Tubular Bells

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Tubular Bells is a groundbreaking 1973 progressive rock album by Mike Oldfield, renowned for its multi-instrumental composition and iconic use in the film The Exorcist.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Tubular Bells canonical 12
Tubular Bells Part One 3
tubular bells 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf debut album ⓘ
progressive rock album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ⓘ
Grammy Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
certificationUK multi-platinum ⓘ
certificationUS platinum ⓘ
chartPositionUK number 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUS number 3 on Billboard 200 ⓘ
composer Mike Oldfield ⓘ
containsVocalContributionBy Mundy Ellis ⓘ
Sally Oldfield ⓘ
Vivian Stanshall ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coverArtBy Trevor Key ⓘ
creator Mike Oldfield ⓘ
featuredIn The Exorcist ⓘ
followedBy Hergest Ridge ⓘ
genre art rock ⓘ
experimental rock ⓘ
progressive rock ⓘ
hasCoverDepicting bent chrome tubular bell over seascape ⓘ
hasPart Tubular Bells Part One ⓘ
linked to: Tubular Bells

Tubular Bells Part Two ⓘ
linked to: Tubular Bells
hasReRecording Tubular Bells 2003 ⓘ
linked to: Tubular Bells
hasSequel The Millennium Bell ⓘ
Tubular Bells II ⓘ
Tubular Bells III ⓘ
influenced development of Virgin Records as a major label ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
mixingEngineer Simon Heyworth ⓘ
Tom Newman ⓘ
notableFeature continuous long-form compositions instead of separate songs ⓘ
multi-instrumental performance by Mike Oldfield ⓘ
notableUse theme music for the film The Exorcist ⓘ
originalReleaseDate 1973-05-25 ⓘ
performer Mike Oldfield ⓘ
precededBy none (debut album) ⓘ
producer Mike Oldfield ⓘ
Simon Heyworth ⓘ
Tom Newman ⓘ
recordedAt Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire ⓘ
linked to: Shipton-on-Cherwell

The Manor Studio ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1972-11 ⓘ
1973-04 ⓘ
recordLabel Virgin Records ⓘ
runningTime approximately 48 minutes ⓘ
sideOneLength approximately 25 minutes ⓘ
sideTwoLength approximately 23 minutes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Virgin Records → notableRelease → Tubular Bells ⓘ
Tubular Bells → hasPart → Tubular Bells Part One ⓘ
linked to: Tubular Bells
Tubular Bells → hasPart → Tubular Bells Part Two ⓘ
linked to: Tubular Bells
Tubular Bells → hasReRecording → Tubular Bells 2003 ⓘ
linked to: Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield → notableWork → Tubular Bells ⓘ
Mike Oldfield → debutWork → Tubular Bells ⓘ
LauncherOne → notableMission → Tubular Bells Part One ⓘ
linked to: Tubular Bells
Launch Demo 2 → followedBy → Tubular Bells Part One ⓘ
linked to: Tubular Bells
When I'm Sixty-Four → featuresInstrument → tubular bells ⓘ
linked to: Tubular Bells
The Manor Studio → recordedAlbum → Tubular Bells ⓘ
Tubular Bells III → partOfSeries → Tubular Bells ⓘ
Tubular Bells III → basedOn → Tubular Bells ⓘ
Tubular Bells III → inspiredBy → Tubular Bells ⓘ
Simon Heyworth → notableWork → Tubular Bells ⓘ
Simon Heyworth → workedOn → Tubular Bells ⓘ
Mundy Ellis → contributedTo → "Tubular Bells" ⓘ
linked to: Tubular Bells
Tubular Bells II → basedOn → Tubular Bells ⓘ
Tubular Bells II → mainInstrument → tubular bells ⓘ
linked to: Tubular Bells
Hergest Ridge → follows → Tubular Bells ⓘ
subject linked to: Hergest Ridge (album)
The Exorcist film series → notableSong → Tubular Bells ⓘ