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 |