The Outsider is the twelfth studio
album by American
country music singer
Rodney Crowell. It was released on August 16, 2005 via
Columbia Records. The album includes the singles "The Obscenity Prayer" and "Say You Love Me".
Critical reception
Thom Jurek of
Allmusic gave the album four stars out of five, calling it a "natural extension" of Crowell's last two albums, The Houston Kid and Fate's Right Hand. He also praised the album for "dig[ging] deep into social and political consciousness."[1]
Track listing
All songs written by Rodney Crowell, except "Shelter from the Storm", written by
Bob Dylan.
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Say You Love Me"
3:32
2.
"The Obscenity Prayer (Give It to Me)"
3:54
3.
"The Outsider"
4:23
4.
"Dancin' Circles 'Round the Sun (
Epictetus Speaks)"