QE2 (album)

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QE2
Studio album by
Mike Oldfield
Released31 October 1980 (1980-10-31)
RecordedDenham, 1980
GenreProgressive rock
Length39:51
LabelVirgin
Mercury (2012 reissue)
ProducerDavid Hentschel,
Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield chronology
Platinum
(1979) 		QE2
(1980) 		Five Miles Out
(1982)
Singles from QE2
  1. "Arrival"
    Released: 12 September 1980
  2. "Sheba/Wonderful Land"
    Released: 28 November 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

QE2 is the sixth studio 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 versions 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]

  1. ^ QE2 review at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts 1981". offiziellecharts.de (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 11 February 2018.