Outside Inside

The Tubes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00000DQX7
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #347,201 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The Tubes' 1983 top 20 album that spawned the top 10 hit 'She's a Beauty' & made the group (at least for a while) the darlings of MTV. Also features the Curtis Mayfield standard 'Money Time', plus 'Outside Lookin' Inside', 'No Not Again' & seven more. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, The Tubes get radio airplay!!, September 21, 2001

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John S. Harris "The Voice of Reason" (Memphis, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Outside Inside (Audio CD)

This CD does not reflect the wild comic fun of a live Tubes show, nor does it reflect their quirky songwriting ability of their 70's heyday (the CD "Dawn of the Tubes", which is becoming increasingly harder to find, does accomplish those feats, however). But O/I has some really good near-metal rock and roll. In particular, "Out of the Business", "No, Not Again", and the Earth, Wind, and Fire -flavored "Tip Of My Tongue" (with the song's chorus written chiefly by a member of EW&F - because The Tubes just couldn't find a chorus that worked) are stand-outs. Of course, everyone remembers the CD's opening track "She's A Beauty". Not my favorite Tubes song, but I'm grateful it got them some airplay and increased record sales. But to really appreciate The Tubes (short of travelling back in time to see them perform in concert in 1976) one must listen to their 1970's catalog. Their first two LPs of the 80's (1981's The Completion Backward Principle and Outside/Inside two years later) have some good rock and roll, but the earlier stuff showcases their creative songwriting that helped build their reputation and cult following.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There's more here...., September 26, 2004

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Grant Coatsworth (Merlin, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Outside Inside (Audio CD)

There's more here then meets the eye...or the ear. Everyone will recognize "She's A Beauty", but the rest of the CD, is well worth listening....even though the other review listed here calls it "filler"! I gave this 5 stars because it's not only my favourite Tubes release, but it contains my favourite Tubes song...No Not Again. If you liked "Completion Backwards Principle" you will enjoy this CD as well. If you can still find copies of this CD, buy it! These guys were way ahead of there time, and there music still holds up, some 20 years later.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid piece of commercial rock, August 31, 2005

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S. R. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Outside Inside (Audio CD)

To many this was a Tubes sell out album as many songs were aimed directly at the charts, but there's really nothing wrong here unless you just want to deprive a band from having any mainstream success. The Tubes paid their dues through the 1970s setting a standard for wild weird shows that got them banned in many cities throughout the states. They played thousands of shows without the benefit of having any chart success, but as the 1980s dawned, the band, starting to get a bit long in the tooth, searched for chart success by spoofing the corporate yuppie idiot public with the fine "The Completion Backwards Principle" and sought to have more success with a straight-up pop effort. "She's a Beauty" put the band all over MTV and the rest of the album delivers fine pop songs. The beautiful 'Fantastic Delusion" the neck snapping R&B of "Tip of my Toungue" and the catchy "Theme Park" all work well under the expert production of David Foster. Also welcome is the hard rocking "Out of the Business" (with a killer hook). There's also the usual Tubes weirdness (Wild Women of Wongo, Drums, Monkey Time) to go along with the straight-ahead songs. The album was a sucess but petered out after a short run which pee-off Fee Waybill enough that he basically lambasted the public on the David Letterman Show with good reason. The band paid their dues, wrote great songs, were a second to none live act, but couldn't get no respect. I understand him completely. The band deserved better.