Outpost

Outpost Artist: The Samples
Label: Mca
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 008811143527
EAN: 0008811143527
ASIN: B000002P0O


Release Date: 1996-07-16

Outpost


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Tracks:

  1. Anyone
  2. Did You Ever Look So Nice
  3. Learjet
  4. Shine On
  5. Big Bird
  6. Indiana
  7. Birth Of Words
  8. It's Curtains
  9. The Lost Children (A Slow Motion Crash)
  10. Foreign Countries
  11. Information
  12. All My Thoughts (Johnny Station Wagon)
  13. I Remember Dying

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Hey, guys, I like it!.......2003-10-14

A lot of other reviewers have dissed this album. Sorry, but I strongly disagree. This was the first Samples album I ever bought (though I had heard the band before on an obscure show on PBS) and I dug it from the start. Ok, maybe its not as deep as "The Last Drag" (my other favorite) or some of the other albums, but don't hold that against it. Some of the songs have appeared on other earlier albums, but that's ok too-- these versions are different. And that's not a bad thing. Overall it probably rocks a bit harder than some of the others, and while not a requirement, that's not bad either. The live hidden bonus cut "When It's Raining" (originally from "No Room") is alone worth the purchase price. In my opinion, a very fine album from an excellent and underappreciated band.

3 out of 5 stars A major label one-shot.......2001-12-01

This album was their one release with MCA after years (before and after) with they indy label W.A.R.? (What Are Records?) Because of the (brief) switch to a major label, apparantly the band (or MCA) felt like it should rework some of their older material for this release. One attempt to do so is "Birth Of Words" which appeared on their debut. This song happens to be one of their best, but the newly retooled version does not work as well as the original. The same can be said of "Did You Ever Look So Nice," which originally appeared on the excellent 1992 release "No Room." There's also a live version of "When It's Raining," also from "No Room" which appears out of nowhere after about 10 minutes of dead air.

While these attempts aren't as good as the originals, they are an improvement over most of the material that appears on this album. "Indiana" is one particularly bad song," with lyrics such as "I remember the first time I drove through Indiana," with not much else to say afterward. Honestly Sean, who cares?

However, the album isn't all bad. There is some good material on here as there is with any Samples album. The problem is, as they continue with release after release, the albums as a whole become more disappointing. Early works such as the self-titled debut and "No Room" have nothing but great songs on them. But starting with the 1993 release, "The Last Drag," there's a lot of garbage on there. The funny thing about that album is that they probably have enough great songs on there for a terrific EP, but they cram 16 songs on there, half of which are garbage.

Anyway, the highlight of this album is "Information," a somewhat pessimistice song (much like No Room's "Another Disaster"--perhaps their best track ever) about the state of the world. Never have I heard the Sample rock so hard.

Anyway, this album is okay. Better than most of the music out there, but they've got some better albums than this one (although they've got some worse ones too). If you're new to the Samples, I'd recommends "No Room" first and then the debut.

2 out of 5 stars Someone Give my Bonny (Samples) back to Me.......2001-07-23

Someone took the energy, songwriting brilliance, and extreme musical talent of a Boulder, Colorado-based band and replaced them with these guys that released this sub-mediocre hack-laden tripe. The entirety of this album sounds flat and uninspired. Let's blame it on the melingering of a major record label's influence, because the early Samples remains as some of my favorite music. Go get the CD's "No Room", "The Last Drag", and "Underwater People", and thank me that I gave you this recommendation. The Samples hit a downhill slide in the mid-nineties and hit rock-bottom with this one. "It's Curtains" has some merit bringing back the Samples of old. "Information" is salvageable musically with a semi-unique sound. However, The Samples (or the string-pulling record execs) try to salvage this CD (or the band ran out of material), by dusting off some of their older better songs, "Did You Ever Look So Nice" and "Birth of Words", but don't be suckered in, these are lesser more desperate versions that should have never seen the light of day. Someone has got to tell Sean Kelly and crew that they don't have to rhyme every single line on their new songs and that rhyming more than twice with stupid contrived words that don't fit should be outlawed, banished to an Outpost far far away. Oh, where are the Yossarians and Samples of old? Stay away from this one, my beloved listening friends.

5 out of 5 stars Seminal pop.......2000-01-01

The Samples have more interesting music than this. No Room would be an excellent foray into sampling The Samples. But this album is so infectious, so likeable, you just can't go wrong.And it definitely has an edge for those of you looking for more from your pop music. Sean Kelly is without a doubt one of the most underrated pop songwriters today. His commitment to his band and mission over the years is admirable. Song To The Lost Children is a desert island song.

4 out of 5 stars Over-produced, but still the Samples.......1999-10-06

I've been a Samples fan for about 5 years now, and Outpost stands out as the one album that doesn't quite fit with the rest of their amazing catalog. Blame it on the major label influence (the band went back to the W.A.R.? label after Outpost, and even mentioned in the liner notes of their next album "Transmissions..." that the Outpost era was not a happy one), or blame it on over-production, but Outpost misses the mark. The band seems flat (they almost sound *miserable*) and there are too many layers and effects cluttering up some great songs.

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