# Two Sides

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Two Sides: The Very Best Of Mike Oldfield
| type       = compilation
| artist     = [Mike Oldfield](/source/Mike_Oldfield)
| cover      = Mike Oldfield - Two Sides.jpg
| alt        = Blue and pink bent triangular tubular bells on a background of a white/blue gradient space-scape. The words "Two Side The Very Best of Mike Oldfield" appear at the top centre.
| released   = {{Start date|2012|07|30|df=yes}}
| recorded   = 1973 – 2008
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Progressive rock](/source/Progressive_rock), [pop rock](/source/pop_rock), [new-age](/source/New-age_music)
| length     = {{Duration|m=156|s=27}}
| label      = [Mercury](/source/Mercury_Records)<br />[Universal](/source/Universal_Music)
| producer   = [Mike Oldfield](/source/Mike_Oldfield)<br />[Simon Phillips](/source/Simon_Phillips_(drummer))<br />[Tom Newman](/source/Tom_Newman_(musician))<br />[Trevor Horn](/source/Trevor_Horn)<br />[Karl Jenkins](/source/Karl_Jenkins)<br />[Alan Shacklock](/source/Alan_Shacklock)<br />[Geoffrey Downes](/source/Geoffrey_Downes)
| prev_title = [The Mike Oldfield Collection 1974–1983](/source/The_Mike_Oldfield_Collection_1974%E2%80%931983)
| prev_year  = 2009
| next_title = [Icon](/source/Icon_(Mike_Oldfield_album))
| next_year  = 2012
}}
'''''Two Sides: The Very Best of Mike Oldfield''''' is a compilation album by British multi-instrumentalist [Mike Oldfield](/source/Mike_Oldfield) that was released on 30 July 2012 by [Mercury Records](/source/Mercury_Records).

== Background and release ==
The content of the album was compiled by Oldfield himself. The album cover features two depictions of Oldfield's signature ''[Tubular Bells](/source/Tubular_Bells)'' logo, one in bright pink and the other in dark blue, on a blue night's sky background. It was released on the same day as a number of other Oldfield releases; ''[QE2](/source/QE2_(album))'' and ''[Platinum](/source/Platinum_(Mike_Oldfield_album))'' remasters, and a 6 CD boxed set.

The release came days after Oldfield's performance at the [2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/london-2012/9426868/Mike-Oldfields-strange-journey-from-Tubular-Bells-to-London-2012.html |title=Mike Oldfield's strange journey from Tubular Bells to London 2012 |newspaper=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |date=29 July 2012 |accessdate=5 August 2012}}</ref> The exact version of ''Tubular Bells'' that Oldfield performed at the opening ceremony is not on this album, but is available on ''[Isles of Wonder: Music for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games](/source/Isles_of_Wonder_(album))''.

Additionally in August 2012 Universal and [Indaba Music](/source/Indaba_Music) created a ''Tubular Bells'' [remix](/source/remix) contest, where users could download original stem recordings to create their own pieces. The winner of the $1000 prize was judged by Oldfield.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/mike-oldfield-tubular-bells-remix-contest |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723085610/http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/mike-oldfield-tubular-bells-remix-contest |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 23, 2012 |title=''Tubular Bells'' Remix Contest |publisher=Indaba Music |accessdate=5 August 2012}}</ref>

== Charts ==
The album charted at 6 in the [UK Albums Chart](/source/UK_Albums_Chart) on 5 August 2012.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Chart<br />(2012) !! Position
|-
| [Polish Albums Chart](/source/Polish_Music_Charts)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=752&lang=en |title=Oficjalna lista sprzedaży |publisher=[OLiS](/source/OLiS) |date=13 August 2012 |accessdate=10 August 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 39
|-
| [Spanish Albums Chart](/source/Spanish_Albums_Chart)
| style="text-align:center;"| 38
|-
| [UK Albums Chart](/source/UK_Albums_Chart)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19134950 |title=Olympic ceremony performers enjoy UK sales boost |work=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News) |date=5 August 2012 |accessdate=26 August 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|artist=Mike Oldfield|title=Two Sides|award=Gold|relyear=2012|certyear=2025|access-date=26 August 2025}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | streaming=true|noshipments=true|nosales=true}}

==Track listing==
All songs written by [Mike Oldfield](/source/Mike_Oldfield), except where noted.

