Oldfield Mike: Tubular Bells III

LP Record Tubular Bells III is the eighteenth album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1998. It follows Oldfield's albums Tubular Bells from 1973 and Tubular Bells II from 1992, and was released to mark the 25th anniversary of the original Tubular Bells album. Although sceptics and critics at the time naturally thought that Mike Oldfield was just going to keep re-releasing his first album "Tubular Bells" due to a lack of new ideas, this third instalment offers more than just good entertainment. While the melody and structure of Oldfield's work draw from his good old classics (and I'm sure for good reason), it still finds itself very much in the "here and now", presented in a much more modern package.