The Songs of Distant Earth (album)

The Songs of Distant Earth is a music album, written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. It is based on Arthur C. Clarke's novel Songs of Distant Earth.

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Music album - Mike Oldfield - Arthur C. Clarke - Songs of Distant Earth

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It was the first album released as an Enhanced CD. Two different versions of the Enhanced CD content exist, however. The second pressing, released in 1995, contains more of the multimedia content including the full version of the "Let There be Light" video. The audio content is unchanged.

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Enhanced CD - 1995

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The Songs of Distant Earth was the the first of Oldfield's foray into science fiction-related music, and songs such as "Supernova" and "Hibernaculum" could be seen as similar or even influenced by Enigma, while "Only Time Will Tell" has ethnic world chants in the style of Deep Forest.

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Science fiction - Enigma - Deep Forest

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