in January 1995 on Reprise Records. The album was released as a CD and, shortly afterwards, as an Enhanced CD of which two versions were made. Both versions' initial pressings contained an image of a manta ray flying in front of a planet on the front cover; later pressings change the image to one of a suited man holding a glowing orb with manta rays flying overhead. The second pressing of the enhanced CD contains slightly more multimedia content, including the full version of the "Let There Be Light" video. The CD audio content is the same on all versions of the album. It was also released as a vinyl LP, which has become a rare item. The enhanced CD content, for Apple Macintosh PowerPC computers only, was rendered on Silicon Graphics computers and used Apple's QuickTime II technology. The re-release back cover lists the "CD ROM Track" as track 000 (where all tracks have a three-digit number), and a length of 0:00. Produced in 1994 it was an early example of Enhanced CD content. Oldfield used Emagic Logic Audio for sequencing and Pro Tools hardware for the recording of the album using a combination of tape and hard drive recording. Track listing "In the Beginning" – 1:24 "Let There Be Light" – 4:52 "Supernova" – 3:29 "Magellan" – 4:41 "First Landing" – 1:16 "Oceania" – 3:27 "Only Time Will Tell" – 4:19 "Prayer for the Earth" – 2:10 "Lament for Atlantis" – 2:44 "The Chamber" – 1:49 "Hibernaculum" – 3:32 "Tubular World" – 3:23 "The Shining Ones" – 2:59 "Crystal Clear" – 5:42 "The Sunken Forest" – 2:39 "Ascension" – 5:48 "A New Beginning" – 1:33 Personnel Music Mike Oldfield – various instruments Eric Cadieux – additional programming Mark Rutherford – additional rhythm loops Sugar "J" – additional rhythm loops Pandit Dinesh – tablas Molly Oldfield – keyboards Cori Josias – vocals Ella Harper – vocals David Nickless – vocals Roame – vocals Nils-Aslak Valkeapää – Sámi chant for a joik on "Prayer for the Earth" Members of Verulam Consort – vocals Tallis Scholars – vocals Excerpts: Bill Anders – reading from the Book of Genesis while orbiting the Moon on Christmas Eve, 1968 on "In the Beginning" "Vahine Taihara" by Tubuai Choir Mike Joseph – self hypnosis tape on "Crystal Clear" Production Mike Oldfield – production, engineer Gregg Jackman – assistant engineer Steve MacMillan – assistant engineer Tom