Incantations - Mike Oldfield
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Topic: Incantations - Mike Oldfield
Posted By: Mista-Gordie
Subject: Incantations - Mike Oldfield
Date Posted: January 10 2018 at 05:53
| All parts are flawless IMO but I'd have to go with part 4. |
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 10 2018 at 06:56
| Me too. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: January 10 2018 at 08:11
| All four sides!!! (But I voted for Side One.) |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: January 10 2018 at 08:24
| Side 4 then 1 |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: January 10 2018 at 08:44
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Part 2 has been my favourite through the years. ------------- 
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: January 10 2018 at 09:24
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4. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: January 10 2018 at 09:31
| 3 > 1 > 4 > 2 |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: January 10 2018 at 10:56
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all of the above no vote ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: mechanicalflattery
Date Posted: January 10 2018 at 11:20
| 1 > 4 > 2 > 3 |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: January 10 2018 at 12:25
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Four ------------- |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: January 10 2018 at 14:23
Agreed. |
digdug wrote:Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 10 2018 at 20:58
| Part 4 for me. I'm pleasantly surprised it's actually winning. There are some great parts through the rest of the album, but this is the one I feel works best as a piece, and that final vocal segment is one of the best Olfield has done (the similar one on part 2 was sort of too long and repetitive). |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: January 13 2018 at 05:21
| part 4 |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: January 13 2018 at 07:28
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Seriously.......another Oldfield thread...? Oh...I'll vote for part 5.... ;) ps: Micky where are ye....we need your acerbic wit.
------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: January 13 2018 at 16:01
| The whole thing is just too long. I'll go for the live version over the studio album. No parts 1-4. Just 45 minutes of continuous great music. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 14 2018 at 02:50
| 3>1>2>4 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 14 2018 at 02:52
Part 3 although I would like the drums mixed higher. The guitar work on this is so fluid and that's what seals it for me.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 14 2018 at 20:49
| For me part 3 is the one I enjoy the least. The other 3 have moments I like a lot, at least (and part 4 is the one that I enjoy on it's whole), but 3 just doesn't have much for me to enjoy. Well, I guess if I'm listening to the whole album I do will enjoy even it, but I don't really feel any wish to come back to that particular part of the album. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 15 2018 at 15:02
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I've never understood the love for Part 4. It's just a shame that Pierre Moerlen's drums are mixed so low on Part 3 as his playing is awesome (as always!) . Oldfield plays a long guitar solo that isn't really a solo , but maybe it is. I love it.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 15 2018 at 20:29
| For me, part 4 is the only one that flows nicely, and in which I really like every seconf from it, the others have good parts and... well, perhaps not bad ones, but at least not so good (except for part 3, in which I don't really like much). And then, there's the ending on part 4, that one is just one of the very best and most beautiful pieces he has done (and in general one of my favourite pieces of music), and I feel it works better than the similar one in part 2. |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: January 16 2018 at 14:04
I have to agree. Side 3 wakes up the album after a repetitive Side 2. Side 1 is bold introduction, while Side 4 rounds things off. Some great moments, but overall not my favourite early Oldfield album. The use of the circle of fifths makes for slower transitions and less variety. I miss the English pastoral feel of the first three too - especially Ommadawn. I think it possibly put me off Longfellow for life. Sorry. ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 16 2018 at 21:23
For me side 4, at least the last segment, is pastoral enough. However, if you have not tried any Oldfield after this album, and like Ommadawn, at least you should try his latest, Return to Ommadawn... indeed it's a return to those pastoral pieces. A great way to return to the sound of his early years. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 30 2018 at 16:53
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1 or 3 I'll give it to the underdog atm. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Walkscore
Date Posted: January 30 2018 at 18:42
| Interesting discussion. One of the things I love about Mike Oldfield is his unique guitar playing, which is very musical. While he plays guitar in snippets throughout Incantations, he plays more on sides 3 and 4. I really like the whole album, but I think he could have improved it by simply playing more guitar lines on it, particularly sides 1 and 2. |