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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
Name = The Complete Mike Oldfield |
| name Type = The =Complete CompilationMike |Oldfield
| type Artist = [[Mike Oldfield]] |Compilation
| Cover artist = [[Mike Oldfield complete.jpg |]]
| Name cover = The Complete Mike Oldfield |complete.jpg
Released = {{start date|1985|10|1|df=yes}} |
| alt Recorded = 1972 1984 |=
| Released released = {{start date|1985|10|121|df=yes}} |
Genre = [[Progressive rock]] |
| recorded = 1972 – 1984
Length = {{duration|h=1|m=57|s=45}} |
| venue =
Label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]] |
| studio =
Producer = [[Mike Oldfield]] and others |
| genre Reviews = [[Progressive |rock]]
| Length length = {{duration|h=1|m=57|s=45}} |
Last album = ''[[Episodes (album)|Episodes]]''<br/>(1981) |
| Label label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]] |
This album = ''The Complete Mike Oldfield''<br/>(1985) |
| producer = [[Mike Oldfield]]<br />[[David Hentschel]]<br />[[Simon Phillips (drummer)|Simon Phillips]]<br />Simon Heyworth<br />[[Tom Newman (musician)|Tom Newman]]
Next album = ''[[A Virgin Compilation]]''<br/>(1987) |
| Last album prev_title = ''[[Episodes (Mike Oldfield album)|Episodes]]''<br/>(1981) |
| prev_year = 1981
| Next album next_title = ''[[A Virgin Compilation]]''<br/>(1987) |
| next_year = 1987
}}
 
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The double album is subdivided into four sections, with ''The instrumental'' section and ''The Vocal'' section containing shorter pieces, and ''The Complex'' section and ''The Live'' section containing excerpts from Oldfield's longer pieces.
 
Some versions of the vinyl have fewer or different tracks, with "The Instrumental Section" missing "[[In Dulci Jubilo / On Horseback|In Dulci Jubilo]]" and "[[Portsmouth (Mike Oldfield instrumental)|Portsmouth]]", while other versions replaced "[[Mistake (Mike Oldfield song)|Mistake]]" with "[[Pictures in the Dark]]".
 
== Track listing ==
 
=== Side 1 - The Instrumental Section ===
# "[[Arrival (instrumental)|Arrival]]" – 2:47
Line 33 ⟶ 40:
# "[[Wonderful Land]]" – 3:39
#『[[Étude (instrumental)|Etude]]』(Theme from ''[[The Killing Fields (album)|The Killing Fields]]'') – 3:07
 
=== Side 2 - The Vocal Section ===
# "[[Moonlight Shadow]]" – 3:36
# "[[Family Man (Mike Oldfield song)|Family Man]]" – 3:47
# "[[Mistake (Mike Oldfield song)|Mistake]]" – 2:55
# "[[Five Miles Out (song)|Five Miles Out]]" – 4:19
# "[[Crime of Passion (Mike Oldfield song)|Crime of Passion]]" – 3:37
# "[[To France]]" – 4:33
# "[[Shadow on the Wall (song)|Shadow on the Wall]]" (12" Version) – 5:08
 
=== Side 3 - The Complex Section ===
# "Excerpt from ''[[Ommadawn]]''" – 6:59
Line 47 ⟶ 56:
# "Excerpt from ''[[Incantations (album)|Incantations]]''" – 4:41
# "Evacuation" (Excerpt from ''[[The Killing Fields (album)|The Killing Fields]]'') – 4:11
 
=== Side 4 - The Live Section ===
# "[[Sheba / Wonderful Land(song)|Sheba]]" (Live) – 3:30
# "Mirage" (Live) – 5:12
# "[[Platinum (Mike Oldfield album)|Platinum]]" (Live) – 14:28
# "Mount Teide" (Live) – 4:34
 
==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Mike Oldfield|title=The Complete|type=album|award=Platinum|source=infodisc|relyear=1985|certyear=1992|access-date=November 19, 2021}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Germany|artist=Michael Oldfield|title=The Complete|award=Gold|certyear=1991|relyear=1985|accessdate=14 May 2019}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Spain|artist=Mike Oldfield|title=The Complete|award=Gold|certyear=1985|relyear=1984|certref=<ref>{{Citation | title = Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990 | url=http://www.mediafire.com/view/x263f6daopkswo8 | publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales | language=es | isbn=8480486392|access-date=11 September 2019}}</ref>}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Switzerland|artist=Michael Oldfield|title=The Complete|award=Gold|certyear=1991|relyear=1985|accessdate=2 May 2019}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Michael Oldfield|title=The Complete Mike Oldfield|award=Gold|certyear=1986|relyear=1985|accessdate=12 May 2019}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
== External links ==
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[[Category:Mike Oldfield compilation albums]]
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[[Category:Virgin Records compilation albums]]
 
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