Audio CD review:
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells

Band: Mike Oldfield Title: Tubular Bells Rating: Release Date: 05 November, 2007 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Tubular Bells, Pt. 1 2: Tubular Bells, Pt. 2

Customer Review Still a masterpiece. As progressive instrumental progressive rock gets. Mike Oldfield's first solo album, leading to a string of distinctive works spanning a decade before he drifted towards commercial mediocrity, remains a masterpiece. We've all heard the opening piano-and-bells sequence in The Exorcist, but surprisingly few have listened to the equally-remarkable remaining 20 minutes of Part 1, much less Part 2. Oldfield specializes in complex, overlapping, syncopated melodies and polyrhythms, foreshadowing the nouveau-classical works of Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre, Steve Reich and many others. . You can see a complete list of all Mike Oldfield discography, or go back to the Mike Oldfield tabs