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 |