shadow on the Wall" Simon Phillips - acoustic Tama drums, co-production, special effects; shaker on "Foreign Affair" and "Taurus 3"; finger-snaps, bells, tambourine, and boots on "Taurus 3" Ant (Ant Glynne) - guitars on "Crises" and "Shadow on the Wall" Rick Fenn - guitar on "Crises" Phil Spalding - bass guitar on "Crises" and "Moonlight Shadow" Pierre Moerlen - vibraphone on "In High Places" Ginny Clee - synthesizers on "Mistake" Tim Renwick - guitars on "Mistake" Morris Pert - drums on "Mistake"
But.....if I´m not mistaken this YT-Feature starts then with Side two of the Album !? Aah,o.k.,I got it.......The North American version of Crises featured a different running order to capitalize on the commercial songs by switching the order of the sides.
Late night and remembering my late father with this gem, i treasure the memories of being a child and listening to my father's vinyl of this record with him, one of his favourites.
Im listening to this on my fathers birthday 25 years following his death drinking a beer under a full moon, and remembering those times we had when i was a kid.
Dans cette découverte musicale, je suis réceptif aux moindres subtilités, de ces superbes compositions dont on ne peut se lasser, tellement cela est bon dans son intégralité.
This album has been rediscovered from my albums, bought it in 1983 and just listened to it again when trying then buying a new Turntable, oh joy how good is this album especially Simon Phillips on drums...A Masterpiece even in 2021
This is Mike's masterpiece of fusing 80s pop with the classic Oldfield sound making one of his in my opinion best works in a year of thriller synchronicity, and pyromania Mike definitely held his own with this brilliant album
That kind of sucks, the good thing it is this music always come back to you in a certain way. I discovered Mike Oldfield when I was in high school. The most beautiful thing that happened to me it is at the time college I was broke, I found his album in a yard sale for a $1 and I couldn't believe the treasure I found was in affordable price. I would pay more of course but my eyes couldn't believe
Used to hear "Moonlight Shadow" constantly on my local pub's jukebox in the early 1980s.A very popular song indeed. This song brings back so many happy memories for me. Hard to believe it's just over 40 years old now.
One of the best albums ot the year 1983! And there were a lot of fantastic albums in that golden year 1983! Mike Oldfield is such a great genius, that I cant tell you that in words! I do have almost all albums of Mike Oldfield on vinyl and the most of it on CD! The full album is like a best of, but its only one album! Great, great, great! And the vocals sung by Maggie Reilly, Jon Anderson and Roger Chapman are brilliant! Sung like from another world! Sounds like heaven on earth! Long live Mike Oldfield! Mike Oldfield 4 ever! Mike Oldfiels is a genius like Mozart, Vivaldi, Rossini, Verdi, Leonardo da Vinci and Einstein!
when I heard the first 6 sec. it was a painful reminder of my childhood in eastern germany. most radiostations (in the 90s) played moonlight shadow like 3 times a day, everyday. we all just hated this song. the song was literaly the mainstream. nowadays, thanks to yt, i can discover all the other great songs of that genius musican (mike oldfield) thanks mike for all your work
moi de mon service militaire a TRIER en ALLEMAGNE des chtimis du chnord étaient dans mon regiment, on étaient en manoeuvre donc on dormait sous la tente à moins 7 degrés on me fait écouter cet album en cassette dans un WALKMANN et ce fut INOUBLIABLE....malgré le froid j en avais la chair de poule et mes yeux étaient mouillés par certaines chansons;;;
Un style de musique à part qui ne ressemble à aucun autre et qui m'a fait rêvé, qui m'a accompagnée tte mon adolescence.....merveilleux souvenirs. Je suis heureuse de retrouver ces albums et de les réécouter avec passion auj !
One of my all time Mike Oldfield favorite albums along with his "Discovery" ever since I bought them while stationed in Germany 1983 through 1987. Still have the albums and the CDs as well. Such wonderful memories of Europe then.
C était l introduction dans une sphaire imaginaire d abondance immense des sentiments cachés ,incarcerés à une cellule de conformité ,qui évadent brusquement et abondent ton âme et te transporte à une autre dimension......c était à la fois Respirait libre en écoutant une chanson et enfin pourquois pas tomber amoureux d une fille extraordinaire, tombé aussi elle même d une étoile luminaise, dédié comme un cadeau à l éternité de l Amour unique......un amour chemise à vie..... ça c était l apport de la musique évelluiante de Mike Olfield à mon adolescence....merci Mike tu m as montré la route du bonheur......
Just swooped back to the age of 14 and afternoons by myself after school belting this album out and enbroiled in the throws of young life. Thank you for this
Hola. Supongo que sabes que es "Moonligth Shadow" sin la "S" final. Por otro lado también supongo que sabes que la cara A del disco es la suite "Crises" y la cara B son los temas sueltos, ¿verdad? Lo digo porque has empezado el disco por la cara B. Un saludo.
Sounds Good, oh and why this choice? :) Such a great album anyway... We played ‘Moonlight Shadow’ at my mum’s funeral. Today I listen to this masterpiece again and I think that we chose the right song: “See you in heaven one day”.
Totally agree, the advertising kills the art but you'll see that as soon as the video starts to make great visualizations it will appear as a dark soul and unfortunately it doesn't depend on us. Thank you 👍
Strange to see "Crises" for last track. It was at first place in former album. That misplacing changes badly the overall experience, from my point of view.
