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Outside Inside is the sixth studio album by The Tubes, released in 1983. It was the second album by the group to be released by Capitol Records. The album was produced by David Foster. The Tubes had their biggest radio hit with the single from this album, "She's a Beauty".

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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]

Early US copies of the album used embossed lettering for the eye chart on the front cover. This made the lettering hard to read. A later version of the cover had the eye chart along with artist and title information printed in red and blue.

There are 2 different versions of the song "The Monkey Time". The original included guest vocals from Martha Davis of The Motels. Other copies used a version with Davis' vocal replaced by Michele Gray. Gray was one of The Tubes principal dancers from 1983–1985, and later married frequent Tubes collaborator and producer Todd Rundgren.

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

Release history

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

In 2012 Iconclassic 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 1980's solo album "First Chud")
4. "The Monkey Time" (single version featuring Michelle 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

Charts

Chart	Position	Date
US Billboard Albums[2]	18	July 1983
UK Official Charts[3]	77	April 1983
NZ Album Charts[4][5]	22	June 1983

Singles – US Billboard

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	"She's a Beauty"	Mainstream Rock[6]	1
		Pop Singles[7]	10
	"Tip of My Tongue"		52
	"The Monkey Time"	Mainstream Rock[6]	16
		Pop Singles[7]	68

References

External links

• Outside Inside on Discogs.com

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