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1. OUTSIDE is an album first released September 26, 1995 by David Bowie on Virgin Records. 1995's ambitious, quasi-industrial 1. Outside, supposed to be the first of five volumes in a still-unfinished nonlinear narrative of art and murder, reunited David Bowie with Brian Eno. The plan was to release one album a year from 1995 to 1999, and even a Broadway musical version was mentioned. The second volume was believed to be called 2. Contamination.

Concept

1. Outside introduced the characters of one of Bowie's short stories; a "non-linear gothic drama hyper cycle" called the "Diaries of Nathan Adler." It was Bowie's most complicated and frightening concept album yet. The album pamphlet outlined the story of a somewhat sci-fi version of the year 1999, in which the government had created a new bureau to investigate a new phenomenon called Art Crime. In this future, murder and mutilation of bodies had become a new underground art craze. The main character, Nathan Adler, was in the business of deciding what of this was legally acceptable as art and what was, in a word, trash. The album is filled with odd references to characters and their lives as he investigates the complicated events leading up to the murder of a fourteen-year-old girl. It is generally assumed that Bowie's character, Nathan Adler, works for the British government due to several references to the cities of London and Oxford, but in the liner notes these are revealed to be, at least in some cases, London, Ontario and Oxford, New Jersey, indicating that the entire story may take place in North America.

Public reception and tour

The album put Bowie back into the mainstream scene of rock music with its singles such as "Hallo Spaceboy" and "The Hearts Filthy Lesson". In September of 1995 Bowie began his the Outside Tour with Gabrels again joining Bowie as his live band's guitarist. In a move that was equally lauded and ridiculed by Bowie fans and critics, Bowie chose Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails as his US tour partner. NIN & Bowie toured as a co-headlining act. NIN always went on stage first, though always playing an equal amount of stage time as Bowie. As the crew changed sets behind a large backdrop, NIN would play several Bowie compositions ("Subterraneans," "Hallo Spaceboy" and "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)"), followed by two NIN songs with Bowie ("Reptile" and "Hurt"). This arrangement was an effort to keep young concert goers interested in staying for Bowie, though in each city few of the younger crowd stayed for the Bowie set. A subsequent UK/European tour with opener Morrissey received equally mixed reception from the public, although a solo summer festival tour was better received. Reznor has gone on record numerous times as being heavily influenced by David Bowie, and further collaborated with Bowie by remixing "The Hearts Filthy Lesson".

Track listing

All songs written by Bowie and Eno except Leon Takes Us Outside, The Hearts Filthy Lesson, Baby Grace (A Horrid Cassette), Algeria Touchshriek, I Am With Name, Nathan Adler by Bowie, Eno, Gabrels, Garson, Kizilcay and Campbell, Outside by Armstrong and Bowie, A Small Plot Of Land by Bowie, Eno, Gabrels, Garson, and Kizilcay, Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty) by Bowie, Eno and Gabrels, Thru' These Architect's Eyes by Bowie and Gabrels, and Strangers When We Meet by Bowie

# "Leon Takes Us Outside" (1:25) # "Outside" (4:04) # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" (4:57) # "A Small Plot of Land" (6:34) # (Segue) "Baby Grace (A Horrid Cassette)" (1:39) # "Hallo Spaceboy" (5:14) # "The Motel" (6:49) # "I Have Not Been to Oxford Town" (3:47) # "No Control" (4:33) # (Segue) "Algeria Touchschriek" (2:03) # "The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (as Beauty)" (4:21) # (Segue) "Ramona A. Stone / I am with Name" (4:01) # "Wishful Beginnings" (5:08) # "We Prick You" (4:33) # (Segue) "Nathan Adler" (1:00) # "I'm Deranged" (4:31) # "Thru' These Architect's Eyes" (4:22) # (Segue) "Nathan Adler" (0:28) # "Strangers When We Meet" (5:07)

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