Mike Oldfield - Songs of Distant Earth
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Track List: Songs of Distant Earth
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Album Details: Songs of Distant Earth
- Release Date:
- 01/30/1996
- Label:
- Reprise / Wea
- UPC:
- 093624593324
User Reviews: Songs of Distant Earth
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Wonderful Album!
, September 3, 2001Reviewer: Rachelle G - See all Rachelle G's reviewsThis album is fabulous. Whenever my hubby and I play this album we have so many friends and family members that get hooked to Mike Oldfield. Even if they have never fancied celtic music, Mike's music grabs their hearts. -
Uplifting is the right word!
, May 18, 2001Reviewer: jan_be_2000 - See all jan_be_2000's reviewsSmooth, cool and uplifting music. One of his best albums!
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Pro Reviews: Songs of Distant Earth
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews The Songs of Distant Earth blend together two motifs crafted through Mike Oldfield's atmospheric music. (Both outer space and inner space under water) are the themes of this album, but Oldfield's synthesized artistry comes up short during the course of the 17 tracks, mainly because of the intermittent talking and unnecessary vocabulary that quickly becomes irksome and ineffective. About the music, it is usually Mike Oldfield's differentiation of rhythms or styles on a song to song basis that makes his music thoughtprovoking and fresh. On this album, the same rhythm lurks through half of the songs, with only smidgens of addon instrumentation to elevate its flow. Absent is the freewheeling percussion pulses, or the onslaught of strings that so often shower his music. Instead, each track seems flat as his keyboard work comes off gray and bland. Even a few sudden bursts of tempo become short lived, as the pace always falls back to its straightlined origin. Inspired by Arthur C. Clarke, Oldfield tries to capture the wonder and mystery of the stars and the sea through washes of synthesizer, but his attempt at capturing both themes could have benefited from a multitude of other instruments, as his work usually includes. - Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide |
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Composer Mike Oldfield rose to fame on the success of Tubular Bells, an eerie, album-length conceptual piece employed to stunning effect in the film The Exorcist. Born May 15, 1953 in Reading, England, Oldfield began his professional career at the ag...Full Mike Oldfield Biography
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