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10 bands who peaked with the first song on their first album
Some bands just get it right first time
When Mike Oldfield released Crises, his old friends stopped ignoring him
Mike Oldfield's eighth studio album, 1983's Crises, saw him riding a wave of new popularity in the 80s
19-year-old Mike Oldfield was planning to defect to Russia before fate intervened
Insisting that his world-changing debut album isn’t a new age odyssey or a grand concept work, he believes people miss its Monty Python humour
How Mike Oldfield made Maggie Reilly sing in an odd style to make Moonlight Shadow
A bottle of wine, a thesaurus and a rhyming dictionary sent his career out of the doldrums, into the Top 5, and helped make 1983 album Crises a success
“My song flopped. Theirs was a big hit!” A future Mike Oldfield collaborator wound up with a glam rock chart-topper
The dubious accolade didn’t tarnish the achievements of a British singer who was once supported by Supertramp
The 20 best prog reissues of 2025
Long-awaited cuts from Pink Floyd, Genesis, Rush, Mike Oldfield and many more got the deluxe treatment over the past 12 months. Is your favourite on our list?
Mike Oldfield’s Amarok began life as a protest against his label, but became much more
Reissued version is split into sections with his blessing. The only flaw is a triggering Margaret Thatcher impersonation
The unexpected triumph of Mike Oldfield’s Hergest Ridge, an album he didn’t want to make
Overwhelmed by the success of Tubular Bells, he found peace in a solitary house on a hill and in playing ancient music in an old mansion. Even when his peace was shattered, he managed to create an uplifting and chart-topping record
