Mike Oldfield - Amarok - 1990 (24/96 Vinyl Rip)

Amarok is the 13th record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1990. It is considered by fans to be his most distinctive work: a single sixty-minute track of continuous, uninterrupted but constantly-changing music. In addition to his usual impressive list of instruments, Oldfield also employed a number of items in Amarok's creation such as shoes, spoons, a Hoover vacuum cleaner and "contents of aeromodeller's toolbox". - Wikipedia
"Great adventurous Oldfield album; in my opinion one of his best albums to listen to.." Thanks to "Anonymous" who sent the album!



Review:

This isn't a symphonic album. This isn't a groove album. This isn't a pop album. This isn't easy-listening background music. This is Mike Oldfield at his bravest, funnest, most confident, and most inventive. Originally conceived as a sequel to "Ommadawn", many years before, "Amarok" bears a few similarities to that album but for the most part strikes out on its own. And while limitations of the vinyl and tape formats split "Ommadawn" into two pieces,

"Amarok" gives us a solid hour of music, with rising and falling moods, complex exploration, and stunning musicianship. One of Oldfield's top albums, if not the top, right up there with "Ommadawn", "Music Of The Spheres", and "Tubular Bells" (the original). Kennedy Brandt@Amazon.com


Tracklist:

1. Amarok - Side A
2. Amarok - Side B

Musicians:

Mike Oldfield: bowed guitar, acoustic guitar, classical guitar, electric guitar, Flamenco guitar, sitar, Glorfindel guitar, bouzouki, bass guitar, mandolin, ukelele, banjo, acoustic & electric pianos, organs, sound effects, marimba, glockenspiel, clay drums, bodhran, triangle, finger cymbals, Northumbrian bagpipes, tambourine, bell tree, sticks, melodica, psaltry, Jews harp, Spinet, penny whistles, bass whistles, spoon, Pan pipes, violin, cabasa, bongos, bass drums, tympani, kalimba, synthesizers, toothbrush, tubular bells.
Julian Bahula: African drums arrangements. Janet Brown: vocals; Paddy Maloney: Uillean pipes; Bridget St.John: vocals; Clodagh Simmonds: vocals