Outsider (Uriah Heep album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Outsider

| type = studio

| artist = Uriah Heep

| cover = Uriah Heep Outsider.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 2014

| recorded = January – February 2014

| studio = Liscombe Park Studio, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire

| genre = Hard rock, progressive rock, heavy metal

| length = 49:00

| label = Frontiers
Avalon (Japan)

| producer = Mike Paxman

| prev_title = Into the Wild

| prev_year = 2011

| next_title = Living the Dream

| next_year = 2018

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Record Collector

| rev1score={{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Uriah Heep - Outsider |magazine=Record Collector |date=July 2014 |last=Pinfold |first=William |issue=429 |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/outsider |access-date=23 March 2019 }}

| rev2 = Rock Hard

| rev2score = 7.5/10{{cite magazine|title=Reviews: Uriah Heep - Outsider |url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/uriah-heep-outsider_402982.html| first= Boris | last =Kaiser |date = 25 June 2014 | magazine = Rock Hard | issue=326|access-date=23 March 2019 | language=de}}

| rev3= Ultimate Guitar

| rev3Score = 8/10{{cite web |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/uriah_heep/outsider/42352/ |title=Outsider review by Uriah Heep |publisher=Ultimate Guitar| date = 30 June 2014}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Outsider is the 23rd studio album by Uriah Heep, released in Europe in June 2014 by Frontiers Records. It was produced by Mike Paxman and it is the first album with bassist Dave Rimmer.[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/uriah-heep-outsider-album-details-revealed/ URIAH HEEP: 'Outsider' Album Details Revealed] (Blabbermouth.net) Cover art was created by Igor Morski.

Track listing

{{tracklisting

|all_writing = Mick Box and Phil Lanzon, except "The Outsider" by Box, Lanzon and P.C. Lanzon

|title1 = Speed of Sound

|length1 = 4:56

|title2 = One Minute

|length2 = 4:54

|title3 = The Law

|length3 = 5:24

|title4 = The Outsider

|length4 = 3:22

|title5 = Rock the Foundation

|length5 = 4:07

|title6 = Is Anybody Gonna Help Me?

|length6 = 5:07

|title7 = Looking at You

|length7 = 3:36

|title8 = Can't Take That Away

|length8 = 4:55

|title9 = Jessie

|length9 = 3:59

|title10 = Kiss the Rainbow

|length10 = 5:12

|title11 = Say Goodbye

|length11 = 3:34

}}

{{Tracklisting

|headline = Japanese edition bonus tracks

|title12 = One Minute (60 Seconds)

|title13 = Between Two Worlds

|note13 = live

}}

Personnel

;Uriah Heep

  • Mick Box – guitar, backing vocals
  • Phil Lanzon – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Bernie Shaw – lead vocals
  • Russell Gilbrook – drums, backing vocals
  • Dave Rimmer – bass guitar, backing vocals

;Production

  • Mike Paxman – producer
  • Steve Rispin, Peter Waterman – engineers
  • Mark "Tufty" Evans – mixing at Croosh Alley Studios
  • Bob Fairshield – mastering

Charts

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scope="col"| Chart (2014)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Austria|56|artist=Uriah Heep|album=Outsider|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 June 2023}}
{{album chart|Flanders|150|artist=Uriah Heep|album=Outsider|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 June 2023}}
{{album chart|Wallonia|129|artist=Uriah Heep|album=Outsider|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 June 2023}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|74|artist=Uriah Heep|album=Outsider|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 June 20238}}
{{album chart|Finland|28|artist=Uriah Heep|album=Outsider|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 June 2023}}
{{album chart|Germany4|32|id=246918|artist=Uriah Heep|album=Outsider|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 June 2023}}
{{album chart|Oricon|237|M|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/171882/products/1076793/1/|title=アウトサイダー|publisher=Oricon.co.jp|access-date=10 June 2023|rowheader=true
}

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{{album chart|Switzerland|17|artist=Uriah Heep|album=Outsider|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 June 2023}}

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{{album chart|UKIndependent|18|date=20140615|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 June 2023}}

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{{album chart|UKRock|9|date=20140615|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 June 2023}}

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References