Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Vol.3 (CD 1998)

Is alive and kicking. If you've got the others, you've got to have this one too. I bought it purely because it's by Mike Oldfield, it has to be good, and of course it is. Dynamic, electric, everything the original was and more, but in a more modern mode. A series of interlinking tracks that wander, at times seemingly randomly towards a purposeful finale. It couldn't be done by anyone else, not this well. It has it all. Will this man ever stop? I certainly hope not. Ah, the bells, the bells.

Unlike TB1, this album is a collection of much shorter tracks, but all of which inter-link with each other to a greater or lesser extent. Oldfield has done a superb job of making a modern sounding but still technically excellent sequel to the original all those year ago. Personally, I cannot recommend it highly enough, although for someone new to Oldfield's work it would make sense to hear the orginal first!