Outskirts (album)

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Outskirts
Studio album by Blue Rodeo
Released	March 1987
Recorded	1986–1987
Genre	Country rock
Length	49:06
Label	Risqué Disque
Producer	Terry Brown
Blue Rodeo chronology
Outskirts (1987) Diamond Mine (1989)
Singles from Outskirts
"Try" Released: October 19, 1987

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Outskirts is the debut studio album by Canadian country rock group Blue Rodeo, released in March 1987 through Risqué Disque. The singles "Try" and "Rose-Coloured Glasses" were hits in Canada, where "Outskirts" and "Rebel" also made the singles charts.

To mark the 25th anniversary of the album, Blue Rodeo released a two-LP vinyl remixed edition, Outskirts Remix, on November 27, 2012.^[2]

On the thirtieth anniversary of the album's release, Jim Cuddy posted the following message on the band's website: "The first night we started to make Outskirts was also the night my wife Rena went into labour with our first child Devin. So needless to say it was an unforgettable night. The record came out to a deafening silence. Not a single radio station played the first single, 'Outskirts'. We sold 5000 records which we thought was amazing but were told we would be dropped if nothing else happened. So much has happened since then but I still hold onto the feelings from those early days of tearing it up in a club with nothing to lose. We could never have dreamed of being where we are today and looking back on 30 years of playing music together. Sometimes life surprises you."^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

All songs written by Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy.

1. "Heart Like Mine" – 4:38 [Release Date: February 19, 1988]
2. "Rose-Coloured Glasses" – 4:25 [Release Date: February 7, 1988]
3. "Rebel" – 3:47 [Release Date: February 28, 1987]
4. "Joker's Wild" – 4:02 [Release Date: March 9, 1988]
5. "Piranha Pool" – 6:27 [Release Date: March 6, 1987]
6. "Outskirts" – 4:45 [Release Date: February 8, 1988]
7. "Underground" – 5:05 [Release Date: February 27, 1987]
8. "5 Will Get You Six" – 4:22 [Release date: March 1, 1988]
9. "Try" – 4:03
10. "Floating" – 7:32 [Release Date: March 7, 1988]

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Top Albums	20

Certifications

Region	Certification
Canada (Music Canada)[3]	4× Platinum

References

1. "Outskirts Review by Chris Woodstra". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
2. "Blue Rodeo - Outskirts Remix". bluerodeo.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
3. "Canadian album certifications – Blue Rodeo – Outskirts". Music Canada.