to the artwork with the line, "the watcher and the tower, waiting hour, by hour" (printed in the back cover of the LP, and sung by Mike Oldfield on the title track). In the interview mentioned before, Oldfield stated that "I'm the man in the corner, and the tower is my music". Charts It spent 19 weeks on Norway's album chart, peaking at No. 1 for two weeks, and is Oldfield's best selling album there. The album also topped the charts in Germany and Sweden. Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Track listing All music by Mike Oldfield, except "Foreign Affair" by Oldfield and Maggie Reilly. UK vinyl North American vinyl Personnel Mike Oldfield – guitars (Ovation Adamus electroacoustic, Ramirez Spanish guitar, Manson acoustic guitar, electric and acoustic bass guitar), keyboards (Fairlight CMI, Roland string synthesiser, Oberheim OB-Xa synthesiser, Farfisa organ, piano, Prophet 5 synthesiser), harp, mandolin, banjo, bells, tambourine, shaker, Simmons electronic drums, Oberheim DMX drum machine, Oberheim DSX digital polyphonic sequencer, vocals on "Crises" Additional musicians Maggie Reilly – vocals on "Moonlight Shadow", "Foreign Affair", and "Mistake" Jon Anderson – vocals on "In High Places" Roger Chapman – vocals on "Shadow on the Wall" Simon Phillips – acoustic Tama drums, co-production, special effects; shaker on "Foreign Affair" and "Taurus 3"; finger-snaps, bells, tambourine, and boots on "Taurus 3" Ant (Ant Glynne) – guitars on "Crises" and "Shadow on the Wall" Rick Fenn – guitar on "Crises" Phil Spalding – bass guitar on "Crises" and "Moonlight Shadow" Pierre Moerlen – vibraphone on "In High Places" Ginny Clee - synthesizers on "Mistake" Tim Renwick - guitars on "Mistake" Morris Pert - drums on "Mistake" Mercury Records 2013 re-issue Crises was re-issued by Mercury Records on 2 September 2013, along with Five Miles Out. It is available as a single CD, a 2CD Deluxe Edition (album disc and live highlights CD), a vinyl LP and a 5 disc (3 CD and 2 DVD) boxed set. The boxed set also includes a 32-page hardback book. There will also be a 500 copy limited edition vinyl available on transparent green vinyl. The re-issue is also available as digital download in 16 and 24 bit 44.1 kHz FLAC/ALAC and 320kbit/s MP3 in two versions. The super-deluxe edition contains the tracks of discs one through three, the LP contains the tracks of the single CD. This reissue reached #30 in Germany's Media Control Charts in September