David Bowie 1.Outside (2021)
Label: Parlophone
Total Length: 74:36
Format: 2LP Vinyl (featuring the full tracklist for the first time on a standard vinyl release), CD, and Digital.
Recorded at: Primarily at Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland. Additional recording took place at London Bridge Studios, Seattle.
Recorded date: The main improvisational sessions occurred in March 1994, with further recording and mixing continuing through early 1995.
Released date: November 26, 2021 (as part of the Brilliant Adventure box set) and August 5, 2022 (as a standalone 2LP Vinyl and CD).
The 2021 remaster of David Bowie’s 1. Outside (The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hyper Cycle) is a re-release of his 1995 industrial-ambient 20th studio album, produced with Brian Eno. Released as part of the Brilliant Adventure (1992–2001) box set, this version is available on CD, streaming, and vinyl, often featuring remastered audio, but retaining the original, sometimes criticized, long tracklist and narrative structure.
All lyrics are written by David Bowie; all music is composed by David Bowie and Brian Eno, except where noted.
01. "Leon Takes Us Outside" Bowie, Brian Eno, Reeves Gabrels, Mike Garson, Erdal Kızılçay, Sterling Campbell Leon Blank 1:25
02. "Outside" Bowie, Kevin Armstrong prologue 4:04
03. "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" Bowie, Eno, Gabrels, Garson, Kızılçay, Campbell Detective Nathan Adler 4:57
04. "A Small Plot of Land" Bowie, Eno, Gabrels, Garson, Kızılçay, Campbell The residents of Oxford Town, New Jersey 6:36
05. "Segue – Baby Grace (A Horrid Cassette)" Bowie, Eno, Gabrels, Garson, Kızılçay, Campbell Baby Grace Blue 1:39
06. "Hallo Spaceboy" Paddy 5:14
07. "The Motel" Bowie Leon Blank 6:49
08. "I Have Not Been to Oxford Town" Leon Blank 3:47
09. "No Control" Detective Nathan Adler 4:33
10. "Segue – Algeria Touchshriek" Bowie, Eno, Gabrels, Garson, Kızılçay, Campbell Algeria Touchshriek 2:03
11. "The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (as Beauty)" Bowie, Eno, Gabrels The Artist/Minotaur 4:21
12. "Segue – Ramona A. Stone/I Am with Name" Bowie, Eno, Gabrels, Garson, Kızılçay, Campbell Ramona A. Stone and her acolytes 4:01
13. "Wishful Beginnings" The Artist/Minotaur 5:08
14. "We Prick You" Members of the Court of Justice 4:33
15. "Segue – Nathan Adler" Bowie, Eno, Gabrels, Garson, Kızılçay, Campbell Detective Nathan Adler 1:00
16. "I'm Deranged" The Artist/Minotaur 4:31
17. "Thru' These Architects Eyes" Bowie, Gabrels Leon Blank 4:22
18. "Segue – Nathan Adler" Detective Nathan Adler 0:28
19. "Strangers When We Meet" Bowie Leon Blank 5:07
Production: Produced by David Bowie and Brian Eno. Co-produced and engineered by David Richards.
Note:: The album was conceived as a "non-linear Gothic Drama Hyper-cycle" based on Bowie's short story The Diary of Nathan Adler.
Mastering: This 2021 version is a remastered edition specifically prepared for the career-spanning box set series.
