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Question: Fav Disc :: Total Votes:69 Poll choices Votes Statistics Light 17  [24.64%] Shade 31  [44.93%] Both 16  [23.19%] They both suck 5  [7.25%] Guests cannot vote

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Sonilink Group: Members Posts: 393 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: Sep. 27 2005, 02:17 which one is you fav disc mine is Shade mostly "Tears of an angel" -------------- Take the Time Back to top

Cinos Group: Members Posts: 68 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Sep. 27 2005, 03:26 Shade for now... Quicksilver! Of course there's Sunset on Light... but for now it's shade. Or wait. Both. Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: Sep. 27 2005, 04:19 I haven't even heard them yet and I vote Shade. I prefer the darker moodier stuff, I love the dance stuff and any heavier stuff. Plus Light has elements of Tres Lunas II which I have heard so it will sound familiar to me and Shade will sound new and refreshing. Not saying I won't Love the Light cd, I just prefer Shade, suits my personality! But I do really love the piano. -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

alex Group: Members Posts: 68 Joined: July 2000 Posted: Sep. 27 2005, 13:52 To me Shade is almost perfect. I even started to like Romance when I heard it in high quality. In fact I think that it is very consistent with Mike's style, I like it, just as all other tracks from Shade. But my absolutely favourite one is Resolution - I listened to it for an hour or so, time and time again, in an early evening... very impressing! Back to top

maria Group: Members Posts: 928 Joined: July 2002 Posted: Sep. 27 2005, 14:52 'shade' for me too. the only track i don't like at all is 'romance'.. it sounds old-fashioned to my ears and that rythm is too obvious (hope i used the right word for what i mean) i've tried it today but no way, not even for training in the gym   however the rest is great. and i realize i can't decide a favourite out of the set because they're so different that i can't compare. among the "hardest" ones, 'slipstream' does the job with me. i must admit it was a pleasant surprise. for what i had read before listening to it, i thought i wouldn't like it, but it's got power!! i do feel like dancing whenever and wherever i listen to it. 'surfing' has become one of my favourites songs from mike oldfield. i love the guitar and also the use he's made of the voices. it's a weird song, its tone is gloomy and uplifiting at the same time, don't know how to explain better.. 'tears of an angel' is a jewel.. fresh, sweet, blue with brilliant sounds.   'ringscape' has always been one of the favourite bits in tr3s lunas, so i'm so happy it's now reworked in the album. as i said yesterday, the sound of the organs adds air to a beautiful virtual flight. imho, in 'shade', among other things, mike shows he has found the key to create tasteful dance music. -------------- ...morning and evening i'm flying, i'm dreaming... Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Sep. 27 2005, 16:57 Shade,of course. The new Mike is there. -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Ostach Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: June 2004 Posted: Sep. 27 2005, 17:12 Shade. Why? Surfing and Tears of an Angel. -------------- I stay I pray See you in heaven one day... Back to top

x-donna Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: June 2004 Posted: Sep. 28 2005, 05:15 Deffinalely Shade and I love Lakme. D -------------- www.dxfc.co.uk Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: Sep. 28 2005, 23:29 Both actually!!  dunno why... But they have theyre own style. "Light" is tres lunas III and "Shade" is Quicksilver... -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

The Bell(end) Group: Members Posts: 1051 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Oct. 01 2005, 12:44 I think probably 'light' at the moment but I bet £100 I will hop from preferring 'Shade' to 'Light' and vice versa throughout the next year!   -------------- When the night's on fi-ya, do you need love's arms to hold yew? :D Back to top

Cinos Group: Members Posts: 68 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Oct. 02 2005, 12:09 Quote (Tubularman @ Sep. 28 2005, 23:29) Both actually!!  dunno why... But they have theyre own style. "Light" is tres lunas III and "Shade" is Quicksilver... That'd be Tres Lunas II, seeing as the downloadable thing with that name is unofficial.   Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Oct. 03 2005, 14:33 Shade, definitely. Quicksilver, Surfing, Tears of an Angel and Nightshade are all great.  The others may grow on me in time. I don't totally dislike Light, but I don't like it much either.  I need to listen to it some more. -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Oct. 08 2005, 23:34 From what I've heard so far, Light sounds the most promising, but they both have some very nice tracks. Having said that I've only actually listened to it twice so far, so I'm not qualified to give a proper opinion just yet. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

MikeAholic Group: Members Posts: 205 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Oct. 10 2005, 14:16 Light. But it's not that important. I play them with shuffle on, on a 5 CD-player most of the time, anyway. -------------- I sure hope that Mike realises what joy he brings to us ! Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: Oct. 10 2005, 20:45 Yes I always play my cds on random in a 5cd player as well, it's like listening to a new album every time.  Mike has done 23 albums and with L&S being a 2cd set and Tres Lunas II, I have 25cds so I tried to group them into 5 complimentary groups. Was very difficult. The 3 easy groups, L&S, Tres Lunas I & II and Guitars, all sound great on shuffle. TB, HR, Omm, Incan & Plat. QE2, Crises, Disc, 5MO and Islands. Then I struggled, tried TBII, TBIII, Mill Bell, TB2003 and TSODE.  But the last group does not gell for me, TKF, EM, Amarok, HO and Voyager, simply because it groups one of my Top 5 favourites with my 4 least favourites, but I'm working on it, any suggestions? Anyway, what was the question? Oh yeh, when you listen to all 5 discs first mentioned on shuffle, there is no real noticeable difference in the quality of L&S and the other 3 albums. It breaks it up a bit, try it, it's good! But I do LOVE Shade the best. -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Oct. 10 2005, 20:59 Shade is addictive.Quicksilver.Resolution.Surfing.Tears of an Angel.Lakme.Ringscape...and of course...NIGHTSHADE! -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Falc04 Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Oct. 19 2005, 06:38 Well, the CD finally arrived here in the states yesterday, and I've already listened to SHADE 4 times!  It's a highly contagious piece of music.  I listened to LIGHT once.  Hopefully, it'll grow on me, but for now...SHADE rocks! Back to top

Legend Group: Members Posts: 68 Joined: Oct. 2005 Posted: Oct. 19 2005, 11:18 Light is ok - has it´s moments. Blackbird is a very fine composition I think. Shade is URGHHH!! totally boring I think - except for TOOA. The rest of Shade I would vote 1-2 on a scale from 1-6, 6 being masterpiece. My Shade is for sale!! Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Oct. 19 2005, 15:12 Quote (Tati The Sentinel @ Oct. 10 2005, 20:59) Shade is addictive.Quicksilver.Resolution.Surfing.Tears of an Angel.Lakme.Ringscape...and of course...NIGHTSHADE! I wish I could enjoy it more. Right now, I'm stuck on "Surfing" and "Tears of an Angel": I think one goes right into the other. Not that there is anything wrong with "Nightshade". It is just that it sounds 100% Yello, and 0% Oldfield. I'm waiting for that deep "Father Excess" voice to boom in somewhere and say "Oh yeah" Or "The excess of the everlasting night in Manhattan". Tati, if you love "Nightshade", you'll love Yello. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

The Bell(end) Group: Members Posts: 1051 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Oct. 19 2005, 15:17 I love light, I like shade too, but for me I can't stop thinking 'this would be better if........' e.g less boom boom boom on Quicksilver and the rest, TOAA is perect though   -------------- When the night's on fi-ya, do you need love's arms to hold yew? :D Back to top

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