Crises

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Crises
Studio album by Mike Oldfield
Released	May 27, 1983 (1983-05-27)
Recorded	Denham 1982 - 1983
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	37:39
Label	Virgin
Producer	Mike Oldfield, Simon Phillips
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Mike Oldfield chronology
Five Miles Out (1982) Crises (1983) Discovery (1984)
Singles from Crises
"Mistake" Released: 20 August 1982 "Moonlight Shadow" Released: 6 May 1983 "Shadow on the Wall" Released: September 1983 "In High Places" Released: 7 September 1987

Crises is an album, written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. It was his eighth album, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). The cover art was by Terry Ilot.

"In High Places" has lyrics by Mike Oldfield and Jon Anderson; "Foreign Affair" has lyrics by Mike Oldfield and Maggie Reilly, who also contributed vocals to the massive hit "Moonlight Shadow". "Shadow on the Wall" has vocals by Roger Chapman.

The North American version of the album includes the single "Mistake", and has a different running order.

[edit] Charts

The album peaked at #6 in the UK Album Chart. It spent 19 weeks on Norway's album chart, peaking at #1 for two weeks, and is Oldfield's best selling album there.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] UK version

1. "Crises" – 20:40 (instrumental)
2. "Moonlight Shadow" – 3:34 (vocals by Maggie Reilly)
3. "In High Places" – 3:33
4. "Foreign Affair" – 3:53
5. "Taurus 3" – 2:25 (instrumental)
6. "Shadow on the Wall" – 3:09

[edit] Canadian version

1. "Mistake"
2. "In High Places"
3. "Foreign Affair"
4. "Taurus 3"
5. "Shadow on the Wall"
6. "Moonlight Shadow"
7. "Crises"

[edit] Personnel

• Mike Oldfield - Acoustic bass guitar, banjo, bass guitars, electric guitars, Fairlight CMI, Farfisa organ, Prophet 5 synthesizer, harp, mandolin, Oberheim DMX, DSX, and OBXa , percussion, piano, Roland strings (probably the RS-202), Spanish guitar, and vocals.

[edit] Additional personnel

• Jon Anderson - vocals
• Ant - guitar
• Roger Chapman - vocals
• Rick Fenn - guitar
• Simon Phillips - drums, percussion, special effects
• Maggie Reilly - vocals
• Phil Spalding - bass guitar

[edit] External links

• Mike Oldfield Discography - Crises at Tubular.net