Outside (Amar album)

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Outside
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 12, 2000
GenreWorldbeat, electronic
LabelBlanco Y Negro
ProducerRobin Millar, Nitin Sawhney[1][2]
Amar chronology
Mein Aur Tu
(1994)
Outside
(2000)
Show It Off
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Birmingham Post[3]

Outside is an album by the British Indian singer Amar, released in 2000.[1]

"Sometimes It Snows in April" peaked at No. 48 on the UK Singles Chart.[4] A remix of the song was included on Mixmag's list of the "40 Best Tracks of 1995 to 2005".[5]

Critical reception[edit]

The Guardian called the album "wilfully eclectic," writing that "the songs benefit from breaking things down to the essentials, fusing [Amar's] distinctive raw vocals with blissed-out tablas, keyboards and strings."[2] The Birmingham Post wrote that the album weds "a vocal style vaguely reminiscent of Kate Bush" to "breakbeats and lush orchestrations."[3]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLength
1."The World"4:53
2."Sometimes It Snows in April"4:24
3."Claustrophobic"6:50
4."Maybe"5:22
5."Rain"2:07
6."To an Alien Land"5:51
7."Demons Win the Game"4:32
8."Red Sky"5:20
9."Another Tune"3:18
10."Tere Bina"4:11
11."After Sunset"4:59
12."Morning"3:00

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Bhushan, Nyay (Oct 16, 1999). "British-Asian scene on brink of mainstream". Billboard. 111 (42): 48, 53.
  2. ^ a b "Pop roundup | The Guardian | guardian.co.uk". www.theguardian.com.
  3. ^ a b Evans, Simon (8 July 2000). "CD Reviews". Birmingham Post: 6.
  4. ^ "AMAR | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  5. ^ "UK garage: the 40 best tracks of 1995 to 2005". Mixmag.