Outpost | ||||
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Released | 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1995–1996 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Label | MCA [1] | |||
Producer | Ed Thacker, Walt Beery | |||
The Samples chronology | ||||
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Outpost is an album by the Boulder, Colorado-based band the Samples, released in 1996. [2] [3] The first single was "The Lost Children (A Slow Motion Crash)". [4] The band promoted Outpost by playing the H.O.R.D.E. Festival. [5]
The album sold around 58,000 copies in its first two years of release. [6] The band briefly broke up after promoting the album, before reforming with a different lineup. [7]
The Samples were able to spend two years working on the album, due to label negotiations. [8] Outpost includes re-recordings of two older songs, as well as a re-recording of a Sean Kelly song; it also contains an unlisted live track. [9] [10]
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Source | Rating |
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Indianapolis Star | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
New Straits Times | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Republican | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Washington Post wrote that "the Samples' music is still a bit blank, but it's consistently tuneful and mostly lively." [16] The Hartford Courant noted that "the music is almost devoid of musical hooks, relying instead on [Sean] Kelly's vocals, background harmonies and pleasant arrangements among guitar, bass and keyboards to hold the listener's interest." [17]
The Indianapolis Star stated: "From the dreamy, melancholy 'I Remember Dying' to the high-energy delivery of 'All My Thoughts (I Remember Johnny)', the Samples' Output ... reminds of a pre-Top 40 Fleetwood Mac." [12] The Republican determined that "this is provocative stuff, at times reminiscent of everyone from the Police in their prime to early BoDeans and R.E.M." [15]
All songs written by Sean Kelly, except where noted.
Outpost | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1995–1996 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Label | MCA [1] | |||
Producer | Ed Thacker, Walt Beery | |||
The Samples chronology | ||||
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Outpost is an album by the Boulder, Colorado-based band the Samples, released in 1996. [2] [3] The first single was "The Lost Children (A Slow Motion Crash)". [4] The band promoted Outpost by playing the H.O.R.D.E. Festival. [5]
The album sold around 58,000 copies in its first two years of release. [6] The band briefly broke up after promoting the album, before reforming with a different lineup. [7]
The Samples were able to spend two years working on the album, due to label negotiations. [8] Outpost includes re-recordings of two older songs, as well as a re-recording of a Sean Kelly song; it also contains an unlisted live track. [9] [10]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Fort Worth Star-Telegram | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Indianapolis Star | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
New Straits Times | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Republican | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Washington Post wrote that "the Samples' music is still a bit blank, but it's consistently tuneful and mostly lively." [16] The Hartford Courant noted that "the music is almost devoid of musical hooks, relying instead on [Sean] Kelly's vocals, background harmonies and pleasant arrangements among guitar, bass and keyboards to hold the listener's interest." [17]
The Indianapolis Star stated: "From the dreamy, melancholy 'I Remember Dying' to the high-energy delivery of 'All My Thoughts (I Remember Johnny)', the Samples' Output ... reminds of a pre-Top 40 Fleetwood Mac." [12] The Republican determined that "this is provocative stuff, at times reminiscent of everyone from the Police in their prime to early BoDeans and R.E.M." [15]
All songs written by Sean Kelly, except where noted.