For an album to produce much critical differences between listeners could only mean that the album is different from the old and it is very hard to relate it to the old. A number of people make the mistake in comparing older albums of artists to the newer ones. Look at the Beatles, Elvis and heck why not Michael Jackson while you’re at it. No one album is closer to the next exactly. If one album pleased the listeners, should the artist continue cranking the same tunes just to please them? I, for one, would like to see them explore new territory and come up with other different aspects of music that I may like or dislike, but will surely make me wonder at the same time.

Oldfield has surely changed from the days of his Tubular Bells. His music has grown to fathom more of the soulful, majesty of the ethereal synth. Though he may be one of the best guitarists on the planet, Olfield still finds himself more at home withe the piano and synthesizer. In the case of Tres Lunas, the saxophone, which he used masterfully in this new album. People still complain that his songs are long and most others just simply keep on churning in monotony. Not really. The music is just right and his choice of instruments are right on track from the beginning of the album with Misty, No Man’s Land, Return to Origin, Landfall and Viper (which sounds a lot like Tubular Bells II and III in terms of instrumentation). Turtle Island displays his mastery of the easy guitar the most.