Outrageous is the third album by American singer-songwriter Kim Fowley, released in 1968 through Imperial Records.
Release and reception
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." Rob Fitzpatrick of the Guardian named the album one of the "101 strangest records on Spotify," writing that: 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.)
Track listing
Chart positions Charts (1969) Peakposition US Billboard 200198
Personnel
Musicians Kim Fowley – additional vocals, keyboards, record producer 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
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