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Artist:Mike Oldfield [ more ]
Song:Ascension
Album:The Songs of Distant Earth [ info ]
Released:1994
Last Played:Mar 10, 2010 - 19:50
Avg. Rating:7.2  (Total Ratings: 279)
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1 votes: 4 (1.4%)2 votes: 5 (1.8%)3 votes: 9 (3.2%)4 votes: 6 (2.2%)5 votes: 11 (3.9%)6 votes: 21 (7.5%)7 votes: 88 (32%)8 votes: 77 (28%)9 votes: 37 (13%)10 votes: 21 (7.5%)
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erik_1099
(North Carolina)
Posted: May 05, 2005 - 12:04 

Great track. I had heard that Dave Gilmour did some work with him, it wasn't this was it?
tg3k
(The Jungle - 459.62 miles south of Paradise, CA)
Posted: Mar 21, 2005 - 17:28 

Kinda spacey and meandering, but I like this one. I had no idea Oldfield was still putting out albums as recently as 1996.
Daveinbawlmer
(Bawlmer, Merlin. Hon.)
Posted: Mar 21, 2005 - 17:24 


Oh, for a moment I could have sworn this was John Tesh or maybe Yanni.

:butt:

Step away from the guitars Mr Oldfield, you know not what you do.
Hob
(Torn between 102 and 88 keys.)
Posted: Feb 20, 2005 - 05:27 

Great track, great album.
One of the first things I bought after saving up for a CD player.
Ahhh memories :)
hujoppi
(Helsinki)
Posted: Dec 08, 2004 - 10:16 

talus wrote:
The Guitar Parts kind of reminds me of Dire Straits


Yeah! Dire Straits goes electrico... almoust always catching the right athmosphere there and just enjoying it, but sometimes song feels also a bordeline candidate too, for being, soundwise-speaking: too "purified". Anyway, nice song though.
Platypus
(here, now)
Posted: Nov 23, 2004 - 15:36 

guitar ain't bad... but overall it sounds like i'm trapped in an elevator.
TreborG2
(VA - somewhere east of paradise)
Posted: Oct 10, 2004 - 07:10 

Freespirit wrote:
Once again a great suprise from RP. One of my all time favorite cd's that I never hear anywhere except at home listening to my own collection! :-)
Actually saw Oldfield live a while back. Quite an experience!!!
well see now.. YOU should have submitted this then!!

I found the cd thanks to a friend that demanded we stop off so he can see if his guitar was in, at a shop that is just about as far out of the way as you can imagine.. while he checked on the guitar, I browsed the used music they had.. found this as a "Promo" cd.. ie not for resale ... etc.. Knowing the name, and wondering what other works were like.. I laid down 6.50 ... yeah.. 6.50!!

Very glad to hear it making the playlist. I submitted another track ("in the beginning") but it was denied.
talus
(Des Moines, IA)
Posted: Sep 10, 2004 - 20:44 

The Guitar Parts kind of reminds me of Dire Straits
the_jake
(Near the Epicenter)
Posted: Aug 12, 2004 - 09:49 

this ascension is better than the preceding transcendence
Freespirit
Posted: Aug 12, 2004 - 09:48 

Once again a great suprise from RP. One of my all time favorite cd's that I never hear anywhere except at home listening to my own collection! :-)

Actually saw Oldfield live a while back. Quite an experience!!!
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