Mike Oldfield - The Millennium Bell flac album

The Millennium Bell is the 20th record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1999. The theme of the album is a reflection of different periods of human history. The album borrows its name from the dawning of the 3rd millennium and Oldfield's Tubular Bells series of albums. It was the main work performed at Oldfield's concert for Berlin's new year celebrations on 31 December 1999.

Issued as a standard jewel case with a transparent tray and an 8-pages foldout booklet.

The Millennium performance of the latter half of the album plus some older tracks was given in Berlin, Germany on New Year's Eve 1999, with an estimated audience of 500,000 people. Oldfield recorded the majority of the album at his home studio, Roughwood Studios, Berkshire, and then recorded the orchestrations in just one day at Abbey Road Studios, London with the London Session Orchestra. It was Oldfield's third album within one year, after Tubular Bells III in late 1998 and Guitars earlier in 1999.

Band Name Mike Oldfield. Album Name The Millennium Bell. Released date 26 November 1999. Labels U10. Music StyleProgressive Rock. Members owning this album7.

More albums from Mike Oldfield: Earth Moving by Mike Oldfield. Tubular Bells III by Mike Oldfield. Discovery by Mike Oldfield. Islands by Mike Oldfield. Light + Shade by Mike Oldfield. Tubular Beats by Mike Oldfield. QE2 by Mike Oldfield.

The Millennium Bell is an attempt by Mike Oldfield to encapsulate 2,000 years of history with 11 slices of world music experimentation. From the Incan commemorative "Pacha Mama" to "Amber Lights," a celebration of political reform in South Africa, this album attempts to cover immense psychic territory. At some point, even the staunchest Oldfield supporters could end up questioning this odd and at times pretentious effort. The music is typical Oldfield: plodding, repetitive new age, sprinkled with some gentle melodic elements and sonic invention