Outside Inside (The Tubes album)

Not to be confused with Outsideinside.

Outside Inside is the sixth studio album by the Tubes, released in 1983 on Capitol Records.^[3] The album peaked at No. 18 on the US Billboard 200.^[4]

Outside Inside
Studio album by the Tubes
Released	April 4, 1983
Recorded	1982
Genre	Rock
Length	36:44
Label	Capitol
Producer	David Foster
The Tubes chronology
The Completion Backward Principle (1981) Outside Inside (1983) Love Bomb (1985)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Village Voice	(C+)[2]

Critical reception

Dave Connolly of AllMusic favourably claimed "producer David Foster and even more members of Toto help the Tubes punch up their new radio-ready sound with added energy. If their last record showed a newfound dancefloor sensibility, Outside Inside is absolutely funky."^[1]

Track listing

Side 1

1. "She's a Beauty" (Foster, Waybill, Lukather) – 4:01
2. "No Not Again" (Tubes) – 3:28
3. "Out of the Business" (Tubes) – 3:30
4. "The Monkey Time" (Curtis Mayfield, Tubes) – 3:54
5. "Glass House" (Tubes) – 3:31

Side 2

1. "Wild Women of Wongo" (Tubes) – 3:57
2. "Tip of My Tongue" (M. White, M. Snyder) – 3:58
3. "Fantastic Delusion" (Tubes) – 3:54
4. "Drums" (Tubes) – 2:21
5. "Theme Park" (Tubes) – 3:13
6. "Outside Lookin' Inside" (Tubes) – 0:57

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Release history

The Michele Gray version of "The Monkey Time" was also used on the Capitol CD issue of the album.

The album's liner notes list the track "Outside Lookin' Inside" as being "excerpted from a conversation with Harry James."^{[citation needed]}

In 2012 Iconoclassic reissued the album with the original version of "The Monkey Time" featuring Davis. The reissue also included bonus tracks including B-sides that had never been previously released on CD. The CD was remastered by Vic Anesini and featured extensive liner notes and commentary from band members.

The bonus tracks include:

1. "When You're Ready to Come" (B-side of a single from the album)
2. "Keyboard Kids"
3. "Satellite" (an alternate version previously appeared on Bill Spooner's 1985 solo album "First Chud")
4. "The Monkey Time" (single version featuring Michele Gray on vocals)

Personnel

The Tubes

• Rick Anderson - Bass
• Michael Cotten - Synthesizer
• Mingo Lewis - Percussion
• Prairie Prince - Drums, Producer, Art Direction
• Bill Spooner - Guitar, Vocals
• Roger Steen - Guitar, Vocals
• Fee Waybill - Vocals, Mixing
• Vince Welnick - Keyboards

Additional personnel

• Maurice White
• Patti Austin - Background vocals
• Stacy Baird - Producer, Engineer
• Bob Bullock - Assistant Engineer
• Bill Burks - Contribution
• Bill Champlin - Background vocals
• David Cole - Engineer
• Martha Davis - Vocals
• Nathan East - Bass
• Larry Ferguson - Assistant Engineer
• Chuck Findley - Horn
• David Foster - Keyboards, Producer
• Tom Fouce - Assistant Engineer
• Humberto Gatica - Engineer, Mixing
• Gary Grant - Horn
• Jay Graydon
• Gary Herbig - Horn
• Jerry Hey - Arranger, Horn
• James Newton Howard - Keyboards
• Gregg Jampol - Assistant Engineer
• Howard Johnston - Assistant Engineer
• Ken Kessie - Engineer
• Bobby Kimball - Background vocals
• Dennis Kirk - Engineer
• Jeff Kliment - Assistant Engineer
• Paul Knotter - Collaboration
• Roy Kohara - Art Direction
• Greg Ladanyi - Mixing
• Jack Leahy - Engineer
• Steve Lukather - Guitar
• George Massenburg - Mixing
• Jim McCrary - Photography
• Marnie Moore - Assistant Engineer
• David Paich - Keyboards
• Steve Porcaro - Keyboards
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. - Horn
• Barbara Rooney - Assistant Engineer
• Freddy Washington - Bass
• Jim Welch - Contribution
• David Williams - Guitar
• Larry Williams - Horn
• Gene Wooley - Assistant Engineer

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Charts

Chart	Position	Date
US Billboard 200[4]	18	July 1983
UK Top Pop Albums[5]	77	April 1983
NZ Top Pop Albums[6][7]	22	June 1983
Canada (RPM)[8]	27	June 1983

Singles – US Billboard

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	"She's a Beauty"	Mainstream Rock[9]	1
		Pop Singles[10]	10
	"Tip of My Tongue"		52
	"The Monkey Time"	Mainstream Rock[9]	16
		Pop Singles[10]	68

References

1. Connolly, Dave. "The Tubes - Outside Inside". AllMusic. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
2. Christgau, Robert. "The Tubes". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
3. The Tubes - Outside Inside. Capitol Records. 1983.
4. "The Tubes Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard.com. 2019. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
5. "Tubes: Outside Inside". Official Charts. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
6. "Tubes: Outside Inside". Charts.nz. 2019.
7. "OFFICIAL TOP 40 ALBUMS". Official New Zealand Music Chart. 1983-06-05. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
8. "RPM Top 100 Albums - June 18, 1983" (PDF).
9. "The Tubes Chart History: Mainstream Rock Tracks". Billboard.com. 2019. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
10. "The Tubes Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard.com. 2019. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2019.