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| name = QE2 | type = studio | artist = Mike Oldfield | cover = Mike oldfield qe2 album cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1980|10|31|df=yes}} | recorded = Denham, 1980 | venue = | studio = | genre = Progressive rock | length = {{duration|m=39|s=51}} | label = Virgin Mercury (2012 reissue) | producer = David Hentschel, Mike Oldfield | prev_title = Platinum | prev_year = 1979 | next_title = Five Miles Out | next_year = 1982 | misc = {{Singles | name = QE2 | type = studio | single1 = Arrival | single1date = 12 September 1980 | single2 = Sheba/Wonderful Land | single2date = 28 November 1980 }} }}{{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}[1] }} QE2 is the sixth record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1980 on Virgin Records. The album was named after the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2. The album contained both original Oldfield compositions as well as two cover version of pieces recorded by other bands ("Arrival" by ABBA and "Wonderful Land" by The Shadows). Though only reaching number twelve on the German album charts, the album became the best-selling album of 1981 in Germany.[2] Album analysisThe longest tracks on the album are "Taurus I" and the title track, "QE2", lasting 10 minutes and 7 minutes respectively. Some years later The Shadows responded to Oldfield's cover of "Wonderful Land", by releasing a cover of Oldfield's "Moonlight Shadow". The cover songs were released as singles. The album was the first Oldfield album to feature Maggie Reilly as a collaborator. Some tracks on the album feature vocals sung through vocoder. "Conflict" has an excerpt from J. S. Bach’s "Badinerie" (the last part of Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor). The lyrics for "Celt" were written by Tim Cross. "Molly" was made for his daughter, Molly Oldfield, who would later play keyboards on The Songs of Distant Earth and play a part in the Songs for Survival project. The European Adventure Tour 1981, which ran from March to August of that year, was in promotion of the album. Album title and artworkThe album and its title track were named after the then 11-year-old Cunard Line ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2. The album cover design appears to be a close-up of the side of the ship, complete with Plimsoll Line in the lower left corner. The first pressing even had a porthole cut out in the sleeve. The inside of the original foldout LP sleeve featured a schematic of one of the Queen Elizabeth 2s decks as well as a stylised picture of her engine; these have not been reprinted in later reissues, except for the 2012 reissue by Mercury Records on CD and LP, which reinstates all the elements of the original artwork with the exception of the cut-out porthole. Track listingSide one
Side two
On the original vinyl label of the album, the title piece, "QE2" is listed as two tracks, "QE2" by Oldfield/Hentschel and "QE2 Finale" by Oldfield, but gives their running time as a single piece. ReissueThe album was re-released by Mercury Records on 30 July 2012. This came as part of a deal in which Oldfield's Virgin albums were transferred to the label. It was released on the same day as Platinum and a year after the last Universal reissue of Incantations. The first disc is the original recording remastered with bonus material, and the second disc (available in the deluxe edition) is a live concert recorded at the time of the album's original release. The concert was recorded in April 1981 in Essen during Oldfield's European Adventure Tour. {{col-begin}}{{col-2}}Disc 1
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References1. ^{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r129944|title=QE2 review}} 2. ^{{cite web|title= Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts 1981 |website= offiziellecharts.de |publisher= GfK Entertainment Charts |url= https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1981 |language= de |accessdate= 11 February 2018}} External links
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