Mike Oldfield released his seventh album Five Miles Out in March 1982, which included the hit single "Family Man" (later covered by Hall and Oates) which featured a guest vocal appearance from Maggie Reilly. The album also featured the lengthy opus "Taurus II", one of Oldfield's most accomplished major works, and the album's title track, inspired by a hazardous flight Oldfield and his band took from Barcelona to San Sebastian on a European tour.
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