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This twelfth studio album by Mike Oldfield represented his reunion with the producer whom produced Mike's debut album that mae him one of legendary musicians of the seventies, Tom Newman. As the debut album was a success, this album reached a position of no 49 in British Album Charts after it was issued in June 1990. The album comprises only one track that consumes 52 minutes duration. The music flows with a balance of folk music at the beginning, flamenco and ethnic sounds / world music. Mike seemed to repeat his success in Tubular Bells as well as Ommadawn. In fact, he ever mentioned that this album was a follow up of Ommadawn or even he called this album as Ommadawn 2. Mike used roughly about 30 instruments in this record.

As far as taste concern, it might not be the kind of album that I'm into it because it requires high level of patience in enjoying the music that to me sounds like elongated way too much. I find some boring parts of this album. My CD is a HDCD disc with new packaging and it has a warning at the back cover of the CD saying: HEALTH WARNING. This record could be hazardous to the health of clothe-eared nincompoops. If you suffer from this condition consult your Doctor immediately. Keep on proggin' ..!

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