Mike Oldfield

The record that started everything, Mike plays all the instruments and it's basically two pieces, originally one on each side of the LP. A rather awful edit of it was used in the movie The Exorcist, which is almost certainly why it became a bestseller. Great fun, irresistibly entertaining,and musically adventurous. And the Magritte-inspired cover was awesome.

Obviously commercially motivated, but give the guy credit for waiting 17 years. It is familiar enough that you recognize it as a sequel but different enough to surprise. Found while looking aimlessly for stuff by him, and you could have knocked me over with a feather. Loved it.

Inspired by Arthur C. Clarke's novel of the same name, some nice stuff and some weird stuff. The use of the reading from Genesis on Apollo 8 is genius.

Follow-up to Tubular Bells, based on old folk tunes, lacks the original's "Hollywood connection," but still works in every way that counts.