Tubular Bells III (studio album)
by Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield bestography
Tubular Bells III is ranked 16th best out of 34 albums by Mike Oldfield on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mike Oldfield is Tubular Bells which is ranked number 522 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,331.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Tubular Bells III track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Tubular Bells III rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | fabm0 | List 1998 Pt 2 | 58/66 | - |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Tubular Bells | 14/19 | - |
| 2025 |  MadhattanJack | Top 69 Music Albums of 1998 | 69/69 | 0 |
| 2025 | dhbarrett | Top 45 Music Albums of 1998 | 29/45 | 2 |
| 2025 | Junomoogmello | Top 54 Music Albums of the 1990s | 34/54 | 8 |
| 2025 | Skerns | Top 88 Music Albums of 1998 | 66/88 | 1 |
| 2024 | Junomoogmello | Top 5 Music Albums of 1998 | 3/5 | 3 |
| 2023 | davidhuret | Ranking: Mike Oldfield | 21/24 | - |
| 2023 |  AlexSVK | Top 10 Music Albums of 1998 | 5/10 | 3 |
| 2023 | yes340 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2020 |  guzguzgarbit | Top 58 Music Albums of 1998 | 48/58 | 1 |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 32 Music Albums of 1998 | 2/32 | 5 |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 36 Music Albums of 1998 | 18/36 | 3 |
| 2016 |  Captain_Dude | FAVORITE INSTRUMENTAL ALBUMS | 16/25 | - |
| 2015 |  Eastwood | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 90/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 38 | |||
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Tubular Bells III ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/31/2025 21:01 | dhbarrett | 8,194 | 65/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2024 15:31 | yes340 | 660 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2023 23:39 | Peio72 | 202 | 78/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2023 14:38 | fabm0 | 6,506 | 59/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2023 15:08 | AlexSVK | 1,087 | 62/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.1/100, a mean average of 69.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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Pleasantly surprised by this. It mixes up quite a modern synth approach with some fairly rockin guitar passages. There are nods to Enigma with the opening of the second track. Also love the female vocals on the first track and later on the album I, don't know who sang them as there are no sleeve notes with the vinyl. The female vocals remind me of Moonlight Shadow so possibly the same vocalist? I have both the original and TB ll on vinyl and will most likely reach for this album the most. To be honest, it is quite different from the original and TB ll so I don't know why Mike Oldfield didn't title the album completly differently and give the artwork a blast of creativity too. Could it be that hanging on to the Tubular Bells theme brings in more dosh? Well, I can't blame him for that but surely after ll there was no more need to produce numerous albums directly associated with the original album? My only gripe as this is actulaly superb in my opinion.
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