| Outside Looking In | ||||
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| Released | October 1987 | |||
| Genre | Alternative | |||
| Length | 48:54 | |||
| Label | Slash | |||
| Producer | Jerry Harrison | |||
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Outside Looking In is the BoDeans second studio album, and was released in 1987. It was produced by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads. It reached number 86 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Following the success of Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams and having been voted Best New American Band by Rolling Stone , the band wished to expand their sound and shed the "roots" label, which they believed categorized their music unfairly. They returned to Los Angeles to work with producer Mike Campbell, but the sessions were shelved after disagreement arose over the album's sound. Campbell wished for the album to resemble Tom Petty's brand of 1960's rock and wanted Kurt Neumann to alter his guitar-playing style accordingly. The band, however, felt that this style did not fit their music and instead wanted a state-of-the-art production. [1] Jerry Harrison had previously expressed interest in working with the band, an offer which they accepted after returning to Wisconsin. Drummer Guy Hoffman had taken some time off from the band to be with his newborn baby, so session drummer Rick Jaegar filled in on the album. Hoffman left the band for good shortly thereafter.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| New Musical Express | 4/10 [3] |
| Rolling Stone | (unfavorable) [4] |
Music critic William Ruhlmann, writing for AllMusic, wrote of the album: "The songwriting wasn't as impressive, and the de-emphasis on such signature sounds as Sammy Llanas' nasal voice inclined the album toward anonymity." [2]
All songs by Kurt Neumann and Sam Llanas.
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Airwaves is the eighth studio album released by British rock band Badfinger in 1979 on the Elektra label, the seventh album released that was credited to Badfinger. Anticipated as a comeback album for the group at the time, expectations were not quite realised, as the "group" now consisted of just the duo of Tom Evans and Joey Molland, accompanied by guitarist Joe Tansin and various session musicians.
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