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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0706301589625 Label: Warner Manufacturer: Warner Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Warner Release Date: August 26, 1996 Studio: Warner Sales Rank: 11869
Rating: - Mood Music
OK so I'm a bit behind here, I have listened to all of M O's output over the years and like others he has had his brilliant albums and some which have not been as good. This album is very definatly one of the best, it weaves celtic, orchestral and Mike's own style to form a feast of wonderful mood music. If I had to pick one track to take on a desert island it would have to be Mont St Michel, it's as good a piece of musical picture painting as you will ever hear, the blend of pipes and orchestra ... Read More
Rating: - Absolute Dross
Don't be fooled by the other reviews here, this album sucks. It is essentially the most dire form of commercial celtic nonsense that one would expect to hear playing in a "new age" shop. The music is dull, slow, mundane, monotonous and quite simply way below the standard that one associates with Mike Oldfield. Listening to this album is a painful experience, and there is little if nothing here to excite the Mike Oldfield fan. Avoid at all costs.
Rating: - Pipe Dream
This is a fantastic album, with the celtic influence. Haunting guitars and bagpipes and ghostly pipes. Wonderful, every track is a stand alone masterpiece. Traditional Celtic songs given the Oldfield's touch, a few more words to describe the CD exceptional, terrific, stupendous, dazzling, marvellous, awe-inspiring, breathtaking, remarkable, picturesque, scenic, exquisite, magnificent, gorgeous, and not forgetting charming
Rating: - A Voyage of inspiring Music
I have been a MO fan for as many years as Mike has been writing music. This album is truly a beautiful arrangement of celtic music that i defy anyone not to feel an array of emotions whilst listening to it. Go on let you imagination roam over the stunning valleys and hills of the Highlands Just Beautiful
Rating: - A "can't go wrong" instrumental album with Celtic influences
Mike Oldfield, the genius of instrumental and ambient music, grabbed five traditional Celtic songs, added another five of his own, and launched what is now my favorite Mike Oldfield album of all time... and I own pretty much everything from him. Track 9 ("Flowers of the Forest"), in particular, is an awesome work. Track 3 ("The Hero") has been a favorite to everyone I played this album to but, all in all, it's the general theme (sort of like a suitable soundtrack for the movie "Braveheart") that ... Read More
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