{"id":2632,"date":"2020-06-10T12:15:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T11:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/?p=2632"},"modified":"2020-06-10T12:15:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T11:15:14","slug":"official-re-issue-of-2014-album-the-outsiders-set-for-june-12th-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/06\/10\/official-re-issue-of-2014-album-the-outsiders-set-for-june-12th-release\/","title":{"rendered":"OFFICIAL RE-ISSUE OF 2014 ALBUM,  &#8216;THE OUTSIDERS&#8217;  SET FOR JUNE 12th RELEASE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THIS LANDMARK, CHART-TOPPING STATEMENT COMES WITH\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>BONUS TRACKS &amp; SPECIAL PACKAGING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0most successful\u00a0country album of 2014,\u00a0<strong>&#8216;The Outsiders&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0<em>true<\/em><br \/>\nstatement of intent, defining\u00a0the North Carolina story-teller&#8217;s\u00a0view that song-writing\u00a0shouldn&#8217;t be restrained by\u00a0convention\u00a0or by style.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot of current talk about the crossover between country and rock, which makes now the perfect time for this ground-breaking outing to be getting an official\u00a0<strong>June 12th<\/strong>\u00a0re-issue via\u00a0<strong>Snakefarm Records<\/strong>\u00a0across CD, double gatefold vinyl &amp; digital, complete with special packaging and extra tracks \u2013 including a bonus CD of live material with the LP.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-order the album\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/umusic.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5a26ae5881eafacf16c05caf9&amp;id=b0e7100a11&amp;e=674035a01f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Simply,\u00a0<strong>&#8216;The Outsiders&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0was boldly blurring those rock \/ country lines back in 2014, with tracks such as\u00a0<strong>&#8216;That&#8217;s Damn Rock &amp; Roll&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0and the title song showing that\u00a0<strong>Eric<\/strong>\u00a0and his band needed no encouragement to move into the rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll fast lane; elsewhere, numbers such as\u00a0<strong>&#8216;A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>&#8216;Talladega&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0show the artist in a more vulnerable, retrospective light, but every number is bound together by the same consuming desire to follow the natural flow of the music\u00a0and to keep things\u00a0<em>real<\/em>.<\/p>\n<iframe  id=\"_ytid_97863\"  width=\"676\" height=\"380\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rek_Cxrc1pE?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=1&autohide=2&hl=en_US&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<p>These recordings,\u00a0over-seen as\u00a0usual\u00a0by producer\u00a0<strong>Jay Joyce<\/strong>, weren&#8217;t going to be judged\u00a0on\u00a0how perfect they were; the litmus test was simply\u00a0<em>&#8216;how does it feel?&#8217;<\/em>, both for listener and performer\u00a0\u2013\u00a0which is why\u00a0the aforementioned\u00a0<strong>&#8216;A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0essentially a\u00a0microphone check that turned into a spontaneous performance.\u00a0and why the spoken word intro to\u00a0<strong>&#8216;Devil, Devil&#8217; (&#8216;Princess Of Darkness&#8217;)<\/strong>\u00a0was recorded on\u00a0<strong>Eric<\/strong>&#8216;s phone in the Opry Mills mall parking lot in Nashville!<\/p>\n<p>Now at double platinum status in the US,\u00a0<strong>&#8216;The Outsiders&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0stands for all of those values most closely associated with\u00a0<strong>Eric\u00a0Church<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 creativity over commerce,\u00a0<em>&#8220;front row over Music Row&#8221;<\/em>, remembering earlier, tougher\u00a0times, and thinking\u00a0well\u00a0outside\u00a0of\u00a0the box&#8230; in fact, reducing that box to matchwood.<\/p>\n<p>In those earlier times,\u00a0<strong>Eric<\/strong>\u00a0saw something in the crowd that struck a chord. 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