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''Incantations'' is the fourth record album by Mike Oldfield, released in late 1978 on Virgin Records. The first Oldfield to be divided into more than two movements, it is the second longest album Oldfield has ever released (the longest being ''Light + Shade''). Originally released as a double album, the current CD issue fits the entire album onto one disc. == Overview == Despite being the second longest single work by Oldfield, much of the album can be described as being compositionally minimalist, featuring melodic lines played by only a few instruments at a time. The album as a whole is unusual in that it makes extensive use of the circle of fifths as an accompaniment to many of the musical ideas. Since this musical structure requires that each idea be modulated through twelve keys, before the next is introduced, more time is required to develop each idea, so that each section unfolds more slowly than is usual in Oldfield's work. A byproduct of this musical structure is that most of the album is not in any one key, but cycles continuously through them all. ''Incantations'' was recorded at Througham, Mike Oldfield's home after he completed ''Ommadawn''. It was during the creation of ''Incantations'' that Mike Oldfield underwent the assertiveness training course Exegesis, and almost immediately thereafter Oldfield went on his first solo live tour around Europe with ''Incantations''. Along with some other pieces of Oldfield's work, a different version of "Part Four" was used for the soundtrack of Tony Palmer's ''The Space Movie''; the lyrics there are from Kathleen Raine's "A Spell for Creation". When the CD version was released, due to the shorter length of the format at the time (early redbook standards only allowed for a maximum playing time of 74:33), many early pressings unnecessarily have "Part Three" shortened from 16:59 down to 13:49 by cutting from the beginning. When 80-minute CDs became the norm and quality control was increased, the full cut of "Part Three" was restored. All modern pressings have the full version of the piece. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Incantations (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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