Mike Oldfield – Five Miles Out (VG/VG) – LP, AU 1982

Five Miles Out is an LP by Mike Oldfield from 1982 released on the Virgin label.

About this album

Five Miles Out is one of Mike Oldfield’s most accomplished early-1980s albums, balancing progressive complexity with sharper pop instincts. Released in 1982, it finds Oldfield expanding his multi-instrumental approach into longer, more dramatic forms while still delivering one of his best-known singles, Family Man. The title track and Taurus II show his gift for shifting between pastoral melody, rhythmic tension and muscular guitar and keyboard arrangements, and the record’s widescreen ambition reflects both his art-rock roots and a more accessible melodic focus. It stands as a strong bridge between his sprawling 1970s work and the more streamlined sound of his later career.

Genre: Pop & Rock

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