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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = The Platinum Collection▼
| Type name = greatestThe Platinum Collection
| Artisttype = [[Mike= Oldfield]]greatest
| Cover artist = The Platinum[[Mike Collection.jpgOldfield]]
▲| Name cover = The Platinum Collection.jpg
| Released = {{start date|2006|3|13|df=yes}}▼
| Recordedalt = 1972 – 2002 =
▲| Released released = {{start date|2006|3|13|df=yes}}
| Genre = [[Progressive rock]]▼
| Lengthrecorded = 1972 – = 3:30:222002
| Label venue = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| Producerstudio = [[Mike Oldfield]]
▲| Genre genre = [[Progressive rock]]
| Last album = ''[[The Complete Tubular Bells]]''<br/>(2003)▼
| length = {{duration|h=3|m=30|s=22}}
| This album = '''''The Platinum Collection'''''<br/>(2006)
| label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| Next album = ''[[The Mike Oldfield Collection 1974–1983]]''<br/>(2009)▼
| producer = [[Mike Oldfield]]
▲| Last album prev_title = ''[[The Complete Tubular Bells]]''<br/>(2003)
| prev_year = 2003
▲| Next album next_title = ''[[The Mike Oldfield Collection 1974–1983]]''<br/>(2009)
| next_year = 2009
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{allmusicallMusic |class=album |id=the-platinum-collection-r836006 |title=The Platinum Collection - Mike Oldfield}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[ProgArchives]]
| rev2Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| rev3 =
| rev3Score =
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'''''The Platinum Collection''''' is a 2006 [[Virgin Records]] compilation [[album]] written and mostly performed by [[Mike Oldfield]]. It contains most of Oldfield's best known work, and some rare mixes of songs that had previously only been available as B-sides to singles.
 
The first two discs are entirely made up fromof content from Oldfield's Virgin albums, whereas some pieces on disc three are under licence from [[Warner Music Group|Warner]].
 
== Charts ==
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=== Disc one ===
# "[[Tubular Bells]]" (Part 1, Opening Themetheme)
# "Tubular Bells" (Part 1,) (Final Excerptexcerpt)
# "[[The Sailor's Hornpipe]]"
# "[[Hergest Ridge (album)|Hergest Ridge]]" (Part 1,) (Intro Excerptexcerpt)
# "[[Ommadawn]]" (Part 1,) (Intro Excerptexcerpt)
# "Ommadawn" (Part 1,) (Final Excerptexcerpt)
# "[[In Dulci Jubilo (Mike/ Oldfield)On Horseback|In Dulci Jubilo]]"
# "[[Don Alfonso (song)|Don Alfonso]]"
# "[[Portsmouth (Mike Oldfield singleinstrumental)|Portsmouth]]"
# "[[William Tell Overture (Mike Oldfield singleinstrumental)|William Tell Overture]]"
# "[[Cuckoo Song (Mike Oldfield singleinstrumental)|Cuckoo Song]]"
# "[[Incantations (album)|Incantations]]" (Part 4,) (Final excerpt)
# "[[Platinum (Mike Oldfield album)|Platinum]]" (Part 4)
# "Woodhenge"
 
=== Disc two ===
# "[[Moonlight Shadow]]" (Extended Versionversion)
# "[[Blue Peter (Mike Oldfield singleinstrumental)|Blue Peter]]"
# "[[Guilty (Mike Oldfield songinstrumental)|Guilty]]" (Long Versionversion)
# "[[Arrival (songcomposition)|Arrival]]"
# "[[Wonderful Land]]"
# "[[Sheba (song)|Sheba]]"
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# "[[Family Man (Mike Oldfield song)|Family Man]]"
# "[[Mistake (Mike Oldfield song)|Mistake]]"
# "[[Shadow Onon Thethe Wall (song)|Shadow on the Wall]]" (Extended Versionversion)
# "[[Foreign Affair (Mike Oldfield song)|Foreign Affair]]"
# "[[In High Places (song)|In High Places]]"
# "[[Crime Ofof Passion (Mike Oldfield song)|Crime of Passion]]"
# "[[Tricks Ofof Thethe Light]]"
# "[[To France]]" (Extended Versionversion)
# "[[EtudeÉtude (Mike Oldfieldinstrumental)|EtudeÉtude]]"
# "Evacuation", also(Also includes the hidden track "Legend")
 
=== Disc three ===
# "[[Sentinel (instrumental)|Sentinel]]" (Single Restructurerestructure)
# "[[Pictures Inin Thethe Dark]]" (Extended Versionversion)
# "[[Shine (Mike Oldfield song)|Shine]]" (Extended Versionversion)
# "[[Islands (Mike Oldfield song)|Islands]]" (12" Mix[[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mix]])
# "[[Flying Start]]" (12" Versionversion)
# "[[The Time Has Come (Mike Oldfield song)|The Time Has Come]]" (12" Versionversion)
# "[[Innocent (Mike Oldfield song)|Innocent]]" (12" Mixmix)
# "[[Earth Moving (song)|Earth Moving]]" (Club version)
# "[[Amarok (Mike Oldfield album)|Amarok]]" (Africa I)
# "[[Heaven's Open (song)|Heaven's Open]]" <small>(mistitledMistitled as the 12" Versionversion, although it is the album version)</small>
# "[[Hibernaculum (song)|Hibernaculum]]" ([[Radio edit|Single Editedit]])
# "[[Women Ofof Ireland (Mike Oldfield singleinstrumental)|Women of Ireland]]"
# "[[Far Above Thethe Clouds]]" (Single Editedit)
# "[[The Millennium Bell]]" ([[Remix]])
# "[[To Be Free (Mike Oldfield song)|To Be Free]]" (Radio Editedit)
 
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://tubular.net/discography/ThePlatinumCollection.shtml Tubular.net - Mike Oldfield discography - ''The Platinum Collection'']
* [{{Official website|http://www.emicatalogue.com/oldfield/ |''The Platinum Collection'' official website]}} at [[EMI]]
 
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