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AlexS Group: Members Posts: 194 Joined: Nov. 2005 Posted: July 13 2007, 09:02 Most of Mike's album covers have been really great. I just wondered what everyone's favourites (overall album artwork) were... let's say top 5? Mine: 1 - The Songs of Distant Earth 2 - Tubular Bells 3 - Guitars 4 - Voyager 5 - XXV -------------- http://www.thelightdream.net http://thelightdreams.bandcamp.com/ Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: July 13 2007, 09:27 Hmm, tricky!  I'll go for these: 1. The Songs of Distant Earth 2. Guitars 3. Amarok 4. Crises 5. Tubular Bells II I like the XXV cover, but it's too focused on the letters.  I prefer the covers where it's a photo of Mike, or a scene that makes you think. -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: July 13 2007, 12:19 There was a giant poll on favorite album covers ca one year ago. It was a giant thread with hundreds of posts, but it was deleted by the siteowners for no apparent reason. -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

Sweetpea Group: Members Posts: 1476 Joined: April 2007 Posted: July 13 2007, 16:02 I think the best covers are Five Miles Out and Tubular Bells (including a couple of its variations). But my personal favorite is Ommadawn 'cause Mike is awfully attractive there. -------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty Back to top

Velodynamic Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: June 2006 Posted: July 13 2007, 18:04 Oh geez...I like the most of them so much in their own way. But Platinum, Five Miles Out and TSODE is quite something and why not Heavens Open. The Tubular Bells symbole is quite unique on all them TB albums.   What somehow doesn't really catch me is Hergest Ridge and Incantations I've to admit. The Millenium Bell cover makes me think more of a junkyard - a bit overkill there. Well, that's just my taste I guess. -------------- "...I've never seen a connection between music and politics. It's like trying to connect football with croquet." -M.O. Back to top

ImAFoolAndImLaughing Group: Members Posts: 536 Joined: Feb. 2006 Posted: July 14 2007, 05:59 So long as this is just about the covers, and not the content... 1)Earth Moving 2)Guitars 3)Crises 4)Hergest Ridge 5)Heaven's Open -------------- "I was in this prematurely air conditioned supermarket and there were these bathing caps you could buy that had these kind of Fourth of July plumes on them that were red and yellow and blue and I wasn't tempted to buy one but I was reminded of the fact that I had been avoiding the beach." Back to top

clotty Group: Members. Posts: 237 Joined: Mar. 2006 Posted: July 14 2007, 07:04 I'm sorry, I just went through my collection and there are only 3 that I really like: 1) Platinum - no contest for me, I've always loved this album cover 2) Tubular Bells - it's a classic just like the contents 3) Five Miles Out I like the record version of Exposed with all the photos from the tour. I also like the multiple guitar picture on the Guitars CD, but I don't think these count in this case. -------------- Clotty Back to top

Moonwing_Shadow Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: Jan. 2006 Posted: July 14 2007, 11:09 I like, in no particular order, Tubular Bells II (I have a big poster of it ) Amarok Voyager Crises (if it includes the moon, gotta love it ) Tr3s Lunas (like I said... ) I also like the picture on the actual CD of Guitars -------------- I'd rather be on Dragonback Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: July 14 2007, 14:37 Hummm,here I go: 1) Voyager - no comments at all on that cover 2) Amarok 3) Crises 4) TB II 5) TSODE -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: July 14 2007, 17:40 Quote (Sweatpea @ July 13 2007, 20:02) But my personal favorite is Ommadawn 'cause Mike is awfully attractive there. I would have to say Ommadawn for reasons above, and also love the way MIke is looking out from a rain streaked window:)   I just love Mike's Hippy look. Tubular Bells Hergest Ridge TSODE Crises/Guitars I quite like Voyager too, but I feel the best pics from this shoot were left off the album   -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: July 14 2007, 19:12 1) TB (1973). Nothing can beat the original. 2) Islands 3) FMO 4) TBIII. I love its stark simplicity. 5) Crises ... subject to change within 5 minutes, of course. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: July 15 2007, 04:13 Quote (clotty @ July 14 2007, 12:04) 1) Platinum - no contest for me, I've always loved this album cover Yes, I go along with that. For me there are no other contenders. Back to top

amazarak Group: Members Posts: 284 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: July 15 2007, 05:35 For a start, any vinyl cover is better than any CD cover, because it's more ... hmm... sexy? Five Miles Out folded vinyl cover blows up everything I've seen so far (including records of artists other than Mike). cheers -------------- Just hold your heading true Got to get your finest out Back to top

Hifiguru Group: Members Posts: 275 Joined: Aug. 2002 Posted: July 15 2007, 10:49 The Complete Voyager TSODE TB2 Exposed -------------- -TB Limited ultimate edition 2009 (still sealed) -Hergest Ridge Limited 2010 #017 -Ommadawn Limited 2010 #065 -Incantations Limited 2011 #003 -Platinum Limited 2012 #316 -QE2 Limited 2012 #112 -Opening Ceremony London 2012 #61 -Five Miles Out 2013 Limited LP #116 -Crises 2013 Limited LP #259 Back to top

Sweetpea Group: Members Posts: 1476 Joined: April 2007 Posted: Aug. 04 2007, 00:33 After seeing the artwork for Music of the Spheres, I'm adding it to my list. -------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty Back to top

Trinidad Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Aug. 07 2007, 10:08 I've always found the "Five Miles Out" and "The Songs of Distant Earth" covers to be really great. And the other ones I would choose are "Platinum" and "Tubular Bells". I'm not sure about the fifth one... Back to top

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