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Amarok
Rock · 1990 · 1 track

Amarok

Mike Oldfield

A sixty-minute continuous suite of restless acoustic textures and sudden sonic shifts. A defiant, hand-played masterpiece of instrumental complexity.

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It's a one-hour acoustic guitar explosion that was basically written to annoy a record executive.

A restless and fiercely creative journey that balances delicate beauty with chaotic, unpredictable energy.

Amarok · vs · Mike Oldfield
Restless+4.0σ

Restless saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 1 Track
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Amarok
60:02
Moments Worth Waiting For
the sudden explosion of the 'African' section with its massive choral chants and polyrhythmic percussion
the jarring transition into a distorted blues riff that disappears as quickly as it arrived
the final ten minute build where every previous theme is recapitulated in a massive orchestral climax
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