- Audio CD (29 May 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
- Label: Virgin
- ASIN: B00004T9AG
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 34,689 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
get your facts right,
By Richard Pievaitis "bleedthefield" (sat on Kobia with the prophet Nebehr Gudahtt) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Hergest Ridge (Audio CD)
Could i just ask people like the poor reviewer below me to get their facts right before going to print.
The Hergest Ridge album came out very soon after Tubular Bells so how could it sound like Ommadawn ? Again how could Mike "plagarise Ommadawn" if he hadn,t even recorded it yet ? I just wish people, who like to express their opinions on Amazon, would actually bother to read up a records history first.It is not helpful to others when deciding to buy the album but it just makes one seem foolish - sorry if this seems harsh but i have noticed a recent increase in both online and printed "journalist" reviews (especially Classic Rock ) to get facts completely wrong. i know this is only a minor point in the whole history of the Cosmos but you do need to realise that Hergest Ridge was the follow-up to T.B. and that Ommadawn then came 3rd. By the way H.R. is somewhat similar to T.B. but has a charm all of its own ,of course Ommadawn then goes onto sound like a natural progression to H.R.- surprise,surprise - thats the way an artist should develop and here Mike does just that. The themes are quite repetitive but thats Mikes style and personally i find the music to be very pleasant and calming - new age before new age had a name ?
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
So much better in the original mix,
This review is from: Hergest Ridge (Audio CD)
I was lucky enough to have grown up with the original vinyl pre-Oldfield-tweak version (crackles, pops and all) and eagerly anticipated the CD release, only to find the remastered version a pale imitation of the haunting release I am so familiar with. Even when I first heard the original, aged around 5 or 6, I found the opening few minutes achingly beautiful and intensely moving; even now I still find it a totally unique piece of music which retains the power to send shivers down the spine at its beginning and at the end where an eerie and shocking chord transition shatters a hitherto languid choral sequence.Though I appreciate Tubular Bells and what I've heard of Oldfield's other work, there is something special - I would even go so far as to say spiritual - about Hergest Ridge; even the LP cover was a work of art. I am perplexed that Oldfield can have found reason to try improving what was already perfect and the current remastered version loses more in content than it gains in quality. I won't be throwing out the LP just yet...
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hergest Ridge - a melodic masterpiece,
This review is from: Hergest Ridge (Audio CD)
I love this album. Maybe it has suffered because it has fallen in the shadow of the innovative Tubular Bells; but give me Hergest Ridge any day of the week.For those not used to Mike Oldfield's work this album could best be described as a modern symphony. It is instrumental (apart from some choral and chanting passages) with the music varying from expressive and moody to crescendo. But its strength lies in the melodies within. I find myself listening to this music as I surf the net, drive in the car or while having a beer and it lifts the spirit and charms at the same time. When people talk about Mike Oldfield, Hergest Ridge is rarely mentioned. Why this happens I don't know because this album is a gem. If you like melody, atmospheric music and variety you will not be disappointed by this.
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