Crises

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Reilly also sings on the seductive, cyclical melody of Foreign Affair, again with a light touch. The one instrumental on the second side is the concise but flamboyant acoustic guitar-based instrumental, Taurus 3. Jon Anderson helped create another highlight with In High Places. Having left Yes and already achieving success with Vangelis, he was looking around for other musicians to collaborate with and got in touch with Oldfield. The song was put together in a completely different way to Moonlight Shadow. truly beautiful in how they work together. Not only that but the drumming is absolutely superb. I really absolutely dig this song. Another good album from Mike. Not his best of course (but these times belong to the past) but a decent

though) is very good. It is driven by a very fast acoustic guitar and also has some louder bits that In this album, Oldfield, after the usual suite, Crises (20:53), almost good, published some good songs sung by great singers that made of this album a great commercial success. from Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso had a similar vibrato. "Shadow on The Wall" is everything but a masterpiece, Spanish like with it's instrumentation, like you just entered a mystical dance hall in a Mexican city. It is very cool, but I kinda wish

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I‘m happy, better than ever, in fact,” said Oldfield as Crises was released. “Ten years in the music business have educated me well. I used to think that music was precious. Now I’m more inclined to think that it’s something you can either do or you can’t. I used to be arrogant and conceited. Not now…I just get on with my work.” horrible ones. I wish I could give this album four stars, but the unevenness stops me from doing that. Shadow on the Wall (Music & Lyrics: Mike Oldfield) Mike Oldfield: Guitars, Banjo, Bass, Fairlight C.M.I., Roland Strings Roger Chapman: Vocals Ant: Guitars Simon Phillips: Tama Drums Still, this piece should please any Oldfield fan but don't expect anything such as his greatest seventies In High Places" begins with the unmistakable and highly irritating tones of Jon Anderson over-ennunciating and missing pitches in a most precise manner... You can almost hear the sincere smile on his face. And the music behind it is atrocious too - an ostinato set over a couple of chords, with a reasonably funky drum beat that could have been performed by a drum machine.

of Mike's craftsmanship from 1970 to 1983. I also love the combo duet that the guitars and synths occasionally have, they are repetitive, but it's again Maggie Reilly. She spells it "Foveign Affaives". Also in this case, it gives the song a Manson Guitar - Steel string folk guitar, by English guitar builder Andy Manson. It seems Mike got this guitar in exchange for a Martin D-35.

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especially once the full instrumentation comes in. There is one instrumental song called "Taurus 3" will do nothing to change your opinion. Personally I'm quite comfortable with the sound of the eighties, of which I view this album as one of the Recorded November 1982 - April 1983 using Ampex ATR 124, NEVE 8108 with NECAM, and Westlake Monitors, in Denham, England. This album is definitely profiting of all these great guest vocalists and last but not least, Anthony Phillips is vocals are honestly one of the best things in the song, it's like listening to a fusion of Yes and Mike Oldfield. It is absolutely great.