AMAROK

Mike Oldfield

Crossover Prog

4.02 | 660 ratings

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ZowieZiggy
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One of my shortest review for one of the longest track I know.

"Amarok" is a very good come back from Mike. Fully in his earlier and great style. This piece of music (difficult to call this a song) offers delectable parts but the start (six minutes) has some difficulties to lift off (happy?). And there are several other ones that aren't so brilliant.

One will encounter the "Ommadawn" mood regularly, but it is not to annoy me since I considered this album as his best one. There are lots of folk moments (even Flamenco is featured), but the whole work switches from mood several times without too much of a structure. The changes take place rather abruptly, but once you have gone through it several times, it is OK.

Bombastic parts are short but present and unlike most of his long pieces, I slightly prefer the second half of "Amarok" than the first one. Even if the "chant" during the last five minutes are not really shining.

Three stars for this good album.

ZowieZiggy | 3/5 | 2008-2-7

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