Voyager

Artist: Mike Oldfield
Label: Reprise / Wea
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 093624648727
EAN: 0093624648727
ASIN: B000002NCW

Release Date: 1997-05-20

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Tracks:

The Song Of The Sun
Celtic Rain
The Hero
Woman Of Ireland
The Voyager
She Moves Through The Fair
Dark Island
Wild Goose Flaps Its Wings
Flowers Of The Forest
Mont St. Michel

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Customer Reviews:

Celtic Vacations.......2006-03-25

If you like this album by Mike - try also beautiful magestic folk music music recorded by Orison, William Coulter, Shelley Phillips!!!

As to "Voyager" itself - I had heard this album for the first time in 1996 and I was dissapointed - after "The Songs of Distant Earth" you should wait for more... But artist has his own free will, so he could do whatever he wants.
If you like folky Mike Oldfield ("Ommadawn") - probably you would like this album. Here Mike plays Celtic music with London Symphony Orchestra, live highland bagpipes - so sound is quite live, spectacular and "big" - it`s not quite a meditative new age record.
If you like rocky Mike ("Shadow on the Wall") or electronic Mike ("The Songs of Distant Earth", "Light+Shade") - you would be disappointed - you have to be in the mood to listen to folk style music without any elements of rock dramatisism or electronic sound effects. The main effect here is Mike playing guitar. So when I`m in this mood - I like this CD. It is not the best work by Oldfield but it is interesting music with the distinctive sound of guitar by Mike.

Stunning And Magical.......2005-09-18

This album contains some of the most beautiful Irish/Celtic music that can be found anywhere. All of the songs are wonderful, espically "Flowers Of The Forest". Each song is powerful in its own right, but as a whole this album truly spectacular. Mike Oldfield does a remarkable job with each song and this album is a definite must for any Mike Oldfield fan or and New Age, Irish/Celtic music fan.

Good, not great, Mike Oldfield, but that's still says a lot........2005-06-22

This is a good all-instrumental album from a master instrumentalist. I have many M.O. albums and this one gets its fair share of play with the rest. It starts strong with a few very hummable traditional celtic tunes nicely rendered. It continues with some of the same and a few that are not so memorable but that don't make me want to turn on something else either.

The final song is quite long and I haven't decided if I like it yet, but with M.O. that doesn't mean it's bad. I have often come to love most the songs I took the longest to like, so after 10 listenings the jury is still out on that one.

Overall this is good Celtic and Celtic-influenced music that won't hurt your ears if you like that sort of thing. If it suffers from any real flaw it is a loss of momentum toward the end of the album, but none of it makes for bad listening. I like the Chieftains, the Afrocelts, Lorreena McKennitt and others and I regard this as a good fit with my tastes. Celtic done well just works for me, so this gets four stars.

Geez, I feel out of step with these gushing reviews........2005-04-06

I am a big Oldfield fan (thanks to Stevie M.), especially of his long form works, Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn, Incantations, etc. I own 16 different Oldfield CD's, albums and cassettes (plus the box set Elements) so I believe I qualify as a fan.

I bought this CD the second I saw it on the shelf in 1996, listened to it twice through, once again on day 2 and put it away forever. Well, almost. I tried to listen to it again a couple of times since and have to say that I CANNOT.

It is a boring, unlistenable collection of warmed over new age pablum. When I saw Mike as a Middle Earth Elf Warrior on the cover I thought it must be a joke.

Sorry Mike. I love your music and have purchased almost all of it in one form or another but even Picasso had an off day or two.

Majestic. .......2005-02-03

Oh wow, so far, my favorite songs are:

#3, The Hero: This is very heartfelt, keening music. To me, it's sound reminds me of a cross between 'Titanic' movie and 'Lord of The Rings' styles. It's sort of sad, yet sweet and has a majestic feel. very soothing, but can be used when one needs bolstering.

#9, Flowers in The Forest: Wow. Majestic, builds up. Makes me think of something from 'Braveheart'. Makes you feel proud, gives you the chills. This music would be excellent to listen to when you need courage:)

The rest of the album is also great, still listening to it all, but I'll definitely be keeping it!

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