'' is a
Record Album written and mostly performed by
Mike Oldfield , released in 1991. It was his 14th new album, and his last on
Virgin .
By this time, Mike Oldfield was very happy to get out of Virgin, and not so happy to know Virgin boss
Richard Branson . Several songs on this album bear hints about that. Also more abstract songs such as "Heaven's Open" can be seen as dealing with the theme of dependency relation or achieving freedom. In fact, parts of the lyrics of several of the songs can be seen as a rude good-bye to Virgin and Richard Branson. The final goodbye to Virgin appears at the very end of "Music From The Balcony", where we can hear a very silent laughter and Oldfield's voice saying "Fuck off!".
This is the only album where Mike Oldfield does the main vocals himself. Probably because of his bad feelings towards Virgin, his name is spelled out in full - Michael Oldfield - on this album.
# Make Make - (4:18)
# No Dream - (6:02)
# Mr. Shame - (4:22)
# Gimme Back - (4:12)
# Heaven's Open - (4:31)
# Music From The Balcony - (19:44)
