Yes definitely. There's a lot more to it than just the riff from The Exorcist. It's actually a lot of fun, not po-faced or new-agey at all. Also kind of unbelievable that it would be given away free with the DM, but they gave away a Prince album, so wvs.
― time is a train that make the future flag post (snoball), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 13:19 (ten years ago) link
TB 3 is very new agey though ..
not heard TB 2 ..
― mark e, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 13:48 (ten years ago) link
Well I don't actually like any other Mike Oldfield stuff apart from the original TB.
― time is a train that make the future flag post (snoball), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 14:12 (ten years ago) link
Hergest Ridge > Tubular Bells
― Branwell Bell, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 15:49 (ten years ago) link
Ommadawn > both of them
― frogbs, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 16:29 (ten years ago) link
Apart from the beginning and end of side one, Dud.
― ...and the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe and SAW! (Turrican), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:44 (nine years ago) link
the vocals on side two are ace
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 16 June 2014 20:55 (nine years ago) link
Ah yeah, and the growly vocals and the rock-out bit in the middle of side two. But I find the rest of it kinda... I dunno... dull?
― ...and the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe and SAW! (Turrican), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
I agree to some extent, TB has a lot of good parts (notably the bits you mentioned) but I do find it noodly and dull as an album. There are long stretches that feel to me like demos, just kinda doodly chord progressions that go on forever. But I got on a lot better with his other albums, Hergst Ridge and Ommadawn are both gorgeous and way more memorable to me than Tubular Bells, Incantations is repetitive as hell but very enjoyable, and Platinum is really good fun if nothing else.
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Monday, 16 June 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link