Five Miles Out

"Taurus 2" redirects here. For the rocket, see Taurus II. For other topics, see Taurus Two (disambiguation) and Taurus (disambiguation).

Five Miles Out
A plane flying above the clouds towards the sun.
Studio album by
Mike Oldfield
Released19 March 1982 (1982-03-19)
RecordedSeptember 1981–January 1982
StudioTilehouse (Denham, Buckinghamshire)
The Manor (Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire)
GenreProgressive rock, pop rock
Length49:56
LabelVirgin
ProducerMike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield chronology
QE2
(1980) 		Five Miles Out
(1982) 		Crises
(1983)
Singles from Five Miles Out
  1. "Five Miles Out"
    Released: March 1982[1]
  2. "Family Man"
    Released: 28 May 1982

Five Miles Out is the seventh studio album by English recording artist Mike Oldfield, released on 19 March 1982 by Virgin Records in the UK.[1] After touring in support of his previous album, QE2 (1980), ended in mid-1981, Oldfield started on a follow-up with members of his touring band performing the music. The album features the 24-minute track "Taurus II" on side one and four shorter songs on side two. The songs "Family Man" and "Orabidoo" are credited to Oldfield and members of his touring band which included vocalist Maggie Reilly, drummer Morris Pert, and guitarist Rick Fenn.

Five Miles Out marked the beginning of a commercially successful period for Oldfield who scored his first UK top 10 album in seven years, peaking at No. 7. Two of the album's shorter songs, "Five Miles Out" and "Family Man", were released as singles which peaked at Nos. 43 and 45 in the UK, respectively. The latter became a bigger hit when pop duo Hall and Oates recorded a cover of the song. Five Miles Out was further promoted with the 100-date Five Miles Out World Tour 1982, the largest tour of Oldfield's career. It was reissued in 2013 with new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes and previously unreleased material.

  1. ^ a b Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 603. ISBN 9780862415419.