Ommadawn

Ommadawn
Studio album by
Mike Oldfield
Released31 October 1975
RecordedJanuary–September 1975
StudioThe Beacon, Kington, Herefordshire
The Manor, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire (African drums)
Genre
Length36:41
LabelVirgin
ProducerMike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield chronology
The Orchestral Tubular Bells
(1975) 		Ommadawn
(1975) 		Incantations
(1978)
Singles from Ommadawn
  1. "In Dulci Jubilo"/"On Horseback"
    Released: 14 November 1975[2]

Ommadawn is the third studio album by English musician, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released on 31 October 1975 on Virgin Records.[3]

Ommadawn peaked at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart, No. 74 in Canada,[4] and No. 146 on the US Billboard 200. The song that concludes "Ommadawn (Part Two)", entitled "On Horseback", was released as a single in November 1975 with Oldfield's non-album track "In Dulci Jubilo". The album reached gold certification by the British Phonographic Industry within two months, signifying 100,000 copies sold. In 2010, Mercury Records issued a remastered edition containing new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes by Oldfield and extra material. Oldfield had wanted to make Amarok (1990) a sequel album to Ommadawn, but the idea was not realised until he released Return to Ommadawn (2017).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AllMusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Mike Oldfield Discography – Singles – "In Dulci Jubilo"". Amadian.net. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  3. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 603. ISBN 9780862415419.
  4. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums – December 27, 1975" (PDF).