On first hearing this is slightly annoying and completely forgettable.
I first bought this on vinyl (second hand) for £1.10 and when I got it home and played it I thought it was a waste of money, and yet I keep going back to it.
Heard as a musical description of a landscape, a soundtrack ... Read review
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Advantages: Rare instrumental genius Disadvantages: The CD uses a mix in which a repetitive bass riff is pushed to the fore rather than the original vinyl mix.
On first hearing this is slightly annoying and completely forgettable.
I first bought this on vinyl (second hand) for £1.10 and when I got it home and played it I thought it was a waste of money, and yet I keep going back to it.
Heard as a musical description of a landscape, a soundtrack for a cold, desolate, weather-beaten place, it lives. It can also be heard as a musical evocation of the turbulence of a troubled mind.
Near the end of side one, ... ...truly sad. It evokes an image of a lost soul roaming a desolate hillside
pining for company.
The musical storm sequence in part two is breathtaking in its passage from steadily building violence to a sudden, beautiful, lull. You can almost feel the rain, gently at first, heavier as the wind picks up until the storm batters your senses and you are there, on that hillside, being pelted relentlessly by the rain and bitten by the stinging wind. Is ...
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Album Notes: Personnel: Mike Oldfield (acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, organ, percussion); Clodagh Simmonds, Sally Oldfield (vocals); Ted Hobart (trumpet); June Whiting, Lindsey Cooper (oboe); Chili Charles (drums).
Album Reviews: Q (9/00, p.126) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...An unhurried journey over hills and along country lanes..."
Titles on disc 1
1.: Hergest Ridge (parts 1 & 2)
2.: Hergest Ridge (Part 2)
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