Ommadawn

Artist: Mike Oldfield
Label: Blue Plate Caroline
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 017046185523
EAN: 0017046185523
ASIN: B000000I0I

Release Date: 2000-07-11

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Tracks:

Ommadawn: Part 1
Ommadawn: Part 2

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Customer Reviews:

Mike's Masterpiece.......2007-02-11

Ive always loved Mike Oldfields work although his latter suff hasn't impressed me as much. This album along with Hergest Ridge and of course Tubular Bells are his masterpieces. Ommadawn is my favourite out the three, its a beautifully constructed treasure that never seems to age with time. Ive been listening to this album since I was 6 and 15 years later I still play this record religously it's that good do yourself a favour and buy it now!

A wonderful album of delicate instrumental music.......2006-05-08

Released in 1975, the haunting Ommadawn is an excellent recording and the last of the trilogy that featured album-length works including Tubular Bells (1973) and Hergest Ridge (1974). All three of these albums can be purchased in one shot with the "Boxed" package. Of the three albums, Ommadawn is a personal favorite.

Mike Oldfield is quite the multi-instrumentalist and on Ommadawn plays everything from acoustic/electric guitar, to bass, to (tons of) synthesizers (amongst other instruments), including a brief vocal passage on Ommadawn Part Two (he sings quite well). In addition to the wide range of instruments Mike plays, he is joined by Irish musician and Chieftains leader Paddy Maloney (pipes); Mike's sister Sally and Irish singer Clodagh Simmons (vocalese passages); Leslie Penning (recorder); a team of excellent African drummers (Jabula); and most notably, virtuoso Gong drummer/percussionist Pierre Moerlen. Unfortunately, Pierre is not allowed to rip it up on the kit and simply contributes percussion bits here and there. The way I see it, a full drum kit, especially when handled by a master percussionist like Pierre Moerlen, could have added another (dynamic) dimension to this recording.

This should not imply that this album is dull or one-faced. On the contrary, it is richly textured instrumental music with touches of progressive rock here and there and a great deal of traditional English folk music. I should note that although the term "world music" was used in the liner notes to describe the album, I do not feel that it is appropriate here, given the emphasis on European melodies, harmonies, and rhythms. Mike has a good handle on melodies and they are both abundant and haunting. He also knows how to put a large piece together, and the two works, including Parts One (19'14") and Two (17'17") flow along very smoothly, develop nicely, and more than hold my interest. Mike also has a sense of humor and there are (exceptionally) brief passages that are bouncier and lighter than the rest of the music, which is largely brooding and contemplative.

This remastered album was transferred using HDCD technology and the sound is incredible with deep rich bass and crisp treble. I would have liked to see more in the way of liner notes and photos, but we can't always get what we want. All in all, this is a pleasant instrumental album that is recommended along with Hergest Ridge.

One For The Ages.......2006-04-24

I have been listening to this composition at suitable intervals for 30 years now. Many of the reviewers here sound like this is about the best thing they've ever heard. Count me in. In one effort this album established the breadth of perspective of New Age music on par with classical music. Hundreds of years from now when people want to hear only the best of our era, this work will be there. Tubular Bells is Oldfield's wonderful if playful signature composition, but Ommadawn is his masterpiece.

Life After Tubular Bells.......2006-03-25

I never listen before to an other Mike Olfield's CD, and some how I thought he could not have written some thing as good as tubular bells but this is absolutly great, If you like the first one get this one you will not be disapointed

Another one of Oldfield's early masterpieces........2005-09-30

Like Tubular Bells, Ommadawn consists primarily of two long, progressive instrumental compositions, accomodating the 2-sided nature of the time's vynil LPs.
A bit more tame and etherial, and classical in structure, this is probably his most sophisticated piece. Like Tubular Bells, it foreshadows new-age classical, but with a distinctively atmospheric quality not unlike that of ambient music two decades later.

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