1999 release by this Detroit pop band fronted by singer/guitarist/songwriter Matthew Smith, formerly of the Volebeats and sideman to such underground luminaries as Epic Soundtracks, Simon Bonney, Warren DeFever, Andre Will... more »iams, Kim Fowley and more. 13 tracks, including 'Togetherness' and 'Easy Come, Uneasy Glow'. Standard jewel case.« less
1999 release by this Detroit pop band fronted by singer/guitarist/songwriter Matthew Smith, formerly of the Volebeats and sideman to such underground luminaries as Epic Soundtracks, Simon Bonney, Warren DeFever, Andre Williams, Kim Fowley and more. 13 tracks, including 'Togetherness' and 'Easy Come, Uneasy Glow'. Standard jewel case.
"Outrageous Cherry's 4th album is perhaps their best and most focused to date. Their sound is kinda like a hybrid between the velvet underground and the monkees with a bit of sonic youth's distortion and experimentation thrown in. whilst they don't reach the heights of, say, "pale frail lovely one" from their debut self-titled album (1994), they have stumbled upon a new found cocnsistency which makes this their best overall work. anyway, stand-out tracks are "georgie don't you know" and "where do i go when you dream?". if your into garage-psych or just good old-fashioned guitar pop, you must check this out."
Big hits, lots of misses
W. M. Shipman | Gloucester, VA United States | 05/02/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This album is a tough one to sum up, but here goes: a few of the tracks here (specifically "Corruptable" and "Georgie Don't You Know") are power pop at its finest, reflecting the head-nodding finger-snapping anthems of the 60s through a fuzz filter. Unfortunately, the band seems to have attention-deficit disorder and wanders all over the board from song to song. As a result, many of the tracks here are lackluster. Nevertheless, I feel the good outweighs the bad -- just be prepared to skip past some tunes that come off as uninspired filler."
Outrageous Cherry - 'Out There In The Dark' (Del-Fi) 4 1/2
Mike Reed | USA | 05/15/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Good 1999 release by Detroit's own pyschedelic popsters. About as good as the other two Outrageous Cherry CD's that I've made a part of my music collection, 'Book Of Spectral Projections' and 'Our Love Will Change The World' (see my reviews of both). With uptempo tracks like "Togetherness", "Corruptable" and "Tracy", this disc is hard to keep on the shelf that much. Was also sort of blown away by this CD's closer, the eleven minute head tripping "There's No Escape From The Infinite". Take it from me, IF you dig this particular genre, it rarely gets any better than this. A must-have."
Super Famous...
susan katz | Chicago | 03/09/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"is what this band should be, with money falling out of their pockets from selling so many albums..but since most Americans are lame they continue to fly under the radar. I have seen them live twice and both times it was great. This is by far my favorite album, most of the songs are just classic. I would say it is an almost perfect album. Buy this!"