Studio albums personal rating (maximum ten stars)

1973

Tubular Bells

* * * * * * * * * *

1974

Hergest Ridge

* * * * * * * * * *

1975

Ommadawn

* * * * * * * * * *

1978

Incantations

* * * * * * * * * *

1979

Platinum

* * * * * * * *

1980

QE2

* * * * * * *

1982

Five Miles Out

* * * * * * * * *

1983

Crises

* * * * * * * * *

1984

Discovery And The Lake

* * * * * * * * *

1984

The Killing Fields

* * * * * * * * *

1987

Islands

* * *

1989

Earth Moving

* *

1990

Amarok

* *

1991

Heaven's Open

* *

1992

Tubular Bells II

* * * * * *

1994

The Songs Of Distant Earth

* * *

1996

Voyager

* * * * * *

1998

Tubular Bells III

* * *

1999

Guitars

* * * * *

1999

The Millennium Bell

* *

2002

Tres Lunas

* * *

2005

Light And Shade

* *

2008

Music Of The Spheres

* * * * *

2014

Man On The Rocks

* * * * * * *

2017

Return To Ommadawn

* * * * * * *

 

Guest appearences and collaborations (studio albums only, and rated only pieces involving Mike)

1968

Children Of The Sun by Sallyangie

* *

1970

Shooting At The Moon by Kevin Ayers

* * * * * * * * * *

1971

Edgar Broughton Band by Edgar Broughton Band

* *

1971

Ear Of Beholder by Lol Coxhill

*

1972

Whateveshebringswesing by Kevin Ayers

* * * * * * * *

1972

Nurses Songs With Elephants by David Bedford

* * * * * * * *

1974

The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories by Kevin Ayers

* * * * * * *

1974

Star's End by David Bedford

* * * * * * * * * *

1974

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

* * * * * * * * *

1975

Fine Old Tom by Tom Newman

* * * * * * * * *

1975

The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner by David Bedford

* * * * * * * *

1976

The Odyssey by David Bedford

* * * * * * * * *

1976

Bandages by Edgar Broughton Band

* *

1977

Instructions For Angels by David Bedford

* * * * * * * * *

1977

Faerie Symphony by Tom Newman

* * * * * * * *

1977

Keesojen Lehto by Pekka Pohjola

* * * * * * * * *

1979

Strange Man, Changed Man by Bram Tchaikovsky

*

1979

Downwind by Pierre Moerlen's Gong

* * * * * * * * * *

1980

The Concertina Record by Lea Nicholson

?

1981

Joy by Skids

?

1990

Natasha by Sally Oldfield

* * * * *

1990

Kama-Sutra by Michel Polnareff

* *

1992

Still Life With Guitar by Kevin Ayers

* *

1997

Snow Blind by Tom Newman

*

2005

Tag Und Nacht by Schiller

* *

2012

Journey Into Space by Terry Oldfield

* * *

2012

Islanders by York

* *

 

Best (in my opinion) musicians worked with Mike.

Guitar

Fred Frith

Steve Hillage

Diego Cortes

Mick Taylor

Antony Glyne

Bass

Fred Frith

Hansword Rowe

Pekka Pohjola

Rick Fenn

Kevin Ayers

Percussion / Drums

Pierre Moerlen

Simon Phillips

Morris Pert

Steve Broughton

Carl Palmer

Female vocal

Maggie Reilly

Sally Oldfield

Anita Hegerland

Maddy Prior

Helen DeMacque

Male vocal

Roger Chapman

Barry Palmer

Luke Spiller

Ian Anderson

Chris Thomson

Master of Ceremonies

John Cleese

Vivian Stanshall

Billy Connolly

John Sinclair

Alan Rickman

Piano / Keyboards

David Bedford

Mike Ratledge

Peter Lemer

Yitkin Seow

Mickey Simmonds

Sax / Trumpet / Flute

Courtney Pine

Bimbo Accock

Terry Oldfield

Jon Field

Raf Ravenscroft

Violin

Simon House

Pete Clarke

Pauline Mack

Don McVay

Melinda Daggers

Production

Tom Newman

Simon Heyworth

David Bedford

Simon Phillips

Phil Newell

 

Mike Oldfield collection