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^ Your Mike Oldfield albums collection is almost the same as mine. I have every album in your Top 7 apart from QE2, although I used to have it on an LP album. Here's the latest update with your votes added:-
 
1. Ommadawn (101 points)
2. Tubular Bells (65 points)
3. Incantations (50 points)
4. Five Miles Out (38 points)
5. Hergest Ridge (34 points)
6. Amarok (26 points)
7. Crises (23 points)
 
8. Tubular Bells II (22 points)
9. The Songs of Distant Earth (21 points)
 
 
 
 


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1. Tubular Bells
2. Ommadawn
3. Hergest Ridge
4. Return to Ommadawn
5. Incantations
6. Crises
7. Five Miles Out
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Top 7 update with Mortte's votes added:-
 
1. Ommadawn (109 points)
2. Tubular Bells (77 points)
3. Incantations (53 points)
4. Hergest Ridge (40 points)
5. Five Miles Out (39 points)
6. Amarok (26 points)
7. Crises (25 points)
 
8. Tubular Bells II (22 points)
9. The Songs of Distant Earth (21 points)
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Although it didn't make my list , I've always liked TB3 which really had very little with the original album other than marketing. That and Tres Lunas are underrated I feel although they are just too close to the 'Ibiza scene' for comfort as far as prog fans are concerned! 
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Although it didn't make my list , I've always liked TB3 which really had very little with the original album other than marketing. That and Tres Lunas are underrated I feel although they are just too close to the 'Ibiza scene' for comfort as far as prog fans are concerned! 

it's probably my fave post 1990 Oldfield album, and I agree it barely references the original.  But I do like World music.  I actually quite like Light and Shade as well
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Let's see if I can get it right.
1. Ommadawn.
2. Tubular Bells.
3. Hergest Ridge.
4. Incantations.
5. Return to Ommadawn.
6. Songs from Distant Earth.
7. I'm not sure, it might be one that I haven't heard yet, but right now I think I should go with Tubular Bells 3.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

I guess if one was lazy, they could just choose Tubular Bells I through VII, or however many times Oldfield rehashed the same idea.

 
Although each Tubular Bells album was uniquely different in its own special way, in my opinion anyway. Smile


Really? I mean, it's the original Tubular Bells, then the orchestral Tubular Bells, which I understand should be just about the same one but with orchestra (and without Mike if I remember correctly, because he wasn't up to playing live yet by then and the record company had to do this anyway), then some live versions of Tubular Bells with Mike Oldfield himself, then Tubular Bells 2 which very closely follows the same path of the original, playing equivalents of every piece on the original but (for me) mostly of lesser quality (like they were done so for the sake of copying his original), then Tubular Bells 2003, which is the very original Tubular Bells re-recorded (and that's actually the one I have, not the original one). And then there's Tubular Bells 3, which is indeed a new work in it's own right for a change, and has some really beautiful moments indeed.
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speaking of TB 3, love this number, so atypical for Oldfield
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Although it didn't make my list , I've always liked TB3 which really had very little with the original album other than marketing. That and Tres Lunas are underrated I feel although they are just too close to the 'Ibiza scene' for comfort as far as prog fans are concerned! 

Made mine.
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Top 7 update with Dellinger's votes added:-
 
1. Ommadawn (121 points)
2. Tubular Bells (85 points)
3. Incantations (57 points)
4. Hergest Ridge (46 points)
5. Five Miles Out (39 points)
6. Amarok (26 points)
7. Crises (25 points)
 
8. The Songs of Distant Earth (23 points)
9. Tubular Bells II (22 points)
 
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Here go`s... 


7. Tubular Bells iii 
6. The Killing Fields (soundtrack)
5. Return To Ommadawn 
4. Crises 
3. Amarok 
2. Tubular Bells 
1. Incantations 


Not on my list but just bubbling under: 
The Songs Of Distant Earth 
Five Miles High 

Ah Paul how about a top 7 Jean-Michel Jarre    
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^ Seeing as you suggested it, why don't you do a Jean Michelle Jarre Top 7? Smile
 
Top 7 update with your votes added:-
 
1. Ommadawn (121 points)
2. Tubular Bells (93 points)
3. Incantations (69 points)
4. Hergest Ridge (46 points)
5. Five Miles Out (39 points)
6. Amarok (32 points)
7. Crises (29 points)
 
8. The Songs of Distant Earth (23 points)
9. Tubular Bells II (22 points)
10. Return to Ommadawn (20 points)
 
 
 


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Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

speaking of TB 3, love this number, so atypical for Oldfield






Indeed that's a beautiful one. Though my favourite from that album is the last one. Such a powerful use of the Tubular Bells.
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Incantations
Five Miles Out
Crises
Ommadawn
Discovery
Tubular Bells
Amarok
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1 Amarok
2 Tubular Bells II
3 Five Miles Out
4 Crises
5 Platinum
6 Songs Of Distant Earth
7 Tubular Bells III

It's a tough decision. They're all so good.
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Top 7 update with ProfPanglos' votes added:-
 
1. Ommadawn (125 points)
2. Tubular Bells (95 points)
3. Incantations (81 points)
4. Five Miles Out (47 points)
5. Hergest Ridge (46 points)
6. Crises (35 points)
7. Amarok (33 points)
 
 
8. The Songs of Distant Earth (23 points)
9. Tubular Bells II (22 points)
10. Return to Ommadawn (20 points)
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Originally posted by TheUniversalMigrator TheUniversalMigrator wrote:

1 Amarok
2 Tubular Bells II
3 Five Miles Out
4 Crises
5 Platinum
6 Songs Of Distant Earth
7 Tubular Bells III

It's a tough decision. They're all so good.

ballsy decision to avoid the first four albums

I would expect Amarok to be doing a bit better in the poll , even Oldfield thinks it's his best album!
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by TheUniversalMigrator TheUniversalMigrator wrote:

1 Amarok
2 Tubular Bells II
3 Five Miles Out
4 Crises
5 Platinum
6 Songs Of Distant Earth
7 Tubular Bells III

It's a tough decision. They're all so good.



It's not that I meant to leave any good ones out, it's more I'm still behind on his discography. It looks like Ommadawn might have to be my next listen.
ballsy decision to avoid the first four albums

I would expect Amarok to be doing a bit better in the poll , even Oldfield thinks it's his best album!
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I did that all wrong. I hope you understand what I was trying to do there.
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Top 7 update with The Universal Migrator's votes added:-
 
1. Ommadawn (125 points)
2. Tubular Bells (95 points)
3. Incantations (81 points)
4. Five Miles Out (53 points)
5. Hergest Ridge (46 points)
6. Amarok (45 points)
7. Crises (39 points)
 
 
8. Tubular Bells II (30 points)
9. The Songs of Distant Earth (25 points)
10. Return to Ommadawn (20 points)
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