Outpost (The Samples album) explained

Outpost
Type:Album
Artist:The Samples
Cover:The_Samples-Outpost.jpg
Released:1996
Recorded:1995–1996
Genre:Alternative rock
Label:MCA[1]
Producer:Ed Thacker, Walt Beery
Prev Title:Autopilot
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:Transmissions From the Sea of Tranquility
Next Year:1997

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]

Production

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.

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that "the Samples' music is still a bit blank, but it's consistently tuneful and mostly lively."[9] 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."[10]

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." 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."

Track listing

All songs written by Sean Kelly, except where noted.

  1. "Anyone" (Kelly, Andy Sheldon, Al Laughlin, Jeep MacNichol)
  2. "Did You Ever Look So Nice"
  3. "Learjet"
  4. "Shine On"
  5. "Big Bird" (MacNichol)
  6. "Indiana"
  7. "Birth of Words"
  8. "It's Curtains" (Sheldon)
  9. "The Lost Children (A Slow Motion Crash)"
  10. "Foreign Countries" (Kelly, Laughlin)
  11. "Information" (Kelly, Sheldon)
  12. "All My Thoughts (Johnny Station Wagon)" (Sheldon)
  13. "I Remember Dying" (Kelly, Sheldon)
  14. "When It's Raining" (live hidden track, originally on The Room album)

Lineup

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Samples . Trouser Press . 13 April 2022.
  2. Web site: The Samples Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
  3. Web site: Feedback. Michael. Roberts. Westword.
  4. Farinella . David John . MCA tries the Samples . Billboard . Jun 22, 1996 . 108 . 25 . 9.
  5. News: Morse . Steve . Samples go back to roots for a fresh start . The Boston Globe . 19 July 1996 . G14.
  6. Bell . Carrie . Samples return to indie roots . Billboard . Sep 12, 1998 . 110 . 37 . 17, 114.
  7. News: Renzhofer . Martin . Kelly Works Through Pain, Brings Music Into Focus . The Salt Lake Tribune . 31 Oct 1997 . E10.
  8. News: Thomas . Rebecca . COLORADO BAND SAMPLES TAKES ITS FANS SERIOUSLY . Orlando Sentinel . 21 Feb 1997 . Calendar . 7.
  9. Web site: SAMPLES' OUTPOST' STILL CLOSE TO HOME . The Washington Post . 13 April 2022.
  10. News: Moran . John M. . THE SAMPLES OUTPOST . Hartford Courant . 25 July 1996 . Calendar . 4.

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