February 17, 2010
Music of the Spheres
Album DescriptionMike Oldfield has always been famed for his unconventional approach to music. Throughout his career he has consistently broken musical boundaries, and with Music of the Spheres he continues to do so. Taking influences from Holst and Rachmaninov as much as Steve Reich or William Orbit, this piece is classical in nature, but yet is also immediately identifiable as classic Mike Oldfield. Using a full concert orchestra and choir, and with solo parts from Mike himself on g. . . More >>
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8:38 am
Oldfield has produced a limited number of great albums: “TB”, “Hergest Ridge”, “Ommadawn”, “Incantations”, and “Amarok”. Everything after 1978 – with the sole exception of “Amarok” – has been a huge dissapointment. Gee, this man’s music for a short while was almost close to Reich, Glass, Adams (when having released Incantations) in quality.
“Music of the Spheres” is another dissapointment. It is not comparable to the well done “Orchestral TB”. No, not even remotely. Instead it sounds as if someione was in desperate need for cheap background music for a psychatrist’s waiting room. That’s all there is to it. A pale, pale shadow of the genius Oldfield once was.
Rating: 1 / 5
9:48 am
Very disappointing. To be fair, the album isn’t bad when rated in the classical music department! This is not the music of Mike Oldfield I can fall in love with as I did with Mike’s early, and even some later work. Classical, orchestral, and don’t get me started on the violins. . . but where’s Mike’s sampled electric guitar? Sorry Mike, this one is going to the bottom of my CD collection. I’m still looking for album with magnitude of Tubular Bells, Amarok, Ommadawn, Platinum, QE2, and many more released before year 2000.
Rating: 2 / 5
11:22 am
HI FRIENDS AND ALL I HAVE TO SPEAK UP ALTHO IMA KID MIKE OLDFIELD HE IS GOD HE IS GOD SO UNLIKE CRAP PLAYERS LIKE PINKY VOID AND ARRIX CLAPPERTONE WHO ARE PLANE BAD!!!!!!! mIKE OLDFIELD HE IS CLEARLY GOD YEAH OK?
Rating: 5 / 5
2:21 pm
I am one of Mike Oldfield’s big fans. Every new released album is automatically in my shopping cart.
This is a masterpiece, very inspiring and vivid. I listened to this new album for the first time while driving to work. It was a pleasant driving experience and didn’t care for the heavy traffic, I was just delighted by the music of the spheres.
The downside: Not a true innovation. You can once again easily recognize elements from the tubular bells (I, II, III), Guitars and other albums. If you no longer enjoy remixes and Tb sounds, you might not like this album. Otherwise, it is very good.
Rating: 4 / 5
3:43 pm
BY FAR THIS MUSIC IS THE BEST OF ONE OF THE BEST COMPOSERS (AND MUSICIANS) IN MY OWN HUMBLE OPINION. FINANALLY HE HAS PUT TOGETHER ALL THE FANTASTIC MUSIC HE HAS INTO A PERFECTLY SCRIPTED MULTI FACECTED PIECE AND USED AN ORCHESTRA TO PUT IT INTO MUSIC. . . . BRILLANT I AM LOVING IT
Rating: 5 / 5