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''Outland'' is the thirteenth studio album by electropop pioneer〔(Conmy, Mick "Gary Numan review" ) BBC Oxford. Retrieved 31 July 2013.〕 Gary Numan, released in 1991. It was Numan's second and last studio album to be released by IRS Records. It reached Number 39 on the UK charts. The songs "Heart" and "My World Storm" were released as singles; "Heart" charted at Number 43, while "My World Storm" eventually became a US-only promo single after a planned UK release was shelved due to the inner turmoil at the label around the release of the album. The latter however reached Number 46 on the US dance chart. ==Overview== Musically, ''Outland'' maintained previous albums' synth-pop/dance-funk style, which would continue until the artist's 1994 industrial album ''Sacrifice''. The electro-jazz stylings of ''Outland'' are reminiscent of Numan's 1989 collaboration album with Bill Sharpe, ''Automatic'', although its dystopian lyrics are more typical of Numan's solo work. ''Outland'' could almost be described as a concept album, as its songs share common themes and (in the case of the tracks "Confession" and "From Russia Infected") common musical and lyrical motifs. Indeed, ''Outland'' features more overt references to science-fiction than any other album Numan has released. The album features many vocal samples from notable sci-fi/action movies of the 1980s, including ''Blade Runner'', ''The Terminator'', ''Aliens'' and ''Predator'' (the title of ''Outland'' itself may be a reference to the 1981 science fiction film of the same name). The instrumental interludes on ''Outland'' add to the album's cinematic atmosphere. Of the album, Numan recalled: Numan's "Outland Tour" was originally scheduled for September 1990, but a lightning storm caused damage to Numan's recording studio, delaying the album and postponing the 14-date tour until March 1991. Due to the delay, the planned WORLD tour and budget for the stage set didn't materialise from the label, with inner Turmoil and artists been dropped from the label by the time the UK tour commenced. In September–October 1991, Numan embarked on the 19-date "Emotion Tour" (the first show was performed in Belgium; the rest were in the UK). To date, no official live albums or videos have been released from Numan's 1991 tours. There are rumored to be three versions of the album completed, as Numan struggled to have a musical relationship with I.R.S. who were at this time constantly trying to influence his musical direction. The original album was to feature a Prince cover "1999", which was a compromise with the label, this was eventually dropped for a new track, "Soul Protection". After the album's commercial failure, Numan was dropped by the label and shortly after returned to his own label Numa Records (through which Numan had released three studio albums between 1984 and 1986). Numan released two more studio albums through Numa, ''Machine + Soul'' in 1992 and ''Sacrifice'' in 1994, before shutting down the label permanently. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Outland (Gary Numan album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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