Album #2 | ||||
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Studio album by The Outsiders | ||||
Released | 1966 | |||
Recorded | 1966 | |||
Genre | Rock and roll, garage rock | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Tom King | |||
The Outsiders chronology | ||||
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Album #2 – also known as The Outsiders Album #2 or simply #2 – is the second studio album by the Outsiders.
The album was released in the LP format on Capitol in September 1966 in both monaural and stereophonic editions (catalogue numbers T 2568 and ST 2568, respectively).
Although never released individually as a CD, the band's first two albums were reissued on Liberty Bell as a "two-fer" CD, along with bonus tracks (catalogue number PCD 4365).
This LP is more of a "blue eyed soul" album than Time Won't Let Me. Other than "My Girl", the tracks on their first album all fit solidly into the rock category, while this is true of only a minority of the tracks on this album. Only one of the band's many singles is included, their second biggest seller "Respectable". Also known as "(She's So) Respectable" and "Respectable (What Kind of Girl Is This)", this song was written and released as a single by the Isley Brothers in 1959; though not a hit at that time, the song became more prominent when it was included on the Yardbirds' debut album, Five Live Yardbirds (1964). Its flip side, "Lost in My World" is an original song by the band (written by Tom King and Chet Kelley) and is a different song from the flip side of the 1970 single that was issued in the name the Outsiders and later re-credited to Climax.
The "B" sides of the Outsiders' last two singles on Capitol – which were not released until late 1967 and 1968 – are also included on this album. "I Will Love You" was co-written by Shelby Flint, who included it on her first album in 1961; it was also a minor 1963 hit for Richard Chamberlain. "Oh How it Hurts" is a different song from the title song and first single from Barbara Mason's 1968 album.