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{{Infobox album
| Name = The Platinum Collection▼
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| Released = {{start date|2006|3|13|df=yes}}▼
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| Genre = [[Progressive rock]]▼
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| Last album = ''[[The Complete Tubular Bells]]''<br/>(2003)▼
| length = {{duration|h=3|m=30|s=22}}
| label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| Next album = ''[[The Mike Oldfield Collection 1974–1983]]''<br/>(2009)▼
| producer = [[Mike Oldfield]]
| prev_year = 2003
| next_year = 2009
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{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
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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
== Charts ==
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 ===
# "[[Tubular Bells]]" (
# "Tubular Bells" (Part 1) (Final
# "[[The Sailor's Hornpipe]]"
# "[[Hergest Ridge (album)|Hergest Ridge]]" (Part 1
# "[[Ommadawn]]" (Part 1
# "Ommadawn" (Part 1
# "[[In Dulci Jubilo
# "[[
# "[[Portsmouth (Mike Oldfield
# "[[William Tell Overture (Mike Oldfield
# "[[Cuckoo Song (
# "[[Incantations (album)|Incantations]]" (Part 4
# "[[Platinum (Mike Oldfield album)|Platinum]]" (Part 4)
# "Woodhenge"
=== Disc two ===
# "[[Moonlight Shadow]]" (Extended
# "[[Blue Peter (
# "[[Guilty (Mike Oldfield
# "[[Arrival (
# "[[Wonderful Land]]"
# "[[Sheba (song)|Sheba]]"
# "[[Five Miles Out (song)|Five Miles Out]]"
# "[[Family Man (Mike Oldfield song)|Family Man]]"
# "[[Mistake (Mike Oldfield song)|Mistake]]"
# "[[Shadow on the Wall (song)|Shadow on the Wall]]" (Extended
# "[[Foreign Affair (Mike Oldfield song)|Foreign Affair]]"
# "[[In High Places (song)|In High Places]]"
# "[[Crime of Passion (Mike Oldfield song)|Crime of Passion]]"
# "[[Tricks of the Light]]"
# "[[To France]]" (Extended
# "[[
# "Evacuation"
=== Disc three ===
# "[[Sentinel (instrumental)|Sentinel]]" (Single
# "[[Pictures
# "[[Shine (Mike Oldfield song)|Shine]]" (Extended
# "[[Islands (Mike Oldfield song)|Islands]]" (12"
# "
# "[[The Time Has Come (Mike Oldfield song)|The Time Has Come]]" (12"
# "[[Innocent (Mike Oldfield song)|Innocent]]" (12"
# "[[Earth Moving (song)|Earth Moving]]" (Club version)
# "[[Amarok (Mike Oldfield album)|Amarok]]" (Africa I)
# "[[Heaven's Open (song)|Heaven's Open]]" <small>(
# "[[Hibernaculum (song)|Hibernaculum]]" ([[Radio edit|Single
# "[[Women of Ireland (Mike Oldfield
# "[[Far Above
# "[[The Millennium Bell]]" ([[Remix]])
# "[[To Be Free (Mike Oldfield song)|To Be Free]]" (Radio
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://tubular.net/discography/ThePlatinumCollection.shtml Tubular.net - Mike Oldfield discography - ''The Platinum Collection'']
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 13 March 2006 (2006-03-13) | |||
| Recorded | 1972 – 2002 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 3:30:22 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Mike Oldfield | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
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.
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 Spanish Album Charts.[2]
| Chart (2006) | Position |
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| UK Albums Chart | 36 |
| Spanish Album Charts | 12 |
