XXV: The Essential

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XXV: The Essential
Compilation album by Mike Oldfield
Released	November 11, 1997 (1997-11-11)
Recorded	1972-1997
Genre	Progressive rock
Label	WEA
Producer	Mike Oldfield and others

XXV: The Essential is a compilation album written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. The roman numerals XXV are to represent that this is a compilation pieces of the first 25 years of Oldfield's work.

The track "Tubular Bells III" is an early version of the main introduction theme ("Source of Secrets") from Oldfield's then forthcoming album, Tubular Bells III. The differences between this version and the album version are there is a male vocal instead of a female vocal and there is different instrumentation.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Tubular Bells" (Excerpt) 4:16
2. "Hergest Ridge" (Excerpt) 4:54
3. "Ommadawn" (Excerpt) 6:57
4. "Incantations" 4:38
5. "Moonlight Shadow" 3:35
6. "Portsmouth" 2:00
7. "Good News" (from The Killing Fields) 1:44
8. "Sentinel" (Tubular Bells II) - Remix 3:56
9. "The Bell" (Remix) 3:06
10. "Let There Be Light" 4:19
11. "Only Time Will Tell" 4:25
12. "The Voyager" 4:22
13. "Women of Ireland" 6:27
14. "Tubular Bells III" (Excerpt) 3:40

[edit] External links

• Mike Oldfield discography - XXV at Tubular.net