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| Name = The Platinum Collection

{{Infobox album

| name = The Platinum Collection

| Type = greatest

| type = greatest

| Artist = [[Mike Oldfield]]

| artist = [[Mike Oldfield]]

| Cover = The Platinum Collection.jpg
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| Released = {{start date|2006|3|13|df=yes}}
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| Recorded = 1972 – 2002
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| Genre = [[Progressive rock]]
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| released = {{start date|2006|3|13|df=yes}}

| recorded = 1972 – 2002

| Length =

| venue =

| Label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]

| studio =

| Producer = [[Mike Oldfield]]
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| Last album = ''[[The Complete Tubular Bells]]''<br/>(2003)
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| genre = [[Progressive rock]]

| This album = ''The Platinum Collection''<br/>(2006)

| length = {{duration|h=3|m=30|s=22}}
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| Next album = ''[[The Mike Oldfield Collection 1974–1983]]''<br/>(2009)

| label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]

| producer = [[Mike Oldfield]]
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| prev_title = [[The Complete Tubular Bells]]

| prev_year = 2003
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| next_title = [[The Mike Oldfield Collection 1974–1983]]

| next_year = 2009

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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 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 of content from Oldfield's Virgin albums, whereas some pieces on disc three are under licence from [[Warner Music Group|Warner]].

The first two discs are entirely made up from content Oldfield's Virgin albums, whereas some pieces on disc three are under licence from [[Warner Music|Warner]].


== Charts ==

== Charts ==

It charted at number 36 in the [[UK Albums Chart]].

It charted at number 36 in the [[UK Albums Chart]] but left the charts after only three weeks. It also peaked at number 12 in the [[Productores de Música de España|Spanish Album Charts]].<ref>[http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Mike%20Oldfield&titel=The%20Platinum%20Collection&cat=a#reviews Mike Oldfield - The Platinum Collection], swisscharts.com, retrieved on 17 June 2013</ref>

