Amarok (Mike Oldfield album)

Amarok
The Amarok album cover. It shows a photograph of Oldfield's face along with a red stamp containing his name at the top left. On the right side arranged vertically is the name Amarok in gold coloured capital letters; the letters A, M and O appear normally, but R and K are mirrored about the vertical stroke of the letter.
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1990 (1990-05)
RecordedSeptember 1989–March 1990
StudioOldfield's home studio in Roughwood Croft, Chalfont St Giles and CTS Studios, London (choir)
Genre
Length60:02
LabelVirgin
Producer
Mike Oldfield chronology
Earth Moving
(1989)
Amarok
(1990)
Heaven's Open
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Amarok is the thirteenth studio album by English multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released in May 1990 by Virgin Records. Oldfield originally conceived it as an "angry protest album", showcasing his musical technique.[2] It is presented as a single sixty-minute track of continuous, uninterrupted but constantly changing music.

  1. ^ Amarok review at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Mike Oldfield: 10 Favourite Tracks". Mojo Magazine. November 1998. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

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