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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Firstly, I would like to apologise for not giving this five stars, I feel I really ought to because 'Outside' along with 'Heathen' and 'Reality' are in my opinion his best three albums since 'Scary Monsters', and this album is growing in stature all the time, especially among the younger generation and acts such as Air, but it is far too long. For this to be a true masterpiece it needs some editing, i.e. cut out most of the interludes between songs and knock off one or two of the weaker songs.
This album has loads of standout tracks for example: 'The Heart's Filthy Lesson', 'Hallo Spaceboy', 'The Motel', 'I Have Not Been To Oxford Town', 'No Control' and 'I'm Deranged', but these highlights alongside other excellent tracks get swamped in the vastness of this padded out concept album.
It's not too late for this to become an absolute masterpiece, this album has already been digitally re-mastered which makes it sound even better, and when this album fully comes around again, which it will (Techno and Ambient are dead at the time of writing), this could be scaled down into the masterpiece that it truly deserves to be, because sometimes - less is more.
There really is no need for most of these interludes anymore because Bowie's never going to get around to doing 'Outside - 2 and 3' which was his original intention, forming some sort of on-going narrative through the three albums.
This album has loads of standout tracks for example: 'The Heart's Filthy Lesson', 'Hallo Spaceboy', 'The Motel', 'I Have Not Been To Oxford Town', 'No Control' and 'I'm Deranged', but these highlights alongside other excellent tracks get swamped in the vastness of this padded out concept album.
It's not too late for this to become an absolute masterpiece, this album has already been digitally re-mastered which makes it sound even better, and when this album fully comes around again, which it will (Techno and Ambient are dead at the time of writing), this could be scaled down into the masterpiece that it truly deserves to be, because sometimes - less is more.
There really is no need for most of these interludes anymore because Bowie's never going to get around to doing 'Outside - 2 and 3' which was his original intention, forming some sort of on-going narrative through the three albums.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The most stimulating & edgy of Bowie's 20 odd studio albums, Outside amply rewards the effort of getting into it. I agree with virtually all of the earlier reviews, although let me add a couple of points.
Firstly, there are some really strong melodies: I reckon I could whistle a dozen of them. (Maybe a tribute opportunity.) I find the marriage of Bowie's instinctive tunefulness with the weird dislocation & abstraction from the Eno influence the true allure of Outside. I can't recall any other work which strikes quite this balance.
Also, whilst accepting that most may find the spoken segues odd, disruptive or slightly childlike, I would argue that they add to the overall light & shade of Outside. Only DB could invest the Baby Grace piece (with its nod towards the Laughing Gnome) with such pathos. The moment when it cuts into Spaceboy (BANG!) is revolting brutal. Likewise, the Bogart segue really sets off the soaring splendour of I'm Deranged.
If you don't like Diamond Dogs or Low/Heroes, best to avoid. Otherwise, essential listening.
Firstly, there are some really strong melodies: I reckon I could whistle a dozen of them. (Maybe a tribute opportunity.) I find the marriage of Bowie's instinctive tunefulness with the weird dislocation & abstraction from the Eno influence the true allure of Outside. I can't recall any other work which strikes quite this balance.
Also, whilst accepting that most may find the spoken segues odd, disruptive or slightly childlike, I would argue that they add to the overall light & shade of Outside. Only DB could invest the Baby Grace piece (with its nod towards the Laughing Gnome) with such pathos. The moment when it cuts into Spaceboy (BANG!) is revolting brutal. Likewise, the Bogart segue really sets off the soaring splendour of I'm Deranged.
If you don't like Diamond Dogs or Low/Heroes, best to avoid. Otherwise, essential listening.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is not the easiest Bowie album to get in to, but it is definitely one of the most rewarding. The dark and disturbing atmosphere evoked bares similarity to Diamond Dogs, but with the increased weirdness that comes from being co-written by the always slightly mad Brian Eno. Bowie proves once again to be the master of creating the most imaginative and unexpected futuristic distopias, comparable only to the fanasies of Anne Rice.
This is more than just an album. The images and text in the CD booklet, together with the music and character monologues create an amazing piece of art, unlike anything produced before or since.
This is more than just an album. The images and text in the CD booklet, together with the music and character monologues create an amazing piece of art, unlike anything produced before or since.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A true masterpiece!
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Published 7 months ago by S. Hills
PRETENTIOUS MAJESTY
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Published 10 months ago by mister joe
moody, dark and rhythmic
Outside is an album inspired by a morbid age of death in the name of art and art in the name of death. Read more
Published 15 months ago by P. Winthrop
Weird and Wonderful The MAN at his very best!!!
I bought this album on release and had great difficulty understanding it. I still don't understand it but I just love it more than anything he has done before or since!! Read more
Published 22 months ago by B. J. du Cille
outside
the album outside is as time has progressed turned out to be one of the great albums in the back catologue of david bowie . Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mr. Sean Mcskeane
Genius
Probably one of the hardest Bowie albums to get into (and thats saying something) but actually one of the most rewarding too. Read more
Published on 22 Nov 2008 by Norman Cheeseworthy
A Gothic Masterwork
It was surely typical that when his successors were experimenting with a lightweight, introspective brand of 'art-rock', David Bowie would produce an album so ambitious and so... Read more
Published on 7 July 2008 by DDH255
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