Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
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Free Music Review: Enigma
Hit: 5 Stars
I grew up listening to Mike and never had much interest, when I was 13, I was looking through his CDs to find something cool I remembered from a CD (Turned out to be the Margret Thatcher thing from Amarok) and I started to relate to the music. A few months ago I started listening to Ommadawn and was intrigued by it. The darkness and depth of the first peice is incredible and theres no words to explain it... almost sounded Roman. On horseback, besides some bad lyrics had an incredible tune as well...the second part I found to drag on however and could become boring. This CD fits into the same style as Hergest Ridge and it is one of my most favorite Mike Oldfield CDs. It is extremely powerful and it still mezmerizes me how Mike manages to write such out-of-reality music that I have come to love. And this is coming from a kid who likes techno, & rap!Free Music Review: Ommadawn is musically perfect- Utter Perfection
Hit: 5 Stars
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 not hear before. If a day comes when I feel beaten down or depressed, I can listen to the music of Mike Oldfield and bask in the joy of knowing I lived at a time in history when one of humanity's finest musicians lived, and I can find unexpressable hope in knowing I might one day be able to hear this man in person. Imagine this- Having the profound privelige of seeing Mike Oldfield perform live, and then being cryogenically frozen for thousands of years. The people of that future day will see you as amazing simply because you were afforded that opportunity. People will want to know you, and they will want to touch you. Man, imagine the babes...Free Music Review: Took Me 35 Years to Discover This
Hit: 5 Stars
Been listening to two Oldfield albums for 15 years or so, "Islands" and the Best of "Elements" CD. Loved both, especially all the songs on best of Elements. Then, in November 2010 I finally decided to go after all the albums highlighted in Elements, starting with Ommadawn. I got the 2000 Remaster. I can't believe it took me so long to discover this. The first couple of times I listened to this I was like "ok, this is pretty good...I think I like it". After that I was like "OMG where have you been all my life!" This album is everything it is made out to be. Magnificant all the way through. Especially Part 1. It's like a delicious musical treat with lots of instruments, some hypnotic vocals and some of the most original guitar leads I've every heard. I'm going after most of Mike's albums now. It's like I found musical nirvana.Free Music Review: genial simplicity, craftfully arranged
Hit: 5 Stars
This is probably the best Oldfield album. I put Ommadawn among the greatest pieces of music ever made. I've never heard a tune that is so carefully worked upon through the entire piece. The theme that Ommadawn starts with is the most haunting melody I have ever heard. It's dark and bright at the same time, frightening and aerial, as it gives you shivers of ecstasy when you hear it. The composition is brilliant, compelling, craftful. Puts Oldfield among the greatest composers born A.D. Its base concepts are so simple, yet Oldfield builds unspeakable beauty upon them.
There are, certainly, people that won't like this music. It's a matter of listening to nearly every kind of music to appreciate it, maybe. Or maybe it will be more than decades when people will understand that they still find this music new.
Free Music Review: Absolutely beautiful
Hit: 5 Stars
It is impossible to give this stuff anything less than 5 stars. It is even better than Tubular Bells, the so called Mike Oldfield masterpiece. Both the long instrumental tracks are haunting and the hidden vocal track is so beautiful I continuously hum it for a day or two every time I listen to it.
This must be one of the best instrumentals albums (well it is 95% instrumental). Offcourse it does not beat stuffs like Ian Anderson's "Divinities" but that was a roam into another genre. Like Tubular Bells, most instruments has been played by prodigious Mike Oldfield. Go for it for an ethereal, out of this world experience. Only weak point can be the themes may seem repeatative for people not into this kind of music.