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Question: Album title choices? :: Total Votes:48 Poll choices Votes Statistics Quicksilver 10  [20.83%] Light and Shade 38  [79.17%] Guests cannot vote

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hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 10:32 What album title do you prefer for this new Oldfield release which is just about upon us? The pre-release title of "Quicksilver", which is what we knew the album as for a few weeks, or the actual title "Light and Shade"? If you hate both titles, still choose the one you hate least. There are only two choices here. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 10:52 I think Quicksilver sounds much more enticing.  Light And Shade is a little on the everyday side to my mind.  It's not a bad title, but I think Quicksilver is a good title. Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

mikex Group: Members Posts: 63 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 10:57 No offense to familyjules, but I thought Quicksilver sounded a little 80's and a bit cheesy. I like Light and Shade, it is quite neutral and a good title for a double album, I am looking forward to hearing the light and dark side, 'OB1'. -------------- Anthropolologee, upstairs and inside a revelation is blinking well baffling! Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 11:05 Quote (mikex @ Aug. 15 2005, 10:57) No offense to familyjules, but I thought Quicksilver sounded a little 80's and a bit cheesy. Oh God no, spare me 80s cheese!!!!   I thought it sounded more 70s myself.... Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 11:27 I already have an old CD named "Quicksilver". It features Tony Banks, Fish, and Roger Daltrey. I think it is from the 1980s... -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 11:55 While "Light and Shade" is not the best title I've ever heard, the concept of having one CD for "Light" and one for "Shade" is one of the things I like most about it. Naming an album after one of the tracks is just not all that exciting to me - too many albums do this. -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 12:21 Quote (hiawatha @ Aug. 15 2005, 11:27) I already have an old CD named "Quicksilver". It features Tony Banks, Fish, and Roger Daltrey. I think it is from the 1980s... My heartfelt commiserations. Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 12:26 Quote (familyjules @ Aug. 15 2005, 17:05) Quote (mikex @ Aug. 15 2005, 10:57) No offense to familyjules, but I thought Quicksilver sounded a little 80's and a bit cheesy. Oh God no, spare me 80s cheese!!!!   I thought it sounded more 70s myself.... Funny. I thought it sounded very 90s. Honest. Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 12:29 Neither title grabs me really. I suppose I marginally prefer Light and Shade. Really, I wish he'd called it Tubular Bells 4. (Ducks) Back to top

Navaira Group: Members Posts: 481 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 12:36 A good title for a forthcoming album would be Incantations II. -------------- http://www.raygrant.com :: My album 'Exorcism' is out on iTunes now Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 12:43 Quote (Alan D @ Aug. 15 2005, 12:29) Neither title grabs me really. I suppose I marginally prefer Light and Shade. Really, I wish he'd called it Tubular Bells 4 (Ducks) "Tubular 4 (Ducks)"?!  what kind of a title is that?!?! Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

mikex Group: Members Posts: 63 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 12:48 Quote (familyjules @ Aug. 15 2005, 17:43) Quote (Alan D @ Aug. 15 2005, 12:29) Neither title grabs me really. I suppose I marginally prefer Light and Shade. Really, I wish he'd called it Tubular Bells 4 (Ducks) "Tubular 4 (Ducks)"?!  what kind of a title is that?!?! Jules Tubular Bells 4 (Ducks), let's be grateful he typed 'D', it could have gone either way!   -------------- Anthropolologee, upstairs and inside a revelation is blinking well baffling! Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 12:57 Quote (familyjules @ Aug. 15 2005, 12:43) "Tubular 4 (Ducks)"?!  what kind of a title is that?!?! I found the album art for "Tubular 4 Ducks". This one features "Guitars Sounding like Mallards", and all the instruments introduced toward the end of Part 1 by Donald Duck. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

mikex Group: Members Posts: 63 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 12:59 Quote (hiawatha @ Aug. 15 2005, 17:57) Quote (familyjules @ Aug. 15 2005, 12:43) "Tubular 4 (Ducks)"?!  what kind of a title is that?!?! I found the album art for "Tubular 4 Ducks". This one features "Guitars Sounding like Mallards", and all the instruments introduced toward the end of Part 1 by Donald Duck. I'll have some of what your having!   -------------- Anthropolologee, upstairs and inside a revelation is blinking well baffling! Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 13:29 Quote (Alan D @ Aug. 15 2005, 17:29) Neither title grabs me really. I suppose I marginally prefer Light and Shade. Really, I wish he'd called it Tubular Bells 4. (Ducks) Or why not just call the album Ducks and have a picture of Mallards on the cover.  No , actually this has given me an idea, find a picture of Mallard the fastest steam locomotive in the world, with pictures of schoolboys in shorts, equipped with notepads and locoshed books and call it Anoraks   . Or does Anoraks sound too like much like Amarok?   Not that I'm going to take the mickey out of railway enthusiasts, as I seem to be surrounded by them.   Seriously  I think Quicksilver makes me think of the late 1960's or early '70's, which to me is great .  I like the concept of Light and Shade too, i feel that Ying and Yang would be an exciting title     .  As for the best title I don't think I can say until I've heard the album. -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 17:42 Light and Shade is perfect to explain the concept of the album. Great job,Mike! -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Viper Group: Members Posts: 112 Joined: Nov. 2003 Posted: Aug. 15 2005, 18:05 I say the same thing that Tati The Sentinel. regards -------------- http://www.josemanuelguerra.com Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Aug. 19 2005, 20:59 I really can't decide either way, not until I've heard the album anyway. The title Quicksilver never made me go 'yuck' like it did so some others here. I don't have strong feeling about either of them, but Light and Shade does seem to sum up Mike's idea with the contrasting moods between the two disks. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

Sysiyo Group: Members Posts: 245 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Sep. 01 2005, 05:14 Quote (moonchildhippy @ Aug. 15 2005, 20:29) No , actually this has given me an idea, find a picture of Mallard the fastest steam locomotive in the world Which, incidentally, has already been done. Thought admittedly not with schoolboys and anoraks. Back to top

Wayfarer Group: Members Posts: 308 Joined: June 2002 Posted: Sep. 01 2005, 15:29 I like 'Light And Shade': it  has a deep feeling, a kind of contrast... light and shade, good and evil, Skywalker and Vader... Maybe Quicksilver is a good title too, but it sounds more like a courier service... -- Wayfarer -------------- My homepage - www.thewayfarer.info My search - www.cannotbefound.com My community - www.taurusiv.net My luthier - www.artluthier.com Back to top

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