''Outskirts'' is the debut

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

by Canadian

country rock Country rock is a genre of music which fuses rock and country. It was developed by rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s. These musicians recorded rock records using country themes, vocal s ...

group

Blue Rodeo Blue Rodeo is a Canadian country rock band formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have released 16 full-length studio albums, four live recordings, one greatest hits album, and two video/DVDs, along with multiple solo albums, side projects, a ...

, released in March 1987 through Risqué Disque. The singles "Try" and "Rose-Coloured Glasses" were hits in

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, where "Outskirts" and "Rebel" also made the singles charts. To mark the 25th anniversary of the album, Blue Rodeo released a two-LP vinyl remixed edition, ''Outskirts Remix'', on November 27, 2012. On the thirtieth anniversary of the album's release, Jim Cuddy posted the following message on the band's website: "The first night we started to make ''Outskirts'' was also the night my wife Rena went into labour with our first child Devin. So needless to say it was an unforgettable night. The record came out to a deafening silence. Not a single radio station played the first single, 'Outskirts'. We sold 5000 records which we thought was amazing but were told we would be dropped if nothing else happened. So much has happened since then but I still hold onto the feelings from those early days of tearing it up in a club with nothing to lose. We could never have dreamed of being where we are today and looking back on 30 years of playing music together. Sometimes life surprises you."

Track listing

All songs written by

Greg Keelor James Gregory Keelor, (born Francis McIntyre, August 29, 1954) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known as a member of the band Blue Rodeo, where he shares song writing and vocal duties with Jim Cuddy. Keelor has also rele ...

and

Jim Cuddy James Gordon Cuddy, (born December 2, 1955) is a Canadian singer-songwriter primarily associated with the band Blue Rodeo. Early life and education Cuddy was born in Toronto, Ontario. His Mother Jean Cuddy was an English teacher at Monarch Pa ...

. #"Heart Like Mine" – 4:38 elease Date: February 19, 1988#"Rose-Coloured Glasses" – 4:25 elease Date: February 7, 1988#"Rebel" – 3:47 elease Date: February 28, 1987#"Joker's Wild" – 4:02 elease Date: March 9, 1988#"Piranha Pool" – 6:27 elease Date: March 6, 1987#"Outskirts" – 4:45 elease Date: February 8, 1988#"Underground" – 5:05 elease Date: February 27, 1987#"5 Will Get You Six" – 4:22 elease date: March 1, 1988#"

Try Try or TRY may refer to: Music Albums * ''Try!'', an album by the John Mayer Trio * ''Try'' (Bebo Norman album) (2014) Songs * "Try" (Blue Rodeo song) (1987) * "Try" (Colbie Caillat song) (2014) * "Try" (Nelly Furtado song) (2004) * " Try (Ju ...

" – 4:03 #"Floating" – 7:32 elease Date: March 7, 1988

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References

1987 debut albums Blue Rodeo albums Albums produced by Terry Brown (record producer) {{1980s-country-album-stub