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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0017046185523 Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: Blue Plate Caroline Manufacturer: Blue Plate Caroline Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Blue Plate Caroline Release Date: July 11, 2000 Studio: Blue Plate Caroline Sales Rank: 24781 MPN: 1855
Album Description: Japanese digitally remastered limited edition issue of the album classic in a deluxe, miniaturized LP sleeve replica of the original vinyl album artwork.
Amazon.com: With his first release, Tubular Bells, Mike Oldfield created a genre that can best be termed "symphonic folk-rock." Ommadawn, his third album, continued in a similar though somewhat more ambitious and less portentous vein. Including the African percussion group Jabula and Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains on uilleann pipes, this is Oldfield's most easily palatable release. Oldfield plays almost 20 instruments here. The two instrumental pieces that make up nearly the entire album are similar to ambient music in intent and effect, with an almost constant recycling of themes. The album closes with "On Horseback," a classic piece of English whimsy. --James Swift
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Rating: - I'd Rather Be With You Than Flying Through Space.
Mike Oldfield's third studio recording marks the end of the most creative phase of his career. "Tubular Bells" explored an aggressive and improvised world of chaos and turmoil. "Hergest Ridge" presented ... Read More
Rating: - Ommadawn is musically perfect- Utter Perfection
I simply adore Ommadawn. I have listened to it innumerable times over almost twenty years. Not only do I never tire of this wondrous creation, I find the occasional moment when I hear something within it I did ... Read More
Rating: - Mike's Masterpiece
Ive always loved Mike Oldfields work although his latter suff hasn't impressed me as much. This album along with Hergest Ridge and of course Tubular Bells are his masterpieces. Ommadawn is my favourite out the ... Read More
Rating: - A wonderful album of delicate instrumental music
Released in 1975, the haunting Ommadawn is an excellent recording and the last of the trilogy that featured album-length works including Tubular Bells (1973) and Hergest Ridge (1974). All three of these albums ... Read More
Rating: - One For The Ages
I have been listening to this composition at suitable intervals for 30 years now. Many of the reviewers here sound like this is about the best thing they've ever heard. Count me in. In one effort this album established ... Read More
