Encore!

I'm a forever Mike Oldfield fan - "Tubular Bells" being my all-time favorite. I wasn't disappointed in this Cd, and don't mind at all recommending it. I wouldn't not have it in my Oldfield collection. I especially like the track "Sunlight Shining Through Cloud".

Slave to the bells...

the concept of a Musical journey through whole history was very good.but it is hard to fit it in 40 minutes long CD.and it is hard to do it with the lack of inspiration...
While "Peace on earth" and "Pacha mama" are a typical new-age Oldfield tunes "Santa maria" is a horrible copy of Vangelis "1491" soundtrack style.the choirs and pathetic atmosphere can make you laugh."Liberation" is an Enya/amarok rip-off."Sunlight shining through clouds" is a normal pop song","Broad sunlit uplands" and "Amber light" are boring instrumentals...What is wrong with you Mike?
somehow Mike made a several enjoyable songs like funny James Bond flavoured "Mastermind",great dance tracks like "The millenium bell" and "Doges palace".these ones along with "Pacha mama" are worth for buying whole album.But please do not expect the music with class of "Songs of the distant earth" or "Tubular bells".the album is like a collection of various tracks - each one is not fitting to the other.sadly,it's a dissapointment that it camed from such a talented and versatile composer like Oldfield.

The only good thing.......

The only good thing I found about this album was that I transposed "Santa Maria" onto acoustic and electric guitar and recorded it on my 4 track. The melody to that one is truly beautiful. The rest of this is not that good, and the excitment that I felt when I first spied it was deflated after the 5th or 6th listen. Definitley for the collector only.