Music similar to Mike Oldfield


Hi all, recently started listening to Mike Oldfield's and I love it! Amarok is my favorite. Could be the best hour you'll ever spend. I love finding new music, so anyone know of artists similar to Mike I should check out?
bstatmeister

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Yes, love TB II, but after Amarok (and I love Amarok the most by a wide margin) Five Miles out is in my Mike Oldfield #2 spot. Most people say Ommadawn is theIr favorite, but I've only heard about 25% of it so far... need to keep listening. Mike's music definitely requires you to listen many times and gets better with each listen!
Just Finishing up Crisis, Amazing stuff. I listened to the majority of the above suggestions, but none are doing it for me so far like MO.

Next is Islands..


BTW...keep the suggestions coming. William Orbit was almost doing it for me...
just listened to Man on the rocks - didn't really enjoy it as much as the others
Music of the sphere's I will need a lot more time with, being classical and all - but this one looks promising at first glance
Light+Shade is one that I will need to buy, this was fantastic
Guitars sounds really promising, as well. Only listened to a couple tracks and I like what I hear.

On to the Killing Fields and Hergest Ridge next...
Islands is Awesome!

Here is my current Mike Oldfield list in order of enjoyment:

1.)Amarok
2.)Five Miles Out
3.)Songs of a Distant Earth
4.)Tubular Bells II
5.)Crises
6.)Islands
7.)Tubular Bells
8.)Incantations
9.)Ommadawn
10.)Return to Ommadawn
11.)Heaven's Open
12.)Tubular Bells III

Which one you think I should do next out of these options?:

Hergest Ridge 
Platinum 
QE2 
Discovery 
The Killing Fields
Earth Moving
Voyager 
Guitars 
The Millennium Bell 
Tr3s Lunas 
Tubular Bells 2003 
Light + Shade 
Music of the Spheres 
Man on the Rocks