Five Miles Out
by Mike Oldfield
- Type: Album
- Released: 19 March 1982
- Label: Virgin
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 50:04
- Community rating: 3.37/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Anchored by the expansive 'Taurus II' suite and featuring increasingly concise pop-oriented song structures on the B-side, 'Five Miles Out' navigated changing commercial tides while retaining dense instrumental layering. The title track was notably inspired by a harrowing real-life flight experience, translating aviation terror into an uplifting, vocoder-laced rock anthem.
Genres
Descriptors: suite, instrumental
Tracklist
- Taurus II (24:49)
- Family Man (3:45)
- Orabidoo (13:03)
- Mount Teide (4:10)
- Five Miles Out (4:17)
Credits
- Rick Fenn - guitar, written-by
- Morris Pert - keyboards, percussion, written-by, arranged by [strings]
- Tim Cross - keyboards, written-by
- Jeremy Parker - other [special thanks]
- Martin Birch - other [special thanks]
- Gerald Coulson - painting
- Mike Frye - percussion, written-by
- Maggie Reilly - vocals, written-by