Mike Oldfield Heaven's Open CD

 Worth the money
Mike oldfield really dissapointed me at Platinum and QE2. Ever since then, it's all been a few short pop songs with one long one, I only ever brought his following albums for the longer and instrutmenal tracks ofcourse. This album was no exception! After the very pleasently suprising turn around, Amarok, Mike just went back to what his been doing, I only brought this album for songs of the balcony and that one alone stands out and is worth all the money you spend on it. I give it 5 stars alone for that one track.
Submitted by ross_mcnally (Sydney, NSW, Aust.)
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 Needs several listenings
Don't forget this album is a compromise for Mike, very fustrated by Virgin's pressure for more commercial songs, and Mike's creativity. True Mike also had his mind on the coming Tubular Bells II, but also on the masterpiece Amarok, which both came out the next 2 years. It's obvious when you see there are 5 songs (all very good though rather conventional) and the very bizarre instrumental Music From the Balcony.
Submitted by asimov20 (montreal, Quebec)
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 Timeless pop sounds from '91
There's no need to say that this album is much different then others from him, because this artist has lots of styles. This style represents the end of his contract with Virgin Records. The songs are sung by Mike, have a lot of feeling inside of them and are not time-stamped early '90 but are even these days fairly enjoyable. Music from the Balcony is an experimental instrumental track which is quite uncommon on such albums but not on Mike's. The track features strange sounds and hidden rhythms and is a bit complicated to enjoy it immediately, but after ten times listening it you see much more in it. Heaven's Open is not his opus, but Mike did not make it for that purpose: He just couldn't wait to compose Tubular Bells II one year later for Warner Music and with a brand new contract with more liberties then he used to had. So Heaven's Open will forever be in the shadow of that great album, but we shouldn't forget this one.
Submitted by ralphitz (Breda, The Netherlands)
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 HEAVEN'S OPEN,BUT YOU WON'T GET IT!
NO STARS.Simply the worst Oldfield's album (probably the worst ever made).
Submitted by jighen98 (ITALY)
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