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Tracklist:
1. Ommadawn part one - (19:23)
2. Ommadawn part two - (13:54)
3. On Horseback - (3:23)
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| Ommadawn is a record album written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. It is his third album. The cover photograph was by David Bailey. As with Hergest Ridge and Tubular Bells, Ommadawn is another two-movement work. Here Oldfield sought out the ancient Celtic influence on English music and composed for traditional instruments such as Uilleann pipes. He also involved musicians noted for their work in folk music including Clodagh Simmonds and Paddy Moloney. He combined this with heavy African influences, mainly by the use of the drummers of Jabula. This makes Ommadawn one of the first successful world music albums in Europe. The word ommadawn appears to be related to the Irish word amadán meaning "fool". This results in the supposed translation of the chant at the end of the first movement, transcribed as ta me an amadán le cheoil, as "I am the fool with the music", although completely grammatically incorrect in the Irish language. |