===Disc one===

{{tracklist
| extra_column    = Place of Origin
| title1          = [Tubular Bells](/source/Mike_Oldfield's_Single) (Part One)
| note1           = ''Two Sides'' excerpt
| extra1          = ''[Tubular Bells](/source/Tubular_Bells)'', 1973
| length1         = 13:30
| title2          = Ommadawn (Part One)
| note2           = ''Two Sides'' excerpt
| extra2          = ''[Ommadawn](/source/Ommadawn)'', 1975
| length2         = 6:48
| title3          = Crises
| note3           = ''Two Sides'' excerpt
| extra3          = ''[Crises](/source/Crises_(Mike_Oldfield_album))'', 1983
| length3         = 10:30
| title4          = The Lake
| note4           = ''Two Sides'' excerpt
| extra4          = ''[Discovery](/source/Discovery_(Mike_Oldfield_album))'', 1984
| length4         = 5:30
| title5          = Amarok (Part One)
| note5           = ''Two Sides'' excerpt
| extra5          = ''[Amarok](/source/Amarok_(Mike_Oldfield_album))'', 1990
| length5         = 5:05
| title6          = Amarok (Part Two)
| note6           = ''Two Sides'' excerpt
| extra6          = ''Amarok''
| length6         = 15:17
| title7          = [Sentinel](/source/Sentinel_(instrumental))
| extra7          = ''[Tubular Bells II](/source/Tubular_Bells_II)'', 1992
| length7         = 8:09
| title8          = Supernova
| extra8          = ''[The Songs of Distant Earth](/source/The_Songs_of_Distant_Earth_(album))'', 1994
| length8         = 3:24
| title9          = Ascension
| extra9          = ''The Songs of Distant Earth''
| length9         = 5:51
| title10         = The Tempest
| extra10         = ''[Music of the Spheres](/source/Music_of_the_Spheres_(Mike_Oldfield_album))'', 2008
| length10        = 5:48
}}

===Disc two===

{{tracklist
| extra_column    = Place of Origin
| title1          = [Guilty](/source/Guilty_(Mike_Oldfield_instrumental))
| extra1          = Non-album [single](/source/Single_(music)), 1979
| length1         = 4:15
| title2          = [Family Man](/source/Family_Man_(Mike_Oldfield_song))
| note2           = with [Maggie Reilly](/source/Maggie_Reilly)) (Oldfield, Tim Cross, [Rick Fenn](/source/Rick_Fenn), Mike Frye, Maggie Reilly, [Morris Pert](/source/Morris_Pert)
| extra2          = ''[Five Miles Out](/source/Five_Miles_Out)'', 1982
| length2         = 3:48
| title3          = [Five Miles Out](/source/Five_Miles_Out_(song))
| extra3          = ''Five Miles Out'' 
| length3         = 4:19
| title4          = [Moonlight Shadow](/source/Moonlight_Shadow)
| note4           = with Maggie Reilly
| extra4          = ''Crises''
| length4         = 3:39
| title5          = [Shadow on the Wall](/source/Shadow_on_the_Wall_(song))
| note5           = with [Roger Chapman](/source/Roger_Chapman)
| extra5          = ''Crises''
| length5         = 3:10
| title6          = [To France](/source/To_France)
| note6           = with Maggie Reilly
| extra6          = ''Discovery''
| length6         = 4:41
| title7          = [Etude](/source/%C3%89tude_(instrumental))
| note7           = [Francisco Tárrega](/source/Francisco_T%C3%A1rrega)
| extra7          = ''[The Killing Fields](/source/The_Killing_Fields_(album))'', 1984
| length7         = 4:39
| title8          = [Magic Touch](/source/Magic_Touch_(Mike_Oldfield_song))
| extra8          = ''[Islands](/source/Islands_(Mike_Oldfield_album))'', 1987
| length8         = 4:17
| title9          = [Islands](/source/Islands_(Mike_Oldfield_song))
| note9           = with [Bonnie Tyler](/source/Bonnie_Tyler)
| extra9          = ''Islands''
| length9         = 4:20
| title10         = [Heaven's Open](/source/Heaven's_Open_(song))
| extra10         = ''[Heaven's Open](/source/Heaven's_Open)'', 1991
| length10        = 4:31
| title11         = [Tattoo](/source/Tattoo_(Mike_Oldfield_instrumental)) (Live At Edinburgh Castle, 1992)
| extra11         = ''Tubular Bells II''
| length11        = 3:47
| title12         = The Song of the Sun
| note12          = Bieito Romero
| extra12         = ''[Voyager](/source/Voyager_(Mike_Oldfield_album))'', 1996
| length12        = 4:34
| title13         = Summit Day
| extra13         = ''[Guitars](/source/Guitars_(Mike_Oldfield_album))'', 1999
| length13        = 3:47
| title14         = Lake Constance
| extra14         = ''[The Millennium Bell](/source/The_Millennium_Bell)'', 1999
| length14        = 5:18
| title15         = Broad Sunlit Uplands
| extra15         = ''The Millennium Bell''
| length15        = 4:05
| title16         = The Doge's Palace
| extra16         = ''The Millennium Bell''
| length16        = 3:08
| title17         = Amber Light
| extra17         = ''The Millennium Bell''
| length17        = 3:47
| title18         = Angelique
| extra18         = ''[Light + Shade](/source/Light_%2B_Shade)'', 2005
| length18        = 4:41
| title19         = On My Heart
| note19          = with [Hayley Westenra](/source/Hayley_Westenra)
| extra19         = ''Music of the Spheres''
| length19        = 2:28
}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.mikeoldfieldofficial.com/|Mike Oldfield's official website}}

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Category:2012 compilation albums
Category:Mercury Records compilation albums

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