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Incantations by: Mike Oldfield List Price: £8.99 Price: £5.73 You Save: £3.26 (36%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724384937126 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Virgin Manufacturer: Virgin Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Virgin Release Date: May 29, 2000 Studio: Virgin Sales Rank: 33943 Disc 1: Related Items: Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
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 Rating:  - Chanting Mike OldfieldFirst of all the remastered version here offers excellent sound quality and the production on the album is excellent.Im a big fan of Mike Oldfield and have 11 of his works in my collection,Im afraid to say this album is my least favourite out of all of them.I found the four pieces of work on the album very difficult to get in to,I found the songs very very laid back with heavy chanting throughout and the songs I found very droning in nature,dont get me wrong If your the sort of person that enjoys a lot of chanting you will well enjoy this work and I would recommend to you but for me I didnt find this work on the level of Omadawn,Discovery or Hergest Ridge which in my meagre opinion are far more enjoyable works and I listen to them often.Other ... Read More: Rating:  - remastering has been kind to this old favouriteI sought out this cd especially for the Hiawatha poem sung by Maddy Prior which features on tracks 2 & 4. On the original 1978 album this was an especially beautiful and memorable part of the album, especially the version on track 4. The melody develops in gradual layers, growing into a holding space promising the lovely song to come. Maddy's singing also grows gradually to a crescendo that's just a joy to sing along to. The song seems perfect: minimalist in its repeating melody while very moving in its layered development, and closed in perfect time. This "new" version has not been annoyingly tampered with, if anything the slight tweaks make it even more pleasing to the ear. Incantations is not a perfect album, it has its weaknesses ... Read More: Rating:  - Simply the Best!!For me "Incantations" stands head and shoulders above the rest of Oldfield's work. Not only because of the sheer energy that runs through it (and the moments of outstanding nocturnal beauty), but the whole thing derives from the opening chord so, despite its length, it is highly concentrated. I love many of his other albums but this is the very very best. Rating: - I Share All Of The Previous Observations Frustrations!What a wonder it would be that if a musician as eminent as this would be drawn to opinions expressed here and thereby be reborn as an artist and reproduce the breath taking simplicity (ostinato) and yet genious of Incantaions again. Whatever is said about TB1 or Ommadawn this album is a true zenith but came out a year or two late and disappeared in the punk backlash. You MUST buy it and put it on your IPOD or car stereo - it will eat into your psyche and you will look for similar genious in Oldfield's other work - but alas, to date, you won't find it! Rating: - Good one MikeI really don't know how Mike Oldfield has lost it these days. He's just lost in the Techno world. But he's one of a kind as a musician. You see it in this album. I would say this was the very first of the Techno albums that now have lost their way. But he got this one right. Synths were used when they were needed. If Mike reads this. Please re-discover what you wanted from this album and re-produce it again. It was a departure from Ommadawn. Not an earthy sound but somewhere in between the earthy sound and the electro sound. I like this album cuz he had got it right. It had atmosphere like Hergest ridge and Ommadawn. Tubular Bells is still the enigma album that glorifies musical instruments and sound. But this album ... Read More: |
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