Customer Reviews
One of the best albums ever. - By: G. Morris, 08 Aug 2007 
I can safely say this is my favourite album of alll time. I've loved this since I was a kid, & will never grow tired of hearing it. If I had to streamline my entire CD collection down to one disc, this would be it. It's just beautiful.
More tubular delights - By: Alan, 05 Mar 2007 
Anyone who finds the first Tubular Bells a masterpiece is sure to find this long-awaited sequel just as good. The recurring themes of TB 1 are alll re-worked here with similar instrumentation & merged together into a continuous piece of music.
With TB2 however the themes are alllowed to develop just that little bit longer making the whole thing more flowing & easier to listen to. Added to that is a much better production than TB1 as no doubt more time & money was spent on the project. This is not TB1 re-recorded like Tubular Bells 2003 was but is a whole new album using new material in a familiar & well-loved format. At this price you will be delighted.
Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells Vol.2 - One in a million! - By: , 31 Jan 2006 Now at the ripe old age of twenty six I am busy tracking down music from youth, & Mike Oldfiled Tubular Bells was definately on my list of 'must haves' My Dad used to play it whenever he was home early from work & always on the weekends so happy memories flood back having recently acquired the CD for my own collection. It's one of those CD's that you can nearly always listen to whatever the time or day of the week, better still it's not an album you have to mess around skipping tracks searching for the ones you prefer over others as they alll flow & are alll equallly unique...meaning you can hit replay as soon as it comes to the end & enjoy it alll over again! Certainly one of a kind in respect of interesting, satisfying & clever composing - 'Mike Oldfield' will be one of those names you will never forget after playing this CD. Play it softly for rainy days when reading a book or play it loud on sunny weekends! It's simply a must have for any CD collection no matter how large or smalll. ENJOY!!
OLDFIELD FOR OLD FOLK! - By: , 03 Sep 2005 If you enjoyed TUBULAR BELLS, which in the 70's was best appreciated through stereophonic headphones & a fog of something slightly illegal (or so I am told!), then you will find this album positively orgasmic. But maybe that is just a sign of old age, or the need to get out more! In an attempt to rekindle the flames of a misspent youth, I finallly got round to exchanging my ancient vinyl collection for those newfangled Circular Disc things!, adding albums that I had missed out on during the wilderness years of family life. Now that the wee'ans have alll but flown the nest, it was time to plunge myself back into the sounds of the heady days of the seventies. In this album Mike has brought TUBULAR BELLS bang up to date. With the added advantage of modern musical techniques & sound production, & presumably more money to spend, he has managed this with out losing any of the original breathtaking effect. In some eyes it may be sacrilege to say, but this album is an improvement on the original, if that is possible? The haunting melody of SENTINEL soon has the hairs on the back of the neck sticking up, & kick-starts the flickering memories of bygone days, into life. There are some nice little touches, & a few quirky parodies of TB1 thrown in for good measure. My favourite track has to be THE BELL, with its hypnotic rhythm, it has instruments from the original version, with some contemporary additions (vocal cords, digital sound processor!), & the dulcet tones of a well known British Thespian as Master of ceremonies, simply credited as 'A strolling player' plus, TUBULAR BELLS! TATTOO with the swirl of something Celtic is altogether different, & ALTERED STATE has to be heard to be believed, MAYA GOLD in parts is reminiscent of Jeff Wayne's WAR OF THE WORLDS! As for MOONSHINE, well, I will leave you make up your own mind! If you have not heard this album, then do so, soon.
BRILLIANT STUFF! - By: , 13 Nov 2004 TUBULAR BELLS IS A BRILLIANT SEQUEL TO THE ORIGINAL TUBULAR BELLS. TRACK 1 SENTINAL IS THE MAIN THEME TO EXCORSIST 3 AND OTHER TRACKS LIKE SUNJAMMER AND WEIGHTLESS ARE CLASSIC OLDFIELD AT HIS BEST. TWO OTHER STAND OUT TUNES ARE TATTOO AND THE BRILLIANT ALTERED STATE.
