The Songs of Distant Earth (album)

For the 2011 album by ATB, see Distant Earth.

The Songs of Distant Earth
Studio album by
Mike Oldfield
Released21 November 1994 (1994-11-21)
Recorded1993–1994
StudioRoughwood Croft, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
Genre
Length55:51
LabelWEA
ProducerMike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield chronology
Tubular Bells II
(1992) 		The Songs of Distant Earth
(1994) 		Voyager
(1996)
Revised cover
Singles from The Songs of Distant Earth
  1. "Hibernaculum"
    Released: 5 December 1994
  2. "Let There Be Light"
    Released: 21 August 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The Songs of Distant Earth is the sixteenth studio album by English musician, songwriter and producer Mike Oldfield, released on 21 November 1994 by WEA. It is a concept album[2] based on the 1986 science fiction novel The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke.[3] The album reached No. 24 on the UK Albums Chart.

  1. ^ The Songs of Distant Earth review at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Mike Oldfield: Recording Songs Of Distant Earth". soundonsound.com. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Notes about Tubular Bells II". Tubular.net. Retrieved 15 May 2008.