Outside Looking In

by BoDeans

Overview

Having established themselves as contenders with their debut album, the BoDeans looked to move on to the next level in commercial and artistic terms on their second release, bringing in producer Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads and expanding beyond their roots rock style, to the extent of occasionally singing in falsetto, adding female backup vocals, and recording near-soul pop numbers like "Runaway Love." But the songwriting wasn't as impressive, and the de-emphasis on such signature sounds as Sammy Llanas' nasal voice inclined the album toward anonymity. (Sequencing didn't help either: Why bury the album's best song, the Byrds-like "What It Feels Like," as the eighth track? In fact, the album improved generally in its second half, when it sounded more like the first record.) Although they broke into the Top 100 best-sellers, they failed to break a chart or radio single, which clouded their future. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/1990
Label:	Warner Bros. / Slash Records
UPC:	0075992562928
Rank:	101506

Tracks

1. Dreams
2. Pick Up the Pieces
3. Take It Tomorrow
4. Say About Love
5. Don't Be Lonely
6. Runaway Love
7. Only Love
8. What It Feels Like
9. The Ballad of Jenny Rae
10. Forever Young (The Wild Ones)
11. Someday
12. Fool
13. I'm in Trouble Again

Album Credits

Performance Credits

BoDeans   Primary Artist
Bob Griffin   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Arlene Newson   Vocals
Shirley Sims   Vocals
Sam Llanas   Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Rick Jeager   Drums
Guy Hoffman   Drums
Jerry Harrison   Keyboards,Synthesizer
Dr. Rick Jaeger   Drums
Kurt Neumann   Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)

Technical Credits

Mark McCraw   Engineer
Mark McGraw   Engineer
Jack Skinner   Mastering
Mike Russ   Photography
Gabrielle Raumberger   Art Direction
Joey Kent   Engineer
John Potoker   Mixing
Sam Llanas   Composer
Todd Beatus   Engineer
Tony Masciarotte   Engineer
BoDeans   Composer
Bruce Breckenfeld   Engineer
Jay Mark   Mixing,Engineer
Johnny Potoker   Mixing
Mark Roule   Engineer
Jerry Harrison   Producer,Drum Programming
Jim Bartz   Engineer
He & He   Composer,Producer
Dan Harjung   Engineer
Dave Kent   Engineer
Kurt Neumann   Composer
Jan Levinson   Composer
Don Peterkofsky   Engineer