Ommadawn
Sign in to saveOmmadawn is the third studio album by English musician, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released on 28 October 1975 on Virgin Records.
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Key facts
- Album.label
- Virgin
- Album.length
- 36:41
- Album.name
- Ommadawn
- Album.type
- studio
- Album.artist
- Mike Oldfield
- Album.cover
- Mike oldfield ommadawn album cover.jpg
- Album.released
- 28 October 1975
- Album.recorded
- January–September 1975
- Album.studio
- The Beacon, Kington, HerefordshireThe Manor, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire (African drums)
- Album.producer
- Mike Oldfield
- Album.prev_title
- The Orchestral Tubular Bells
- Album.prev_year
- 1975
- Album.next_title
Key dates
- Published
- 21 October 1975
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- album
- Producer
- Mike Oldfield
- Duration
- +2201
- Performer
- Mike Oldfield
- Distribution format
- LP record
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- P291
- United Kingdom
- P7937
- studio album
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Background and recording
- Music
- Album title and lyrics
- Related releases
- 2010 reissues
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Musicians
- Production
- Certifications
- References
- External links
Ommadawn is the third studio album by English musician, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released on 28 October 1975 on Virgin Records.
Ommadawn peaked at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart, No. 74 in Canada, and No. 146 on the US Billboard 200. The song that concludes "Ommadawn (Part Two)", entitled "On Horseback", was released as a single in November 1975 with Oldfield's non-album track "In Dulci Jubilo". The album reached gold certification by the British Phonographic Industry within two months, signifying 100,000 copies sold. In 2010, Mercury Records issued a remastered edition containing new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes by Oldfield and extra material. Oldfield had wanted to make Amarok (1990) a sequel album to Ommadawn, but the idea was not realised until he released Return to Ommadawn (2017).