Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield (http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mike-oldfield-mn0000489520)'s groundbreaking album Tubular Bells (http://www.allmusic.com/album/tubular-bells-mw0000191174) is arguably the finest conglomeration of off-centered instruments concerted together to form a single unique piece. A variety of instruments are combined to create an excitable multitude of rhythms, tones, pitches, and harmonies that all fuse neatly into each other, resulting in an astounding plethora of music. Oldfield (http://www.allmusic.com/artist/oldfield-mn0000489520) plays all the instruments himself, including such oddities as the Farfisa organ, the Lowrey organ, and the flageolet. The familiar eerie opening, made famous by its use in The Exorcist, starts the album off slowly, as each instrument acoustically wriggles its way into the current noise that is heard, until there is a grand unison of eccentric sounds that wildly excites the ears. Throughout the album, the