The Outsider | ||||
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Released | August 16, 2005 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Rodney Crowell, Peter Coleman | |||
Rodney Crowell chronology | ||||
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The Outsider is the twelfth studio album by American country music singer Rodney Crowell. It was released on August 16, 2005, via Columbia Records. The album includes the singles "The Obscenity Prayer" and "Say You Love Me".
Thom Jurek of AllMusic called the album a "natural extension" of Crowell's last two albums, The Houston Kid and Fate's Right Hand . He also praised the album for "dig[ging] deep into social and political consciousness." [1]
All songs written by Rodney Crowell, except "Shelter from the Storm", written by Bob Dylan.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Say You Love Me" | 3:32 |
2. | "The Obscenity Prayer (Give It to Me)" | 3:54 |
3. | "The Outsider" | 4:23 |
4. | "Dancin' Circles 'Round the Sun (Epictetus Speaks)" | 4:32 |
5. | "Beautiful Despair (For James)" | 3:53 |
6. | "Don't Get Me Started" | 5:51 |
7. | "Ignorance Is the Enemy" (spoken intro by Emmylou Harris and John Prine) | 4:48 |
8. | "Glasgow Girl" | 4:43 |
9. | "Things That Go Bump in the Day" | 4:01 |
10. | "Shelter from the Storm" (duet with Emmylou Harris) | 5:26 |
11. | "We Can't Turn Back Now" | 4:49 |
Compiled from notes on digipak. [2]
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums [3] | 37 |
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers [3] | 12 |