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Mike Oldfield - The Songs of Distant Earth Audio CD

A fair review of the Mike Oldfield "The Songs of Distant Earth" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Mike Oldfield reviews here, or go back to the Mike Oldfield tabs.

Mike Oldfield Band: Mike Oldfield
Title: The Songs of Distant Earth
Rating:
Release Date: 1996-02-06
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: In the Beginning 2: Let There Be Light 3: Supernova 4: Magellan 5: First Landing 6: Oceania 7: Only Time Will Tell 8: Prayer for the Earth 9: Lament for Atlantis 10: Chamber 11: Hibernaculum 12: Tubular World 13: Shining Ones 14: Crystal Clear 15: Sunken Forest 16: Ascension 17: New Beginning

One of the best examples of Oldfield's work


Listening to it almost 15 years after release, it doesn't lose its interest nor sound too naff plus it works as a brilliant thematic accompaniment to Arthur C. As an avid listener to Mike Oldfield since 'Hergest Ridge' (endlessly played during an angsty youth!), his work has gone through numerous phases combining natural acoustic instruments, electric guitars and electronica but this is definitely one of the highlights for me where the blend works best. Clarke's work.


The Songs of Distant Earth
Clarke's science fiction novel Songs of Distant Earth and it sure is a dandy of a record. The Songs of Distant Earth being Oldfield's 1994 release is based on
Arthur C. We can hear that he has taken cues from Enigma, Jean Michel Jarre, William Orbit and Vangelis. The booklet is very nice and blends perfectly with the space theme. 4/5.


A Rare Masterpiece
With this offering, Oldfield blends technology and melody in a way that removes the listener from the world around them and flies them to the far reaches of the galaxy -- an impressive contribution to the world of music. Mike Oldfield has been at the forefront of music composition for years, approaching it with a genius that compares only to that of classical composers.


Revisiting
It is still very good and really worth listening to(unlike some of his later rubbish) . I originally(many years ago) bought this on tape,I must have let someone "borrow" it and it was never returned,and so this CD was like visiting an old friend who I had not seen for years.


let me be as concise as possible.
My father was dying of cancer. I played this recording often during a journey I made with my parents and chinese girlfriend, around south africa. We all loved the music - cross generational, haunting, seamless and seemingly endless - ideal for a road trip. Several years after my fathers death, I played it again. I noticed my girlfriend crying. I asked why. The music instantly returned her to that wonderful journey and reminded her of my father. Can you ever ask for more from a recording?.


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