℗ 2014 Mercury Records Limited
| Released | 2014 |
| Duration | 59m 42s |
| Record Label | Universal Music Group |
| Genre | Rock |
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1.1
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Sailing
Mike Oldfield |
4:46 | |||
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1.2
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Moonshine
Mike Oldfield |
5:50 | |||
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1.3
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Man On The Rocks
Mike Oldfield |
6:11 | |||
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1.4
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Castaway
Mike Oldfield |
6:35 | |||
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1.5
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Minutes
Mike Oldfield |
4:52 | |||
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1.6
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Dreaming In The Wind
Mike Oldfield |
5:29 | |||
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1.7
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Nuclear
Mike Oldfield |
5:04 | |||
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1.8
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Chariots
Mike Oldfield |
4:39 | |||
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1.9
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Following The Angels
Mike Oldfield |
7:05 | |||
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1.10
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Irene
Mike Oldfield |
4:00 | |||
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1.11
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I Give Myself Away
Mike Oldfield |
5:11 |
"... oddly engrossing ... a curious but likable diversion ..."
- The Guardian
"Against a backdrop of melodic, dad rock Man on the Rocks celebrates freedom and new horizons."
- The Telegraph
Oldfield's 25th career release and his first album in six years, Man On The Rocks is a deeply personal collection of songs tackling themes such as mental health, Oldfield's divorce and Hurricane Irene. Rather than rely on veteran singers as he's done in the past, Oldfield recruited young vocalist Luke Spiller from British band The Struts. Oldfield says when he first heard Spiller’s voice he was truly blown away, as it was exactly what he was looking for.
"I didn’t actually set out to make an album, I had things inside me that I wanted to express in music and that’s a totally different thing. I had all these emotions bottled up in me and that’s really what it was all about. I suppose it’s like turning on a tap and you don’t know exactly what’s going to come out.”
- Mike Oldfield
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal Music Group Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.56 -2.05 to -1.07 | -14.52 -17.88 to -12.97 | -12.05 -15.60 to -10.20 | 8 6 to 10 | |
| 1 | Sailing | -1.07 | -13.47 | -11.0 | 7 |
| 2 | Moonshine | -1.63 | -13.60 | -11.8 | 7 |
| 3 | Man On The Rocks | -1.68 | -14.14 | -11.3 | 7 |
| 4 | Castaway | -1.68 | -14.22 | -11.7 | 7 |
| 5 | Minutes | -1.53 | -14.57 | -12.2 | 8 |
| 6 | Dreaming In The Wind | -1.51 | -13.49 | -11.2 | 7 |
| 7 | Nuclear | -1.67 | -12.97 | -10.2 | 6 |
| 8 | Chariots | -1.30 | -13.26 | -11.0 | 7 |
| 9 | Following The Angels | -1.83 | -17.80 | -14.8 | 9 |
| 10 | Irene | -1.26 | -14.28 | -11.7 | 8 |
| 11 | I Give Myself Away | -2.05 | -17.88 | -15.6 | 10 |