Outside Inside (The Tubes album)

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Outside Inside
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Studio album by
the Tubes
ReleasedApril 4, 1983
Recorded1982
Genre Rock
Length36:44
Label Capitol
Producer David Foster
The Tubes chronology
The Completion Backward Principle
(1981)		Outside Inside
(1983)		 Love Bomb
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Village Voice (C+) [2]

Outside Inside is the sixth studio album by the Tubes, released in 1983 on Capitol Records. [3] The album peaked at No. 18 on the US Billboard 200. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Dave Connolly of AllMusic favourably claimed "producer David Foster and even more members of Toto help the Tubes punch up their new radio-ready sound with added energy. If their last record showed a newfound dancefloor sensibility, Outside Inside is absolutely funky." [1]

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "She's a Beauty" (Foster, Waybill, Lukather) – 4:01
  2. "No Not Again" (Tubes) – 3:28
  3. "Out of the Business" (Tubes) – 3:30
  4. "The Monkey Time" (Curtis Mayfield, Tubes) – 3:54
  5. "Glass House" (Tubes) – 3:31

Side 2

  1. "Wild Women of Wongo" (Tubes) – 3:57
  2. "Tip of My Tongue" (M. White, M. Snyder) – 3:58
  3. "Fantastic Delusion" (Tubes) – 3:54
  4. "Drums" (Tubes) – 2:21
  5. "Theme Park" (Tubes) – 3:13
  6. "Outside Lookin' Inside" (Tubes) – 0:57

[3]

Release history

The Michele Gray version of "The Monkey Time" was also used on the Capitol CD issue of the album.

The album's liner notes list the track "Outside Lookin' Inside" as being "excerpted from a conversation with Harry James."[ citation needed ]

In 2012 Iconoclassic reissued the album with the original version of "The Monkey Time" featuring Davis. The reissue also included bonus tracks including B-sides that had never been previously released on CD. The CD was remastered by Vic Anesini and featured extensive liner notes and commentary from band members.

The bonus tracks include:

  1. "When You're Ready to Come" (B-side of a single from the album)
  2. "Keyboard Kids"
  3. "Satellite" (an alternate version previously appeared on Bill Spooner's 1985 solo album "First Chud")
  4. "The Monkey Time" (single version featuring Michele Gray on vocals)

Personnel

The Tubes

Additional personnel

[3]

Charts

ChartPositionDate
US Billboard 200 [4] 18July 1983
UK Top Pop Albums [5] 77April 1983
NZ Top Pop Albums [6] [7] 22June 1983
Canada (RPM) [8] 27June 1983
Singles – US Billboard
YearSingleChartPosition
1983"She's a Beauty"Mainstream Rock [9] 1
Pop Singles [10] 10
"Tip of My Tongue"52
"The Monkey Time"Mainstream Rock [9] 16
Pop Singles [10] 68

References

  1. 1 2 Connolly, Dave. "The Tubes - Outside Inside". AllMusic . Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "The Tubes". The Village Voice . Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 The Tubes - Outside Inside. Capitol Records. 1983.
  4. 1 2 "The Tubes Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard.com . 2019. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Tubes: Outside Inside". Official Charts . Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Tubes: Outside Inside". Charts.nz. 2019.
  7. ↑ "OFFICIAL TOP 40 ALBUMS". Official New Zealand Music Chart . June 5, 1983. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  8. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Albums - June 18, 1983" (PDF).
  9. 1 2 "The Tubes Chart History: Mainstream Rock Tracks". Billboard.com . 2019. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  10. 1 2 "The Tubes Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard.com . 2019. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
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