Crises (album)
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Crises is an album, written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. It was his eighth album, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). The cover art was by Terry Ilot.
"In High Places" has lyrics by Mike Oldfield and Jon Anderson; "Foreign Affair" has lyrics by Mike Oldfield and Maggie Reilly, who also contributed vocals to the massive hit "Moonlight Shadow". "Shadow on the Wall" has vocals by Roger Chapman.
The North American version of the album includes the single "Mistake", and has a different running order.
Track listing
UK version
- "Crises" – 20:40 (instrumental)
- "Moonlight Shadow" – 3:34 (vocals by Maggie Reilly)
- "In High Places" – 3:33
- "Foreign Affair" – 3:53
- "Taurus 3" – 2:25 (instrumental)
- "Shadow On the Wall" – 3:09
Canadian version
- "Mistake"
- "In High Places"
- "Foreign Affair"
- "Taurus 3"
- "Shadow On the Wall"
- "Moonlight Shadow"
- "Crises"
Personnel
- Mike Oldfield - Acoustic bass guitar, banjo, bass guitars, electric guitars, Fairlight CMI, Farfisa organ, Prophet 5 synthesizer, harp, mandolin, Oberheim DMX, DSX, and OBXa , percussion, piano, Roland strings (probably the RS-202), Spanish guitar, and vocals.
Additional personnel
- Jon Anderson - vocals
- Ant - guitar
- Roger Chapman - vocals
- Rick Fenn - guitar
- Simon Phillips - drums, percussion, special effects
- Maggie Reilly - vocals
- Phil Spalding - bass guitar
External links
- Mike Oldfield Discography - Crises at Tubular.net