Outside Inside (The Tubes album)

Outside Inside is the sixth studio album by The Tubes, released in 1983. It was the second album by the group to be released by Capitol Records. The album was produced by David Foster. The Tubes had their biggest radio hit with the single from this album, "She's a Beauty".

Early US copies of the album used embossed lettering for the eye chart on the front cover, which made the lettering hard to read. A later version of the cover had the eye chart along with artist and title information printed in red and blue.

There are 2 different versions of the song "The Monkey Time". The original included guest vocals from Martha Davis of The Motels. Other copies used a version with Davis' vocal replaced by Michele Gray. Gray was one of The Tubes principal dancers from 1983–1985, and later married frequent Tubes collaborator and producer Todd Rundgren.

Side 1

 * 1) "She's a Beauty" (Foster, Waybill, Lukather) – 4:01
 * 2) "No Not Again" 	              (Tubes) – 3:28
 * 3) "Out of the Business" 	      (Tubes) – 3:30
 * 4) "The Monkey Time"  (Curtis Mayfield, Tubes) – 3:54
 * 5) "Glass House"                       (Tubes) – 3:31

Side 2

 * 1) "Wild Women of Wongo"               (Tubes) – 3:57
 * 2) "Tip of My Tongue"    (M. White, M. Snyder) – 3:58
 * 3) "Fantastic Delusion"                (Tubes) – 3:54
 * 4) "Drums"                             (Tubes) – 2:21
 * 5) "Theme Park"                        (Tubes) – 3:13
 * 6) "Outside Lookin' Inside"            (Tubes) - 0:57

Release history
The Michele Gray version of "The Monkey Time" was also used on the Capitol CD issue of the album.

The album's liner notes list the track "Outside Lookin' Inside" as being "excerpted from a conversation with Harry James."

In 2012 Iconclassic reissued the album with the original version of "The Monkey Time" featuring Davis. The reissue also included bonus tracks including B-sides that had never been previously released on CD. The CD was remastered by Vic Anesini and featured extensive liner notes and commentary from band members.

The bonus tracks include:


 * 1) "When You're Ready to Come" (B-side of a single from the album)
 * 2) "Keyboard Kids"
 * 3) "Satellite" (an alternate version previously appeared on Bill Spooner's 1985 solo album "First Chud")
 * 4) "The Monkey Time" (single version featuring Michele Gray on vocals)

Personnel
The Tubes
 * Rick Anderson - Bass
 * Michael Cotten	- Synthesizer
 * Mingo Lewis - Percussion
 * Prairie Prince - Drums, Producer, Art Direction
 * Bill Spooner - Guitar, Vocals
 * Roger Steen - Guitar, Vocals
 * Fee Waybill - Vocals, Mixing
 * Vince Welnick - Keyboards

Additional personnel


 * Maurice White
 * Patti Austin -  Background vocals
 * Stacy Baird	-    Producer, Engineer
 * Bob Bullock	-    Assistant Engineer
 * Bill Burks -	    Contribution
 * Bill Champlin - Background vocals
 * David Cole	-    Engineer
 * Martha Davis -	    Vocals
 * Nathan East -   Bass
 * Larry Ferguson -    Assistant Engineer
 * Chuck Findley	-    Horn
 * David Foster -  Keyboards, Producer
 * Tom Fouce	-    Assistant Engineer
 * Humberto Gatica -   Engineer, Mixing
 * Gary Grant	-    Horn
 * Jay Graydon
 * Gary Herbig	-    Horn
 * Jerry Hey -     Arranger, Horn
 * James Newton Howard - Keyboards
 * Gregg Jampol -	     Assistant Engineer
 * Howard Johnston -   Assistant Engineer
 * Ken Kessie	-    Engineer
 * Bobby Kimball	-    Background vocals
 * Dennis Kirk	-    Engineer
 * Jeff Kliment	-    Assistant Engineer
 * Paul Knotter	 -   Collaboration
 * Roy Kohara	-    Art Direction
 * Greg Ladanyi -	    Mixing
 * Jack Leahy	-    Engineer
 * Steve Lukather - Guitar
 * George Massenburg - Mixing
 * Jim McCrary	 -    Photography
 * Marnie Moore -	    Assistant Engineer
 * David Paich -	    Keyboards
 * Steve Porcaro -	    Keyboards
 * Bill Reichenbach Jr. - Horn
 * Barbara Rooney	-    Assistant Engineer
 * Freddy Washington - Bass
 * Jim Welch -	    Contribution
 * David Williams -	    Guitar
 * Larry Williams -	    Horn
 * Gene Wooley -	    Assistant Engineer