Incantations
by Mike Oldfield
- Type: Album
- Released: 24 November 1978
- Label: Virgin
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:16:53
- Community rating: 3.77/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Mike Oldfield notably transitioned away from his traditional rock instrumentation on his sprawling fourth album, heavily embracing Philip Glass-inspired post-minimalism. 'Incantations' is a profoundly epic, wonderfully repetitive progressive rock masterwork featuring highly rhythmic tribal percussion, soaring choral arrangements, and deeply melodic, triumphant musical themes.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, progressive, choral, repetitive, long-form, orchestral, suite
Tracklist
- Incantations Part One (19:07)
- Incantations Part Two (19:34)
- Incantations Part Three (16:58)
- Incantations Part Four (16:58)
- Guilty (4:13)
Credits
- Mike Oldfield - primary artist, instruments [all], written-by, producer
- David Bedford - conductor [strings, choir]
- Trevor Key - cover
- Jabula - drum [african drums]
- Pierre Moerlen - drums, vibraphone, vibraphone [vibraphones]
- Sebastian Bell - flute
- Terry Oldfield - flute
- Michael Laird - trumpet
- Maddy Prior - vocals
- Sally Oldfield - vocals
- The Queens College Girls Choir - vocals
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - written-by [extract from hiawatha]
- Ben Jonson - written-by [hymn to diana]