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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: November 25 2024 at 18:38 |
Last night while listening to return to ommadawn it dawned on (see what you did to me Paul? ) me to do this poll.
Anyway, two later ones by Mike here. I'm not sure I really see (hear) the appeal of Amarok. It sounds a bit herky jerky to me. RtO sounds much more like classic Oldfield but I need to hear more of both.
Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - November 25 2024 at 18:57 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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I was planning to return to this poll at dawn, but I may as well vote now while I'm here.
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richardh
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I copped out with 'both equally'. I like both a lot but neither is at the level of his first 4 although they take something from that era more than any other albums he made post 1978.
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Not a big fan of Amarok and I haven't heard Return to Ommadawn yet
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^Seconded.
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Jared
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I think Return is a beautiful disk and have voted for it, purely because out of the two, I would prefer to hear it more often. I respect Amarok a great deal and think its brilliant, but it's one of those disks where I really have to be in the mood...
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Octopus II
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Both equally.
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Manuel
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Return to Ommadawn, but I like Amarok almost the same.
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Ommadawn. I like its angular wave numbers and fruity Schrödinger cheeses.
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Return to Ommadawn by a hair.
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Return to Ommadawn is very nice, although I prefer the original first four albums. Amarok is too disjointed for me.
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Amarok is the greatest album Oldfield has ever done. It's so perfectly and utterly bizarre and brilliant that I love every nanosecond of it.
Return to Ommadawn was a decent return to form that I'm glad to have in my collection. But at the end of the day, it's just another Oldfield album.
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Return to Ommadawn
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Logan
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I voted for I only know Amarok, and I never really became a Mike Oldfield fan despite enjoying Oldfield music. Maybe I would be if I put some effort into it but I'm plowing different fields now (there's a Sally Oldfield reference related by way of Sally Field). Some old fields are best left fallow.
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Cosmiclawnmower
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I have never listened to either so can't say or vote. A shocking omission really.. i just feel satisfied with Oldfield's 70s and very early 80's releases that i must say ive never bothered to explore further.. but i will set myself to listen to these and report back.
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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If you like the original Ommadawn then I definitely recommend checking out the sequel.
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try to make an exception for RtO... knowing your tastes John, you'll love it..
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I believe I remember reading that at the time he made Amarok, Oldfield considered it as if he was making a sort of sequel to Ommadawn. Apparently decades later we did get the real sequel to Ommadawn. As it is, I do prefer Return to Ommadawn, I really loved how well he achieved to come back to his sound of the 70's I love so much, it could have been recorded just after Incantations. Still, the original Ommadawn remains king.
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Hello, everyone. I am new here.
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Both
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