Man On The Rocks
by Mike Oldfield
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Mike Oldfield bestography
Man On The Rocks is ranked 11th best out of 36 albums by Mike Oldfield on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mike Oldfield is Tubular Bells which is ranked number 515 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,358.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Man On The Rocks track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Man On The Rocks rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2014 | 59/75 | - |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Nightprowler | Top 32 Music Albums of 2014 | 20/32 | 2 |
| 2025 | Nightprowler | Top 91 Music Albums of the 2010s | 60/91 | 7 |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 75 Music Albums of 2014 | 70/75 | 0 |
| 2023 | davidhuret | Ranking: Mike Oldfield | 24/24 | - |
| 2021 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2020 | krack | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 34/100 | 26 |
| 2018 | musicoed | Top 50 Music Albums of 2014 | 50/50 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 85 | |||
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Man On The Rocks ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/12/2025 03:11 | Fischman | 11,861 | 66/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2023 11:02 | fabm0 | 7,009 | 58/100 |
| ! | 04/14/2023 12:20 | Adhura | 1,736 | 77/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.2/100, a mean average of 65.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.5.
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Man on the rocks isn't like the previous albums from Mike Oldfield: a man singer, all songs are sung, very poppy... It feels fresh. I really really like it.
The last 3 songs are not as good as the others.
Best songs: Nuclear, Chariots, Castaway
greatson 08/06/2017 17:35 | #195625
This album is not that bad.
The production is too clean, the singer is almost average, but some of the song are lovely to listen to.
allgood 07/21/2017 07:49 | #194718
I love Mike Oldfield, however this album is really bad.
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