THREE RINGS

While her brother MIKE OLDFIELD parlayed the massive success of his debut into a bridge hand's worth of reiterations, SALLY spent much of the 1990s trying to recapture the freak popularity of her debut album "Water Bearer" (1978) and several of its most renowned tracks. Given one of these was the "Songs of the Qendi" suite and the album here goes by "Three Rings", it's no surprise that the title cut is an update to part of that hypnotic folk masterpiece. This more produced version isn't totally without its charms but rather mostly. A bit later, "Survival" pops open another early theme with somewhat more success in that burgeoning world music meets club that was slowly becoming her forte, though the RUNRIG-like "The Blessing" and "Healing Light" espouse this fashion most convincingly, compensating for the likes of "Digging for Gold", "Summer of Love" and "Sending Messages". A bit better than 2.5 stars, but hardly a must-attend engagement here.