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Poll Question: Which Mike Oldfield album do you prefer?
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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? Tongue) 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.


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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. Smile
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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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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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Both equally. Smile
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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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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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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.

Edited by Logan - November 26 2024 at 12:21
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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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Originally posted by Cosmiclawnmower Cosmiclawnmower wrote:

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. 


If you like the original Ommadawn then I definitely recommend checking out the sequel.
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Originally posted by Cosmiclawnmower Cosmiclawnmower wrote:

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. 

try to make an exception for RtO... knowing your tastes John, you'll love it..
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