Posted October 11, 201311 yr Watched the documenrary on BBC4. Great album. Also have the 2000 version too, when he re-did it.
October 11, 201311 yr Tubular Bells is still a brilliant album. I've not seen the BBC4 programme yet but I've recorded it. It's a shame Mike Oldfield was never able to come up with something as good but he did set a rather high standard with his debut.
October 12, 201311 yr I heard it before TB so I guess it was easiler for me to get into. Weightless is my fave track on it.
October 12, 201311 yr love it. Tubular Bells is the only album to hit number one on my singles chart (in 1974) - on the grounds that it was one long piece not a collection of tracks. B-)
October 12, 201311 yr Author love it. Tubular Bells is the only album to hit number one on my singles chart (in 1974) - on the grounds that it was one long piece not a collection of tracks. B-) That's the reason my mum hates it. :o She says "it all goes on and on and where's the singing?" LOL, she is 87 though! :D Edited October 12, 201311 yr by Common Sense
October 14, 201311 yr It's a shame Mike Oldfield was never able to come up with something as good but he did set a rather high standard with his debut. Nah, In Dulce Jubilo, Portsmouth, Blue Peter and William Tell are all great!
October 14, 201311 yr Nah, In Dulce Jubilo, Portsmouth, Blue Peter and William Tell are all great! not to mention the brilliant Moonlight Shadow, and good Family Man, On Horseback, Guilty B-)
October 14, 201311 yr Nah, In Dulce Jubilo, Portsmouth, Blue Peter and William Tell are all great! not to mention the brilliant Moonlight Shadow, and good Family Man, On Horseback, Guilty B-) I was referring to albums rather than individual tracks. Most of the songs mentioned were good (although he can't claim the credit for writing all of them) but his debut was his best album by some way.
October 14, 201311 yr Author I was referring to albums rather than individual tracks. Most of the songs mentioned were good (although he can't claim the credit for writing all of them) but his debut was his best album by some way. Fully agree. None of his other albums are anywhere near as good. Tubular Bells has sold 19-20 million worrldwide.
October 15, 201311 yr (although he can't claim the credit for writing all of them) Ha, good point - but he definitely put a new spin on them all.
October 16, 201311 yr His sister Sally also had a decent voice and was a good songwriter - "Broken Mona Lisa" is my favourite of hers.
October 16, 201311 yr His sister Sally also had a decent voice and was a good songwriter - "Broken Mona Lisa" is my favourite of hers. Mirrors is gorgeous....
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