ruizbertol
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Posted: June 15 2004, 04:47 |
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Well, in eighties Mike work a lot with some instrumental tracks like "the lake", and performed some interesting albums, like "Amarok" or "The Killing Fields". In nineties, the most interesting works were "Tubular Bells II", "Tubular Bells III", "The Songs of Distant Earth", "Voyager" and "Guitars". Guitars is a interesting album, performed using only guitars, as the title says, but it is very classic, and in my opinnion, is not Oldfield style. "The Songs of Distant Earth" is a melodic album, ambiented in the space, and that makes its beauty. Voyager is the most celtic album of Mike. TB3 is one, with new instruments, and new performance, but thinked to the new generations of fans. Tubular Bells II is one of the best melodic album, following the original Tubular Bells, but with an added value (is not like comparing Tubular Bells and Tubular Bells 2003), it is a well-thinked album, and divided in tracks (not like Amarok or Tubular Bells).
Well, my personal mind thinks that if you haven't got any of the albums of 80's and 90's, a good election could be "Amarok", but if you like celtic music, select "Voyager". In XXI century, Mike also performed Tr3s Lunas, a good melodic album.
But the best, is buying "Elements", a 4-CD box set with some of the best moments of inspiration of Oldfield, but you'll loose the last 12 years.
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@Fran JR.@
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, but I stopped buying his records as the 1980s loomed as I wasn't so keen on what was (then) his new direction.
), but it's very different from Ommadawn, even though it was originally conceived as Ommadawn II. You'll have to check it out yourself to see if it's your cup of tea or not, there's no way of telling beforehand.
