Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield explained

Elements - The Best of Mike Oldfield
Type:	greatest
Artist:	Mike Oldfield
Cover:	Mike Oldfield - Best of Elements.jpg
Recorded:	1972–1992
Genre:	Progressive rock
Label:	Virgin
Producer:	Mike Oldfield and others
Prev Title:	Collector's Edition Box
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Elements Box
Next Year:	1993

Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield is a compilation album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1993 by Virgin Records.

The compilation was first released as a single CD album, which is the most commonly available form today. It was later released with the original Tubular Bells, as a double CD album. Other related releases include a 4-CD box set and a video album.

This compilation was released by Virgin after Oldfield had left the label, but includes "Sentinel" from Tubular Bells II courtesy of the Warner label.

Two of Oldfield's previous hits, "In Dulci Jubilo" and "Moonlight Shadow", were reissued alongside the album.

Track listing

All tracks by Mike Oldfield except where noted.

1. "Tubular Bells (Opening theme)" – 4:19
2. "Family Man" (feat. Maggie Reilly) (Tim Cross, Rick Fenn, Mike Frye, Mike Oldfield, Morris Pert, Maggie Reilly) – 3:45
3. "Moonlight Shadow" (feat. Maggie Reilly) – 3:36
4. "Heaven's Open" – 4:27
5. "Five Miles Out" – 4:15
6. "To France" (feat. Maggie Reilly) – 4:43
7. "Foreign Affair" (feat. Maggie Reilly) (Oldfield, Reilly) – 3:54
8. "In Dulci Jubilo" (Pearsall) – 2:50
9. "Shadow on the Wall" (feat. Roger Chapman) – 5:07 (12" version)
10. "Islands" (feat. Bonnie Tyler) – 4:17
11. "Etude" (Francisco Tárrega) – 3:07
12. "Sentinel" – 3:56 (Single version)
13. "Ommadawn (Excerpt)" – 3:38
14. "Incantations part four (Excerpt)" – 4:39
15. "Amarok (Excerpt)" – 4:43
16. "Portsmouth" – 2:00

Musical scores

• Book: Oldfield, Mike . Elements. The Best of Mike Oldfield. Piano/Vocal/Guitar . 1994 . 1-85909-157-1 . IMP International Music Publications Limited.

Other Elements albums

• Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield (video), video/DVD edition
• Elements Box, by Mike Oldfield, four CD edition

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1993)!scope="col"

Peak
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[1]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)!scope="col"

Rank
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)^[2]	31

External links

• Mike Oldfield discography at Amadian.net
• Mike Oldfield discography - Elements at Tubular.net

Notes and References

1. Book: Salaverri, Fernando . Sólo éxitos 1959–2012 . 2015 . Fundación Autor-SGAE . 978-84-8048-866-2 . 1st . Spain.
2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120818120257/http://www.anuariossgae.com/1999/pdfs/grabada/grabada%20anexos.pdf#page=3. 18 August 2012. LOS 50 TÍTULOS CON MAYORES VENTAS EN LAS LISTAS DE VENTAS DE AFYVE EN 1993. es. Anuarios SGAE. 21 May 2022.