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=== Disc one ===

=== Disc one ===

# "[[Tubular Bells]]" (Opening theme)

# "[[Tubular Bells]]" (Part 1, Opening Theme)

# "Tubular Bells" (Part 1) (Final excerpt)

# "Tubular Bells" (Part 1 Final Excerpt)

# "[[The Sailor's Hornpipe]]"

# "[[The Sailor's Hornpipe]]"

# "[[Hergest Ridge (album)|Hergest Ridge]]" (Part 1) (Intro excerpt)

# "[[Hergest Ridge (album)|Hergest Ridge]]" (Part 1, Intro Excerpt)

# "[[Ommadawn]]" (Part 1) (Intro excerpt)

# "[[Ommadawn]]" (Part 1, Intro Excerpt)

# "Ommadawn" (Part 1) (Final excerpt)

# "Ommadawn" (Part 1, Final Excerpt)

# "[[In Dulci Jubilo / On Horseback|In Dulci Jubilo]]"

# "[[In Dulci Jubilo (Mike Oldfield)|In Dulci Jubilo]]"

# "[[Don Alfonso]]"

# "[[Don Alfonso (song)|Don Alfonso]]"

# "[[Portsmouth (Mike Oldfield instrumental)|Portsmouth]]"

# "[[Portsmouth (Mike Oldfield single)|Portsmouth]]"

# "[[William Tell Overture (Mike Oldfield instrumental)|William Tell Overture]]"

# "[[William Tell Overture (Mike Oldfield single)|William Tell Overture]]"

# "[[Cuckoo Song (instrumental)|Cuckoo Song]]"

# "[[Cuckoo Song (Mike Oldfield single)|Cuckoo Song]]"

# "[[Incantations (album)|Incantations]]" (Part 4) (Final excerpt)

# "[[Incantations (album)|Incantations]]" (Part 4, Final excerpt)

# "[[Platinum (Mike Oldfield album)|Platinum]]" (Part 4)

# "[[Platinum (Mike Oldfield album)|Platinum]]" (Part 4)

# "Woodhenge"

# "Woodhenge"


=== Disc two ===

=== Disc two ===

# "[[Moonlight Shadow]]" (Extended version)

# "[[Moonlight Shadow]]" (Extended Version)

# "[[Blue Peter (instrumental)|Blue Peter]]"

# "[[Blue Peter (Mike Oldfield single)|Blue Peter]]"

# "[[Guilty (Mike Oldfield instrumental)|Guilty]]" (Long version)

# "[[Guilty (Mike Oldfield song)|Guilty]]" (Long Version)

# "[[Arrival (composition)|Arrival]]"

# "[[Arrival (song)|Arrival]]"

# "[[Wonderful Land]]"

# "[[Wonderful Land]]"

# "[[Sheba (song)|Sheba]]"

# "[[Sheba (song)|Sheba]]"

# "[[Five Miles Out (song)|Five Miles Out]]"

# "[[Five Miles Out (song)|Five Miles Out]]"

# "[[Family Man (Mike Oldfield song)|Family Man]]"

# "[[Family Man (song)|Family Man]]"

# "[[Mistake (Mike Oldfield song)|Mistake]]"

# "[[Mistake (Mike Oldfield song)|Mistake]]"

# "[[Shadow on the Wall (song)|Shadow on the Wall]]" (Extended version)

# "[[Shadow on the Wall]]" (Extended Version)

# "[[Foreign Affair (Mike Oldfield song)|Foreign Affair]]"

# "[[Foreign Affair (Mike Oldfield song)|Foreign Affair]]"

# "[[In High Places (song)|In High Places]]"

# "[[In High Places (song)|In High Places]]"

# "[[Crime of Passion (Mike Oldfield song)|Crime of Passion]]"

# "[[Crime of Passion (Mike Oldfield song)|Crime of Passion]]"

# "[[Tricks of the Light]]"

# "[[Tricks of the Light]]"

# "[[To France]]" (Extended version)

# "[[To France]]" (Extended Version)

# "[[Étude (instrumental)|Étude]]"

# "[[Etude (Mike Oldfield)|Etude]]"

# "Evacuation" (Also includes the hidden track "Legend")

# "Evacuation" also includes the hidden track "Legend"


=== Disc three ===

=== Disc three ===

# "[[Sentinel (instrumental)|Sentinel]]" (Single restructure)

# "[[Sentinel (instrumental)|Sentinel]]" (Single Restructure)

# "[[Pictures in the Dark]]" (Extended version)

# "[[Pictures In The Dark]]" (Extended Version)

# "[[Shine (Mike Oldfield song)|Shine]]" (Extended version)

# "[[Shine (Mike Oldfield song)|Shine]]" (Extended Version)

# "[[Islands (Mike Oldfield song)|Islands]]" (12" [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mix]])

# "[[Islands (Mike Oldfield song)|Islands]]" (12" Mix)

# "Flying Start" (12" version)

# "[[Flying Start]]" (12" Version)

# "[[The Time Has Come (Mike Oldfield song)|The Time Has Come]]" (12" version)

# "[[The Time Has Come (Mike Oldfield song)|The Time Has Come]]" (12" Version)

# "[[Innocent (Mike Oldfield song)|Innocent]]" (12" mix)

# "[[Innocent (Mike Oldfield song)|Innocent]]" (12" Mix)

# "[[Earth Moving (song)|Earth Moving]]" (Club version)

# "[[Earth Moving (song)|Earth Moving]]" (Club version)

# "[[Amarok (Mike Oldfield album)|Amarok]]" (Africa I)

# "[[Amarok (album)|Amarok]]" (Africa I)

# "[[Heaven's Open (song)|Heaven's Open]]" <small>(Mistitled as the 12" version, although it is the album version)</small>

# "[[Heaven's Open (song)|Heaven's Open]]" <small>(mistitled as the 12" Version, although it is the album version)</small>

# "[[Hibernaculum (song)|Hibernaculum]]" ([[Radio edit|Single edit]])

# "[[Hibernaculum (song)|Hibernaculum]]" (Single Edit)

# "[[Women of Ireland (Mike Oldfield instrumental)|Women of Ireland]]"

# "[[Women of Ireland (Mike Oldfield single)|Women of Ireland]]"

# "[[Far Above the Clouds]]" (Single edit)

# "[[Far Above The Clouds]]" (Single Edit)

# "[[The Millennium Bell]]" ([[Remix]])

# "[[The Millennium Bell]]" (Remix)

# "[[To Be Free (Mike Oldfield song)|To Be Free]]" (Radio edit)

# "[[To Be Free (Mike Oldfield song)|To Be Free]]" (Radio Edit)


==References==

==References==

{{Reflist}}

{{reflist}}


== External links ==

== External links ==

* [http://tubular.net/discography/ThePlatinumCollection.shtml Tubular.net - Mike Oldfield discography - ''The Platinum Collection'']

* [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]]

* [http://www.emicatalogue.com/oldfield/ ''The Platinum Collection'' official website] at [[EMI]]


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