Mike Oldfield in general Reviews

No matter how you look at it, Ommadawn, the third album from Mike Oldfield, is a DARK album. To call it BLACK would be to conveniently place a limit on the level of darkness, but no, Ommadawn defies limits of darkness and overall bleak, stark depression. You can put your Radiohead and Smiths CDs away now. Tidy up the place generally, ...  Read the complete review

Imagine you have just walked in from work, its still early evening and the sunlight shines upon your patio, you get the deckchairs and relax you can hear from the open window the sound of Mike Oldfield from the stereo inside. As the music pours out of the window and washes over you, you can hear the sound of the wind gently rustling the leaves as ...  Read the complete review

I have been a great fan of Mike Olfield for eighteen years now,the highlight for me was being at His Discovery tour in Berlin back in the early eighties. Impressive wasnt the word,Mike and Maggie Riley gave a brilliant all around performance. Since that day I have bought all His albums except funnily enough Tubular Bells,never could ...  Read the complete review

I first heard of Mike Oldfield when I my brother brought, "Sounds of Distant Earth". This is such a relaxing CD, I went out and brought it the next day! I have found out since then that Mike Oldfield wrote numerous songs like; Tubular bells, the infamous theme tune to The Exorcist. Killing Fields, the theme music to The ...  Read the complete review

I have no doubt that you have/havent heard of this song writer and composer. Mike Oldfield is probably the most prolific music person on this planet and has produced some timeless classics in his collection of many great CDs and Songs. You may recognise his 'Tubular Bells' piece as the theme from the Exorcist, this was a ...  Read the complete review