Ommadawn
by Mike Oldfield
- Type: Album
- Released: 21 October 1975
- Label: Virgin
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 36:31
- Community rating: 4.05/5 from 7 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Retreating from the overwhelming pressure of his sudden fame, Mike Oldfield crafted a profoundly gorgeous, heavily acoustic instrumental suite enriched by African drumming and Celtic melodies. 'Ommadawn' is a remarkably lush, deeply pastoral progressive rock epic, weaving beautifully mellow, highly atmospheric textures into a wonderfully calm, intensely meditative acoustic journey.
Genres
Descriptors: folk, progressive, atmospheric, expansive, sprawling, ambient, long-form
Tracklist
- Ommadawn Part 1 (19:14)
- Ommadawn Part 2 (17:17)
Credits
- Mike Oldfield - primary artist, producer, engineer, composed by, harp, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, electric bass, acoustic bass, mandolin, bodhr谩n, bouzouki, banjo, spinet, grand piano, electric organ [electric organs], synthesizer, glockenspiel, percussion [assorted], words by [the horse song]
- The Hereford City Band - brass
- David Strange - cello
- Leslie Penning - conductor [hereford city band], recorder
- Eddie Tatane - drums [african drums]
- Ernest Mothle - drums [african drums]
- Julian Bahula - drums [african drums]
- Lucky Ranku - drums [african drums]
- Herbie - northumbrian pipes [northumbrian bagpipes]
- Terry Oldfield - panpipes
- William Murray - percussion, words by [the horse song]
- David Bailey - photography by [cover]
- Pierre Moerlen - timpani
- Don Blakeson - trumpet
- Bridget St. John - vocals
- Clodagh Simonds - vocals
- Sally Oldfield - vocals
- The Penrhos Kids - vocals
- Paddy Moloney - uilleann pipes