I love his first three albums, Tubular Bells, Ommadawn and Hergest Ridge. Still listen to them to this day. No one has ever done music like this. Instantly transports me to another place.
I heard that Oldfield once said that he was insane while composing these works. I wonder if that is true. If so, I wish he could regain some of that insanity as his subsequent albums were shallow synth-laden efforts with no soul. Oh well. I still have the first three.
PS. He did have one other hit-by-proxy with Hall and Oats cover of his song ‘Family Man’.
