Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 3
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Free Music Notes for Tubular Bells 3
Free Music Review: Uneven But 2 great Tracks
Hit: 3 Stars
I found the production of this album a bit uneven, but there are two great tracks I had to have, the best one being "Man In The Rain"Free Music Review: Average
Hit: 2 Stars
I too have purchased this CD, and reading all the wonderful reviews came as a shock to me. I have heard some of Oldfield's earlier pieces and found them quite nice. Sentinel among them is one that has always stood out as a wonderful trademark of this artist. But I was very dissapointed by this album, not because the music isn't beautiful, but because it's all re-hashed or copied. Mike Oldfield does not create an original piece of art here. He borrows from Vangelis, from Enigma, then he takes a Jarre twist but decides that some alternative sounds would sound alright in this salad. It is rather unfortunate that this album does no justice to any of the above mentioned artists because Oldfield is unsuccessful in reproducing any of them. He does not even get close to Vangelis, cannot reproduce Jarre's dynamic rhythms and barely manages to remind one that Enigma produces a similar sound to his 3rd track (jewel in the crown). I must say that artists like ERA or J. P. CAPDEVILLE (composer of Carmine Meo interpreted by Emma Shapplin) have far outweighed good old Mike in my musical collection. This CD will rarely be experienced in my home, rather I much more prefer The City by VANGELIS for a truly original interpretation. But any faithful fans of M. Oldfield will probably still swallow this musical burst out of respect for his earlier works.Free Music Review: Been there.... done that
Hit: 2 Stars
No, sorry. I'm afraid this adds nothing to TB1 and TB2. It's just a bad case of deja vue, repackaged and re-marketed to relieve you of more of your hard earned cash.Save yourself some money and dig out your old copy of TB2 instead ....
Free Music Review: A dissapointment...
Hit: 2 Stars
Mike Oldfield is really one of a kind, but this albume is Mike trying to please the "House" & "Dance" audience... I hope his next release will have the qualities of the older albums...Free Music Review: Godawful.
Hit: 1 Stars
"Tubular Bells" no longer means a timeless, groundbreaking masterpiece. "Tubular Bells" now is a brand, because Mike himself sounds convinced that anything that begins with a tinkly piano line and ends with the sound of bells instantly is "Tubular Bells" (check The Millennium Bell). As such, what once was a powerful name is banalised, brutalised and beaten to a pulp, because Tubular Bells III is nothing short of godawful. It looks like he forgot to write melodies for his album, so all he does to fill up time is let his synthesizers bleep around and create a bunch of derivative "dance" riffs (The Source Of Secrets, Secrets), play something on his guitar that he has played MANY times before in the past (Outcast, Serpent Dream), or worse, indulge in an embarrassing, derivative "melody" (The Inner Child, Top Of The Morning). Practically everything he does here, he has done before. Man In The Rain not only directly copies Moonlight Shadow, but rips-off the intro for Rush's Time Stand Still (remember that one?) with its "beautiful" guitar sound. But the worst blow is that Mike plays every note as if he was playing Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Everything is pompous and self-important to a sickening degree, and the majestic finale of Far Above The Clouds features (sampled!) tubular bells playing nothing at all. It is a disgusting album, no more, no less, not worthy of attention at all. Stick to Amarok and the original Tubular Bells and you'll hear everything Tubular Bells III is supposed to be, but isn't.