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wow. First time listening. When hearing Moonlight Shadow, i'm trying to look for rough edges or impurities or irregularites in the singing voice, but there is practically none. It's of course not a very intense kind of singing, like Queensryche, but wow, it's practically like honey, a fluid kind, pouring into my ears.
Foreign Affair is as fantastic as Moonlight Shadow is overplayed. Then again, Crises starts as something you'd expect to hear in Islands, only to bring to the absolutely pants-soiling switch at 18:52 and into a completely genius section up to around 20:20. Even with no lack of other memorable moments throughout the album, that minute and a half alone makes the album for me. Utter genius.
esta canción me ha hecho rejuvenecer tantos años..... que tiempos aquellos y que juventud y lo que se echa de menos .. grande Mike por toda la música que nos has dado.
Shadow on the wall great track I'd forgotten that was on this album haven't heard it for ages with the vocals by Roger Chapman, I don't think it's him on the video Version ? I wish I could play it loud but it would disturbe my neighbours I will have to dig out a pair of my hi-fi headphones.
Lots of good memories. Got Crises for birthday present from my lovely girlfriend I had then. She was something special as was Mike Oldfield in those youth days 😅 Cheers to all Mike Oldfield fans and merry Christmas everyone ❤
I saw Queen at Wembley in the 80s sometime, couldn't tell ya what year cos it was a bit of a blur back then. I'm older now and a little more sensible but going to a concert at Wembley was something special that I remember almost 30 years on😍😍
I got this record from my girlfriend, then, in 1983, not together anymore, but the music memories and LP are still there. Simply a beautiful top quality album. Thanks Mike.
Saw MO live for this tour - the rising moon throughout the title track was memorable. Probably not stunning by today’s laser and video wizardry - but great for 83/84. Wembley Arena. Saw Hall and Oates perform Family Man too - and not mention it was Mr O’s song. Rude!
@@liriasarmientogomez9559 Liria quizá y desearía reconocer que hay muchos talentos musicales afuera en algún lugar del mundo y los hay. El problema es ¿quién reúne todo ese talento de grandes músicos como Mike Oldfield lo hizo en éste fantástico álbum? Maggie Really, Jon Anderson, Simón Phillips, etc. La era del rock progresivo aportó demasiada cultura musical en los 70,s y 80,s. Ese es el punto, hubo una gran muestra y una transformación musical trascendente, había mucha intención y pasión, mucha escuela, y muchas ganas de destacar entre las bandas sin afán de competencia, simplemente dejaban volar su imaginación, eran músicos talentosos y osados. Hoy casi no ves algo así de éste nivel musical. Hoy, muchos toman solo influencias musicales y escuela del pasado, sin aportar en realidad demasiado a la creatividad musical. No niego que algunas bandas nuevas suenan interesantes, pero todo en un corte muy plano o comercial, falta energía, escencia, arte, pasión, adrenalina, imaginación. O como lo ves? Comparado con esta obra maestra? Saludos. Alfredo!
Hello everybody. If I have posted about this Album before (ahh.. remember the art of getting the needle to sit in the right place on the rcord?), then please excuse me. When I was a somewhat ignorant teenager, my brother put headphones on me and said "Just listen !"...and I did !.. Then I 'discovered' that this is the same guy with the 'Tubuler Bells" album... My Life has never been the same... (John Michael Jaree "Equinox' and Alun Parsons "Eye in the Sky" sort of came out at the sames time..forgive my memory!), anyway... Headphones, via" Quadraphonic" stereo sound, and ooh..ahhh... And now, a few years later (may be more than a few), I still put on headphones...listen...and bliss out. I bow, humbly, before you Mr Oldfield (What happened to the 'Sir") And, yes, (@MOON_BOYS) I have bought this album/CD, several times, becuase 'when I wax' lyrical about it, my guests take it with them when they leave.
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Crises is normally the first track. On Crises. Moonlight Shadow second. Crises. Heck it lasts for ages,sages. Like Taurus II. Anyway - Don't Dat Beat all? Mr Bronk (sic) was up cos my battery was down. On The Town. I like to keep my fire engine clean - It a clean machine. Penny Lane Denny Crane and Denny Laine. Band on the run. TITLE TRACK. And thanks for asking. I was having fun. As I fell into the sun. Just look! Vinyl Records boot sale and graffiti to my right and MODERN fire engine opened up for our inspection to my left. The landscape has changed in intervening years. I bussed back. Nice walk and do not start me up on Keith Emerson. Paul's first wife was Linda Eastman. RIP. I dream of dystopian landscapes where huge rodents chew the sensory. Thanks for the artwork the damage report. Lol BAND ON THE RUN COVER. PERSONEL AND PERSNNEL. See how I skirted pass a supposedly Satantic venue, Nancy? Jamming Jerusalem and stop slouching The Donald! Stand Up that man. We got Hope Of Deliverance from the Darkness that already surrounds us. No offence all faith systems but the dystopian dreams - True Dat!
I agree, but unfortunately RU-vid decides, I don't see even a penny I do it for passion, probably the proceeds go to the authors and publishers of the published material
@@SoundsGoodwvzmix-_- I understand, but several of the other Oldfield albums on line have on ad in front, and nothing in the middle. Maybe the age of the upload? Who can know the mind of You Tube?
Si il n'y avait pas "crises" (le morceau) qui est du pur Oldfield, cet album serait à classer dans la variété , la bonne mais variété qu'en même....cela répondait, à l'époque, à une demande d'un nouveau public qui voulait de la chanson courte à fredonner. Oldfield a réussi le pari de faire un mix de deux tendances et a certainement augmenté , avec ce super album, le nombre de ces fans.
