But with Five Miles Out he balanced a 25-minute, largely instrumental composition Taurus II, with shorter pieces, of which Family Man signalled an improvement in his songwriting. With subsequent albums Platinum and QE2 featuring some less than convincing songs, cover versions of music by the likes of Gershwin and Abba, and ill-advised, jocular excursions like the punk-folk instrumental Punkadiddle, Oldfield was in danger of heading into a creative cul-de-sac. This new tack didn’t yield instant results.
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