2009-08-01 17:36
平板| 收藏| 小 中 大

[1/8/2009]【新世纪】Mike Oldfield麦克·欧菲尔德《Queen Elizabeth 2》


【新世纪音乐】当代音乐艺术雕刻巨匠Mike Oldfield麦克·欧菲尔德1980年专辑《Queen Elizabeth 2》  （MP3 320K）












QE2 is a record album mostly written and performed by Mike Oldfield, released in 1980.

It was his sixth album and featured both original Oldfield compositions and two short
songs from bands ABBA ("Arrival") and The Shadows ("Wonderful Land"). The album went
to number one on the German album charts when it was released.


Album ysis
The Longest tracks on the album are "Taurus I" and the title track, "QE2". Both are
typical Oldfield compositions, featuring various strong melodies using both modern
and traditional instruments.

Some years later The Shadows responded to Oldfield's cover of "Wonderful Land", by
releasing a cover of Oldfield's "Moonlight Shadow". The Cover songs were released as
singles; and the helicopter cover for "Arrival" was a parody of ABBA's Arrival album cover.

The album was the first Oldfield album to feature Maggie Reilly as a collaborator.
Some tracks on the album feature vocals sung through vocoder.

"Conflict" has an excerpt from J. S. Bach’s "Badinerie" (the last part of Bach's
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor).

The "Celt" lyrics were by Tim Cross and appear to be nonsense syllables chosen for
their pleasing sounds rather than any actual meaning (many Oldfield works feature this).

"Molly" was made for his daughter, Molly Oldfield, who would later play keyboards on
The Songs of Distant Earth.

The European Adventure Tour 1981, which ran from March to August of that year, was
in promotion of the album.


[edit] Album title and artwork
The album and its title track were named for the Cunard Line ocean liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2.
In fact, if one looks closely at the album, it appears to be a closeup of the side of the ship,
complete with water level marks in the lower left corner. The first pressing even had a porthole
cut out in the sleeve. The inside of the original foldout LP sleeve featured a schematic of one
of the Queen Elizabeth 2's decks as well as a stylified picture of her engine, these have not
been reprinted in later reissues.







                                                                                                          Side One
                                                                                          01 Taurus I (Mike Oldfield) (10:16)
                                                                                          02 Sheba (Oldfield) (03:33)
                                                                                          03 Conflict (Oldfield) (02:53)
                                                                                          04 Arrival (Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus) (02:48)

                                                                                                          Side Two
                                                                                          01 Wonderful Land (Jerry Lordan) (03:38)
                                                                                          02 Mirage (Oldfield) (04:41)
                                                                                          03 QE2 (Oldfield, David Hentschel) (07:38)
                                                                                          04 Celt (Oldfield, Tim Cross) (03:06)
                                                                                          05 Molly (Oldfield) (01:15)














================================================

& 下载链接需登录后回复可见 &
& 注：聆听一辑分区需音乐精灵登陆后回复可见 &

================================================







您现在欣赏试听的曲目：07 QE2



       




电子乐大师Mike Oldfield麦克·欧菲尔德相关专辑地址索引



2002年专辑《Tres Lunas 三月弦仑》

1997年专辑《The Essential Mike Oldfield》

1996年专辑《Voyager》

《Tubular Bells 管钟》3CD




◆◆◆ 本站音乐仅供试听及音乐推广，请购买正版音乐CD支持您喜爱的音乐。 ◆◆◆
◆◆◆ 音乐版权归各音乐公司及个人所有，如涉及版权请及时联系，确认后立即删除。 ◆◆◆