Outpost (The Samples album)
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| Outpost | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1995–1996 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | MCA[1] | |||
| Producer | Ed Thacker, Walt Beery | |||
| The Samples chronology | ||||
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Outpost is an album by the Boulder, Colorado-based band the Samples, released in 1996.[2][3] The first single was "The Lost Children (A Slow Motion Crash)".[4] The band promoted Outpost by playing the H.O.R.D.E. Festival.[5]
The album sold around 58,000 copies in its first two years of release.[6] The band briefly broke up after promoting the album, before reforming with a different lineup.[7]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [11] |
| Fort Worth Star-Telegram |  [9] |
| The Indianapolis Star | [12] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [13] |
| New Straits Times | [14] |
| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | [10] |
| The Republican | [15] |
The Washington Post wrote that "the Samples' music is still a bit blank, but it's consistently tuneful and mostly lively."[16] The Hartford Courant noted that "the music is almost devoid of musical hooks, relying instead on [Sean] Kelly's vocals, background harmonies and pleasant arrangements among guitar, bass and keyboards to hold the listener's interest."[17]
The Indianapolis Star stated: "From the dreamy, melancholy 'I Remember Dying' to the high-energy delivery of 'All My Thoughts (I Remember Johnny)', the Samples' Output ... reminds of a pre-Top 40 Fleetwood Mac."[12] The Republican determined that "this is provocative stuff, at times reminiscent of everyone from the Police in their prime to early BoDeans and R.E.M."[15]
