After a two-year pause following Boxed,
Mike Oldfield released a new epic project, this one spread over four vinyl sides and devoted to Native American themes rather than hewing once more toward the Celtic end of the spectrum. Included was
Oldfield's musical adaptation of "The Song of Hiawatha," which had a nice sense of the dramatic when it came to dynamic range. After this,
Oldfield would not return to album-length concepts for quite some time. ~ Steven McDonald