The Millennium Bell

The Millennium Bell Artist: Mike Oldfield
Label: Wea International
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 685738088522
EAN: 0685738088522
ASIN: B0000365E4


Release Date: 1999-12-02

The Millennium Bell


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Tracks:

  1. Peace On Earth
  2. Pacha Mama
  3. Santa Maria
  4. Sunlight Shining Through Cloud
  5. The Doge's Palace
  6. Lake Constance
  7. Mastermind
  8. Broad Sunlit Uplands
  9. Liberation
  10. Amber Light
  11. The Millennium Bell

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Album Description

1999 album from the veteran English new age/ progressive/ electronic multi-instrumentalist. 11 tracks, including 'Peace On Earth' and 'The Millennium Bell'.

Album Details

New 1999 Full Length. Mike Has Taken a Number of Events from the Last 2000 Years and Set this to Music. a Single Piece of Music Broken Into 12 Sections Lasting Just Over 45 Minutes.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars The only good thing..............2005-02-16

The only good thing I found about this album was that I transposed "Santa Maria" onto acoustic and electric guitar and recorded it on my 4 track. The melody to that one is truly beautiful. The rest of this is not that good, and the excitment that I felt when I first spied it was deflated after the 5th or 6th listen. Definitley for the collector only.

4 out of 5 stars Encore! .......2004-09-01

I'm a forever Mike Oldfield fan - "Tubular Bells" being my all-time favorite. I wasn't disappointed in this Cd, and don't mind at all recommending it. I wouldn't not have it in my Oldfield collection. I especially like the track "Sunlight Shining Through Cloud".

3 out of 5 stars Slave to the bells..........2003-09-19

the concept of a Musical journey through whole history was very good.but it is hard to fit it in 40 minutes long CD.and it is hard to do it with the lack of inspiration...
While "Peace on earth" and "Pacha mama" are a typical new-age Oldfield tunes "Santa maria" is a horrible copy of Vangelis "1491" soundtrack style.the choirs and pathetic atmosphere can make you laugh."Liberation" is an Enya/amarok rip-off."Sunlight shining through clouds" is a normal pop song","Broad sunlit uplands" and "Amber light" are boring instrumentals...What is wrong with you Mike?
somehow Mike made a several enjoyable songs like funny James Bond flavoured "Mastermind",great dance tracks like "The millenium bell" and "Doges palace".these ones along with "Pacha mama" are worth for buying whole album.But please do not expect the music with class of "Songs of the distant earth" or "Tubular bells".the album is like a collection of various tracks - each one is not fitting to the other.sadly,it's a dissapointment that it camed from such a talented and versatile composer like Oldfield.

1 out of 5 stars Avoid at all costs.......2003-09-13

This album was a major disappointment... it is by far one of the worst to come from Mike Oldfield. When Mike makes an album, it's one of two extremes: amazing or downright horrible. This album fits in the latter category. Try Songs of Distant Earth or Five Miles Out if you don't have these already. Hopefully in the future Mike Oldfield will stick to the tried and tested formula rather than spew out silly stuff like this.

4 out of 5 stars The OTHER mike.......2002-09-24

It seems as though Mike Oldfield has several distinct musical personas that come through him: my favorite pieces are the weird, otherworldly things like TB, Amarok, Ommadawn,...these seem to express something musically, without seeming as though they were written FOR a certain market.
I've found that anything Mike has written with a disco beat, (including much of this cd) feels as though he is trying to get club play time rather than expressing some of his fascinating musical ideas.
This cd, were it by any other artist, would be considered to be quite good, but if you're looking for that vintage oldfield weird stuff, you'll be disappointed.

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