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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]]<br/>[[David Hentschel]]<br/>[[Simon Phillips]]<br/>Simon Heyworth<br/>[[Tom Newman (musician)|Tom Newman]] |
| Genre genre = [[Progressive rock]] |
Last album = ''[[Episodes (album)|Episodes]]''<br/>(1981) |
| Length length = {{duration|h=1|m=57|s=45}} |
This album = ''The Complete Mike Oldfield''<br/>(1985) |
| label Next album = ''[[AVirgin CompilationRecords|Virgin]]''<br/>(1987) |
| Producer producer = [[Mike Oldfield]]<br />[[David Hentschel]]<br />[[Simon Phillips (drummer)|Simon Phillips]]<br />Simon Heyworth<br />[[Tom Newman (musician)|Tom Newman]] |
| Last album prev_title = ''[[Episodes (Mike Oldfield album)|Episodes]]''<br/>(1981) |
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = [[A Virgin Compilation]]
| next_year = 1987
}}
 
'''''The Complete Mike Oldfield''''' is a compilation [[album]] by [[Mike Oldfield]], released on 21 October 1985 by [[Virgin Records]] onin 1the October 1985UK.<ref>{{cite Theweb double|title=British album iscertifications subdivided- intoMike four sections,Oldfield with- The instrumentalComplete sectionMike andOldfield The|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/6856-2671-2 Vocal|website=[[British sectionPhonographic containingIndustry]] shorter|access-date=8 pieces,July and The Complex section and The Live section containing excerpts from Oldfield's longer pieces.2022}}</ref>
 
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]]".
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=== 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 ===
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=== 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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