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Question: Which is the best track from elements? :: Total Votes:39 Poll choices Votes Statistics Moonlight Shadow 9  [23.08%] To France 4  [10.26%] Family Man 0  [0.00%] Sentinel 7  [17.95%] Tubular Bells (Opening Theme) 1  [2.56%] Ommadawn (Excerpt) 5  [12.82%] Islands 1  [2.56%] Etude 4  [10.26%] Shadow on the wall 3  [7.69%] In Dulci Jubilo 5  [12.82%] Guests cannot vote

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Girl in the Rain Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: July 2002 Posted: July 24 2002, 15:19 Which Elements song do you think is the best. Please Vote for your favourite. Back to top

theweightless Group: Members Posts: 604 Joined: April 2001 Posted: July 24 2002, 16:33 Moonlight Shadow..my favourite forever   -------------- ASMK Back to top

Sysiyo Group: Members Posts: 245 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Feb. 04 2003, 08:21 Shadow On the Wall... mainly because it's the longer version. Generally I don't like this compilation. It was my second MO album (after QE2), and it made me fall out with him for a while. It's just... I'm not into him for his poppier music, and most of the tracks really suffer from being taken out of the original album concept. Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Feb. 05 2003, 03:44 I voted for etude, but only because Heaven's Open could not fit into the poll. I love the song Heaven's Open, this is the first place I heard it and I loved how happy it sounded. I also don't think this is the best MO compilation, mainly because it is too song-heavy. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

Sysiyo Group: Members Posts: 245 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Feb. 05 2003, 04:20 Quote I also don't think this is the best MO compilation, mainly because it is too song-heavy. To me it seems like it's directed towards those people who like one or two MO songs they have heard on the radio and want to have them on CD... it's not really meant to give a decent picture of Mike's back catalogue. But yet some record stores sell only this compilation and no other MO compilation. That I find odd. Back to top

amarokian Group: Members Posts: 150 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Feb. 14 2005, 01:53 The excerpt from Ommadawn,although a much better and my favourite of all is on XXV.Also close to Ommadawn are Incantations and Amarok. -------------- These posts are hazardous to the health of cloth-eared nincompoops.If you suffer from this condition after you read my posts,consult your doctor immediately. Back to top

Blackguard Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: July 2003 Posted: Feb. 14 2005, 11:28 Out of the songs listed I chose "Moonlight Shadow".  I love the feel of the song.  Not to mention the singing on it was superb. Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: July 07 2005, 05:37 It's hard to vote for a favourite on a best of compilation, mainly because I don't see it as being a 'true' album.  I voted for the excerpt from Ommadawn, even though I'd much prefer to hear the whole of the record than an excerpt.  But I also think even a small part of Ommadawn still beats anything else on the album, much as I like Moonlight Shadow and others. Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: July 23 2005, 13:11 OK...I'm confused.    Are we talking about The Best of Mike Oldfield Elements with 16 or so tracks or the four CD-set comprising 52? In either case, I can't begin to offer up a vote. I have both but have been listening to the set lately, which includes all of Ommadawn part I. BTW....on that disc (two), the covers says Incantations part one, but it's actually most of part II (minus the beginning). Are all the part two covers like that? Question about "The Path": Does anyone know what path or what type of path? I used to think a spiritual path but then I walked Hergest Ridge last December......... "First Excursion": so purple, stormy, and brooding.....I'm loving it at the moment. -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: July 23 2005, 22:21 Sentinel,single restructure. -------------- "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

amarokian Group: Members Posts: 150 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: July 24 2005, 02:20 Quote (Tati The Sentinel @ July 24 2005, 05:21) Sentinel,single restructure. I don't like at all the ending on Sentinel... -------------- These posts are hazardous to the health of cloth-eared nincompoops.If you suffer from this condition after you read my posts,consult your doctor immediately. Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Dec. 31 2005, 12:17 Quote (Inkanta @ July 23 2005, 18:11) OK...I'm confused.    Are we talking about The Best of Mike Oldfield Elements with 16 or so tracks or the four CD-set comprising 52? In either case, I can't begin to offer up a vote. I have both but have been listening to the set lately, which includes all of Ommadawn part I. BTW....on that disc (two), the covers says Incantations part one, but it's actually most of part II (minus the beginning). Are all the part two covers like that? Question about "The Path": Does anyone know what path or what type of path? I used to think a spiritual path but then I walked Hergest Ridge last December......... "First Excursion": so purple, stormy, and brooding.....I'm loving it at the moment. Inkanta, I was wondering the same thing.  I think everyone is talking about "The Best of Mike Oldfield Elements" (which is a "best of the best of" album), but the forum is called "Elements" - so I understand why people are confused. My copy of the 4CD Elements also lists Incantations Part 1, not Part 2 as it should.  There are lots of mistakes on this album, e.g. Polka is listed as 25 minutes long, when it's more like 2 minutes! -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

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