Mike Oldfield - Amarok
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Free Music Review: If you haven't heard this one, you're missing out
Hit: 4 Stars
This is one of his best albums. One hour of a masterpiece. It has it all. It's like listening to Tubular Bells discs. But, maybe it would have been better to have it sliced into more tracks, like Tubular Bells II, which I though was smart. But, still, it's hell of a ride!Free Music Review: Not his best work, not even close
Hit: 2 Stars
I give this album 2 stars. The album is quacked. I'm a big Mike Oldfield fan, and I was excited to get my hands on this album. Until I listened to it, that was. The whole album is a loosely strung together bad conversation between the musician and the listener. He seems to be trying to say something with his melodies, and then he gets frustrated with his inability to get it out, so he bombards the listener with loud and poorly crafted passages. At times it sounds like he is raping his guitar, and the guitar is clearly not enjoying it.If you are fan of albums such as Sounds of the Distant Earth, you will probably not like this album. It's not a well-put together groove album. It's an annoying in-your-face strange sounding mess of 1980's sounds. If it is any indication how bad a compilation it is - not even the creator had the patience to try to divide into coherent musical thoughts - hence it is all one big track. So I guess it is a good album - if you skip the first track.
The only thing that redeems this album is the random sample of a guy saying "Happy" at different parts of the song. My roommates and I now go around immitating it. Other than that, this album is better left unpurchased.
Free Music Review: why can't i give it zero stars?
Hit: 1 Stars
(...) Thank god I didn't buy it, someone loaned it to me (who had in turn gotten it from someone else). One track, an hour long....not that there is anything wrong with that, just that its unlistenable boring "mood music." The only mood it inspires in me is suicidal.