Islands

Summary

Islands is an album^[1]. Islands ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (290 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Islands's instance of is recorded as album^[3].
• Islands's genre is rock music^[4].
• Islands's genre is progressive rock^[5].
• Islands was produced by Simon Phillips^[6].
• Among the performers on Islands was Mike Oldfield^[7].
• Islands's record label is recorded as Virgin^[8].
• Islands's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom^[9].
• Islands is part of Mike Oldfield's albums in chronological order^[10].
• Islands's language of work or name is recorded as English^[11].
• Islands was distributed by vinyl record^[12].
• Islands was published on September 7, 1987^[13].
• Islands's tracklist is recorded as The Time Has Come^[14].
• Islands's tracklist is recorded as Flying Start^[15].
• Islands's tracklist is recorded as Islands^[16].
• Islands's tracklist is recorded as Magic Touch^[17].
• Islands's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Mike Oldfield^[18].
• Islands's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Anita Hegerland^[19].
• Islands's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Simon Phillips^[20].
• Islands's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Bonnie Tyler^[21].
• Islands's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Benoît Moerlen^[22].
• Islands's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Pierre Moerlen^[23].
• Islands's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Björn J:son Lindh^[24].
• Islands's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Phil Spalding^[25].
• Islands's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Islands'}^[26].
• Islands's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2891'}^[27].

Product Details

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• Release type: Album^[28]

• First release date: 1987-11-21^[29]

• Genre(s): classic rock, electronic, new age, pop, pop rock, progressive pop, progressive rock, rock, soft rock^[30]

• Community tags: classic rock, electronic, new age, pop, pop rock, progressive pop, progressive rock, rock, soft rock^[31]

• MusicBrainz ID: 2d5c179d-1fa7-347e-9d62-c577d5e47638^[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Islands was Mike Oldfield^[7]. Islands was produced by Simon Phillips^[6].

Publication

Islands was released on September 7, 1987^[13]. Islands's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom^[9]. Islands's language of work or name is recorded as English^[11]. Genres include rock music^[4] and progressive rock^[5]. Islands is part of Mike Oldfield's albums in chronological order^[10]. Islands was distributed by vinyl record^[12].

Why It Matters

Islands ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (290 views/month).^[2] Islands has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33]