- pop
- 41 min
- 8 tracks
- Virgin
Discovery is the ninth studio album by English multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released on 25 June 1984 on Virgin Records. It comprises a number of pop songs, most notably the single "To France", as well as the instrumental "The Lake".
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Spare, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- A1To France4:50
- A2Poison Arrows3:45
- A3Crystal Gazing3:02
- A4Tricks of the Light3:52
- A5Discovery4:32
- B1Talk About Your Life4:24
- B2Saved by a Bell4:36
- B3The Lake (instrumental)12:08
8 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Mike Oldfield
- Label
- Virgin
- Released
- 1984
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- XE
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