Title: A contractual obligation album
Product review: This is, by far, the worst Mike Oldfield ever, even less listenable then the abysmal Earth Moving. As I understand the history of this album, Mike wanted out from his contract with Virgin records. Virgin would not release him until he had completed his contract (one more album). Mike really does not have a good singing voice, and usually he has left the singing to those (Maggie Reilly) who could. Not on this album though. He actually tries to sing his own work on this album. Mike's forte has always been the complex instrumentals, but the instrumental on this album sounds like a bunch of samples which he tried to tie together with a musical bridge. It even sounds like it was done in one take. It appears obvious to me that Mike had no real interest in this album, and the only reason I awarded it one star is that there is no provisions for negative numbers of stars. If you are new to Mike's music, avoid this album like the plague!
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