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Crises (Mike Oldfield album)

Crises
A green coloured seascape with a large moon in the upper centre of the image above a tower building rising out of the sea. The building casts a shadow from the moonlight onto the water. At the bottom of the image a man stands with one foot on a wall.
Studio album by Mike Oldfield
Released 27 May 1983 (1983-05-27)
Recorded Denham November 1982 – April 1983
Genre Progressive rock, pop rock
Length 37:41
Label Virgin
Mercury (2013 reissue)
Producer Mike Oldfield, Simon Phillips
Mike Oldfield chronology
Five Miles Out
(1982)		 Crises
(1983)		 Discovery
(1984)
Singles from Crises
  1. "Mistake"
    Released: 20 August 1982
  2. "Moonlight Shadow"
    Released: 6 May 1983
  3. "Shadow on the Wall"
    Released: September 1983
  4. "In High Places"
    Released: 7 September 1987
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Allmusic 2.5/5 stars

Crises is the eighth record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1983 on Virgin Records. Oldfield's well known hits "Moonlight Shadow" and "Shadow on the Wall" appear on the album.

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.

The album also features the massive hit "Moonlight Shadow", sung by Maggie Reilly, who also sang and co-wrote "Foreign Affair". "In High Places" has lyrics by Mike Oldfield and Jon Anderson. "Shadow on the Wall" has vocals by Roger Chapman. The album includes "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.

Oldfield toured the album between May and July 1983 throughout Europe.

The album was recorded between November 1982 and April 1983 using an Ampex ATR 124 tape recorder, a Neve 8108 with Necam console, and Westlake Monitors, in Denham, England. Oldfield used a Gibson SG Junior for overdriven guitar sounds and a Fender 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.


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