Outrageous (Kim Fowley album)

Outrageous
Studio album by Kim Fowley
Released	1968
Genre	Protopunk, glam rock, garage rock, psychedelic rock, experimental rock
Length	36:18
Label	Imperial
Producer	Kim Fowley
Kim Fowley chronology

Outrageous is the third album by American singer-songwriter Kim Fowley, released in 1968 through Imperial Records.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	E^[2]

Outrageous is perhaps the most renowned of Fowley's solo output and is his only album to chart on the United States' Billboard 200. In January 2003 Julian Cope selected it as the album of the month, calling it "a shamanic rock’n’roll album made by the ultimate chancer/huckster/gleeman."^[3] Rob Fitzpatrick of the Guardian named the album one of the "101 strangest records on Spotify," writing that:

The album sounds like Fowley himself was off his chump on weapons-grade pharmaceuticals - he rants, raves, seethes, spits, burps, curses, declaims, screams and hollers his way across a heavily psychedelic set of knuckle-scraping rock-outs that recall a post-lobotomy Doors attempting an MC5 b-side while piled in the back of a inexpertly driven truck. On ice. And drugs. On the moon.^[4]

Less enthusiastic was music journalist Robert Christgau, who rated it "E", his second-worst rating (on a scale of A+ to E-), and stated, "I don't understand how he continues to earn a living, but he does." (Fowley eventually did earn an E- from Christgau for his 1972 release I'm Bad.)^[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Kim Fowley, except "Animal Man" and "Bubble Gum" co-written by Marty Cerf.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Animal Man"	2:37
2.	"Wildfire"	4:00
3.	"Hide and Seek"	2:07
4.	"Chinese Water Torture"	0:43
5.	"Nightrider"	2:16
6.	"Bubble Gum"	2:45

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Inner Space Discovery"	4:05
2.	"Barefoot Country Boy"	2:00
3.	"Up"	4:05
4.	"Caught in the Middle"	5:40
5.	"Down"	5:00
6.	"California Hayride"	1:10

Chart positions

Charts (1969)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[5]	198

Musicians

Kim Fowley – additional vocals, keyboards, production
Michael Allsup – guitar
Ben "Blues" Benay – guitar, harmonica
Mars Bonfire – guitar
Jimmy Greenspoon – keyboards
Eddie Hoh – percussion
Orville "Red" Rhodes – steel guitar
Carmen Riale – bass guitar
Joe Schermie – bass guitar
Wayne Talbert – keyboards
Joe Torres – percussion

Production and additional personnel

David Brand – engineering
Ed Caraeff – photography
Bruce Ellison – engineering
Gabor Halmos – design
Woody Woodward – art direction

References

↑ "Outrageous". Allmusic. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
1 2 Christgau, Robert. "Kim Fowley: Outrageous". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
↑ Cope, Julian (2012). "Kim Fowley: Outrageous". headheritage.co.uk. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
↑ Fitzpatrick, Rob (2013-11-20). "The 101 strangest records on Spotify: Kim Fowley - Outrageous". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
↑ "Outrageous - Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved October 11, 2012.

External links

Outrageous at Discogs (list of releases)

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[allmusic-1] "Outrageous". Allmusic. Retrieved October 11, 2012.

[Christgau_Review-2] 1 2 Christgau, Robert. "Kim Fowley: Outrageous". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved October 11, 2012.

[3] Cope, Julian (2012). "Kim Fowley: Outrageous". headheritage.co.uk. Retrieved October 11, 2012.

[4] Fitzpatrick, Rob (2013-11-20). "The 101 strangest records on Spotify: Kim Fowley - Outrageous". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-12-15.

[5] "Outrageous - Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved October 11, 2012.