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In my opinion you should listen to his albums in that order:
1-Ommadawn
2-Amarok
3-Tubular bells
4-Songsof distant heart
5-Incantations
6-Hegest ridge
7-Music of the spheres
8-QE2
9-Five miles out
10-Tubular bells 3
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12-Guitars
13-Light+shade
14-Crises
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I haven't heard Ommadawn.  If you rank it above a masterpiece like Amarok, I guess I need to.
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Tubular Bells. He started there, you should too.
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Originally posted by Mista-Gordie Mista-Gordie wrote:

In my opinion you should listen to his albums in that order:
1-Ommadawn
2-Amarok
3-Tubular bells
4-Songsof distant heart
5-Incantations
6-Hegest ridge
7-Music of the spheres
8-QE2
9-Five miles out
10-Tubular bells 3
11-Voyager
12-Guitars
13-Light+shade
14-Crises
15-Platinum
 
Not bad. I rate Songs Of Distant Earth as one of his best albums so I agree with it being high up. One perhaps glaring ommission is Tres Lunas which is much better than Light and Shade imo.Also the live album Exposed should be in the list somewhere in the top ten and could be included as a valid alternative to Incantations.
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Originally posted by The_Jester The_Jester wrote:

Tubular Bells. He started there, you should too.
I agree. The first album is great. The first I listened to. Shortly after that I bought an LP.
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Originally posted by Kotro Kotro wrote:

Forget everything said above and start at the beggining.
That's right, The Sallyangie - Children Of The Sun. Wink
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Points: 3126 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 30 2011 at 17:56

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Originally posted by TODDLER TODDLER wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzjRP3XtgTc

 
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Ommadawn, Amarok, and Tubular Bells.
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Points: 19557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 31 2011 at 01:32
Start from the start....Tubular Bells.

If you don't like it, you will probably not like the rest.

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Points: 10841 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 31 2011 at 01:41
^Like everyone else said, I would suggest "Tubular Bells": for some reason, I still have difficulties to get into "Hergest Ridge" and into "Ommadawn".
"Crises" or "Discovery" as a second choice: these albums have more various atmospheres and have short songs, which may help the beginner to get into them more quickly.
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Points: 4675 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 31 2011 at 14:43
Another vote for Tubular Bells, but only because you need some form of initiation before going for the monster - Ommadawn.
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Points: 28830 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 31 2011 at 14:47
Tubular Bells though should carry a warning ''disjointed but has inspired moments''. I started with Mike Oldfield 'Boxed' which has the first 3 albums. Ommadawn was the one that blew me away.

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i got the remastered Hergest Ridge cd release a few weeks ago, and i find me surprised to love it because it never clicked on me untill today though it's such a good album, Incredible Smile
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Points: 28830 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2011 at 14:59
Originally posted by jean-marie jean-marie wrote:

i got the remastered Hergest Ridge cd release a few weeks ago, and i find me surprised to love it because it never clicked on me untill today though it's such a good album, Incredible Smile
 
For many years I had only heard the version on Boxed which is actually quite a bit different production wise to the original (basically stripped down). It is a very beautifull peice of music for sure in both forms.
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Just for Taurus II, I would start with Five Miles Out..
.. and all of the Live at Montreux is a masterpiece...

And Ommadawn.. and Amarok......
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Points: 23 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 03 2011 at 04:45
I really enjoyed The Songs From Distant Earth.
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Points: 28830 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2011 at 02:35
Originally posted by Kallabow Kallabow wrote:

I really enjoyed The Songs From Distant Earth.
 
Yes so do I. The 'problem' with this album that its a lot different to the earlier more acoustic based recordings of Mike Oldfield. SFDE has a much more spacey feel to it that is more akin to electronic music. Very nice though.
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Points: 2585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2011 at 20:20
A very good album, it's a fact but if you got to start with Oldfield, first try Tubular, Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn, then after that you'll have a few more to discover Wink It's better to first read the first chapter from a story

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Points: 23 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 05 2011 at 11:58
He has lots of great albums. Another one I liked is QE2.
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