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Encyclopedia > Voyager (album)
Voyager
[[Image:|200px|Album cover]]
Album by Mike Oldfield
Released 1996
Recorded ?? ?? - ??
Genre -
Length 58 min 30 sec
Label Warner Brothers
Producer Mike Oldfield
Professional reviews
Forthcoming
Mike Oldfield Chronology
The Songs of Distant Earth
(1994)
Voyager
(1996)
Tubular Bells III
(1998)

Voyager is a record album, written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... Michael Gordon Oldfield (born May 15, 1953 in Reading, England) is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends rock or progressive rock, ethnic or world music, and classical music. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... A minute is: a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... This article is about the unit of time. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Warner Music Group is one of the Big Five record labels. ... In the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Michael Gordon Oldfield (born May 15, 1953 in Reading, England) is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends rock or progressive rock, ethnic or world music, and classical music. ... Michael Gordon Oldfield (born May 15, 1953 in Reading, England) is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends rock or progressive rock, ethnic or world music, and classical music. ... The Songs of Distant Earth is a record album, written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Tubular Bells III is a record album written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Size of CD compared to pencil. ... Michael Gordon Oldfield (born May 15, 1953 in Reading, England) is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends rock or progressive rock, ethnic or world music, and classical music. ...


5 of the songs on the album ("The Hero", "Women Of Ireland", "She Moves Through The Fair", "Dark Island" and "Flowers Of The Forest") are traditional Irish songs that have been arranged by Mike Oldfield. "The Song Of The Sun" is composed by Benito Romero.


Tracklist

  1. The Song Of The Sun - (4:32)
  2. Celtic Rain - (4:41)
  3. The Hero - (5:03)
  4. Women Of Ireland - (6:29)
  5. The Voyager - (4:26)
  6. She Moves Through The Fair - (4:06)
  7. Dark Island - (5:43)
  8. Wild Goose Flaps Its Wings - (5:04)
  9. Flowers Of The Forest - (6:03)
  10. Mont St Michel - (12:18)

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Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth, traveling away from both the Earth and the Sun at a relatively faster speed than any other probe.
Voyager 1 had as its primary targets the planets Jupiter and Saturn and their associated moons and rings; its current mission is the detection of the heliopause and particle measurements of solar wind and the interstellar medium.
Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977 by NASA from Cape Canaveral aboard a Titan IIIE Centaur rocket, shortly after its sister craft, Voyager 2 on August 20, 1977.
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