AMAROK

My brother played this record for me in 1991. I was just 16 years old and I believed that he (my brother but also Oldfield) was taking some kind of drugs. "Weird as hell" was my first reaction. I started do listen to the best of album - The Complete Mike Oldfield - and was beginning to like the more complex works of Oldfield, not just the pop-songs from the mid eighties. I gave Amarok yet another chance. JESUS!. I completely freaked out! To be able to enjoy this album you have to listen a couple of times. Then it´s musical nirvana. Oldfield is probably one of the best guitarists in the world. Listen to the Fast Waltz at around 22 minutes, and you´ll get a minor heartattack. I´ve listened to the album a million times. Incredible. It´s fascinating to read about how the rest of the reviewers look upon this masterpiece. One wrote that he uses to look up in the sky and the stars when he listens to it. I like to listen to it in my headphones doing nothing and with no lights at all. Just concentrating. This isn´t an album for Oldield-beginners, but it´s the best piece of music ever made.