Eric Church is celebrating the 10th Anniversary of his fourth studio album, The Outsiders. The original album was released February 11th, 2014 and debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart and the Top Country Albums chart.
Prior to its release, Eric described the album as “more introspective” than what folks initially thought he would release as his fourth studio album. “What I chuckled about is when (the single) ‘The Outsiders’ came out and everybody thought it was going to be a progressive rock record, I kind of chuckled when it was happening. I mean, I enjoyed that, ‘cause I was sitting there going, ‘You’re judging it on the first song,’ and it’s probably the most introspective we’ve done,” says the North Carolina native. “To me, it shows maturity. It shows I’m not trying to figure out what people want me to be or want us to be. That’s just how it is right now, and at this stage in the career, I feel comfortable enough that to just say it or write it or sing it or play it.”
This weekend marks the 10 year anniversary of The Outsiders. Take a look at some rarely seen photos from the original photoshoot of the album and celebrate by streaming here: https://t.co/4JvZKYlOm3 pic.twitter.com/WRd6yZT7Sq
— Eric Church (@ericchurch) February 9, 2024
The Outsiders Track List:
| 1 | The Outsiders | |
| 2 | A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young | |
| 3 | Cold One | |
| 4 | Roller Coaster Ride | |
| 5 | Talladega | |
| 6 | Broke Record | |
| 7 | Like A Wrecking Ball | |
| 8 | That’s Damn Rock & Roll | |
| 9 | Dark Side | |
| 10 | Devil, Devil (Prelude: Princess Of Darkness) | |
| 11 | Give Me Back My Hometown | |
| 12 | The Joint |
Audio / Eric Church described his album, The Outsiders, as introspective.
DownloadEric Church (introspective album) OC: …or play it. :41
“I think it’s more introspective. What I chuckled about is when ‘The Outsiders’ came out and everybody thought it was going to be a progressive rock record, I kind of chuckled when it was happening. I mean, I enjoyed that, ‘cause I was sitting there going, ‘You’re judging it on the first song,’ and it’s probably the most introspective we’ve done. I mean, you can take two or three tracks on the album that are just very real. ‘Dark Side’ is another one that’s very real and very introspective. To me, it shows maturity. It shows I’m not trying to figure out what people want me to be or want us to be. That’s just how it is right now, and at this stage in the career, I feel comfortable enough that to just say it or write it or sing it or play it.”
Audio / Eric Church says the sequencing of the songs on The Outsiders was very important to how you hear it.
DownloadEric Church (sequencing songs on the new album) OC: …made this thing. :35
“We really think about how this record should be laid out, and this one way more than any. This way more than any, because there’s a couple moments on this album that if you take the individual song out of place and play it by itself, I don’t love it near as much as I do on the album, and the space that it gives songs in-between it. I’ve not had that before with any of the albums we’ve done. I have it at two definite times on this album where I need the song on the album, but when I hear it separate, I don’t get the same thing, and I think that’s a testament to the way we made this thing.”
