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- On The Outside
- - 36,888 plays
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  - 4 shares
Starsailor
Released 2006

In The Crossfire
03:17
9,565 plays

Empty Streets
03:38
916 plays

Faith Hope Love
02:48
3,402 plays

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- 1
- In The Crossfire
- 03:17
- 9,565 plays

- 2
- Counterfeit Life
- 03:32
- 2,630 plays

- 3
- In My Blood
- 03:56
- 2,445 plays

- 4
- Faith Hope Love
- 02:48
- 3,402 plays

- 5
- I Don't Know
- 03:22
- 2,543 plays

- 6
- Way Back Home
- 03:11
- 2,172 plays

- 7
- Keep Us Together
- 03:48
- 2,312 plays

- 8
- Get Out While You Can
- 03:08
- 1,995 plays

- 9
- This Time
- 03:33
- 2,352 plays

- 10
- White Light
- 04:36
- 2,049 plays

- 11
- Jeremiah
- 03:40
- 1,901 plays

- 12
- Empty Streets
- 03:38
- 916 plays

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album review

Starsailor's third studio album On the Outside features more of the British rock group's big, melodic, world-weary rock. This is alt-rock as conceived by bands like U2 and Echo & the Bunnymen. It's heavy on pathos and hooky choruses, and generally follows the serious artist credo of the more organ the better. Lead singer James Walsh's deadpan half-yodel is a bit of an acquired taste, but shouldn't come as a shock to anybody reared on a steady diet of Radiohead and Verve. It also meshes nicely with the big print imperatives Walsh favors for lyrics like, "Faith, Hope, Love; Be enough," "I got enough respite to keep on tryin'" and "Do you see what I see -- a plastic society?." While the album is impeccably crafted, the songs here lean toward the homogeneous and may take a few spins before such gems as "In My Blood," "Keep Us Together," and "Get Out While You Can" reveal themselves. Fittingly, for listeners who do not alienate themselves on the first spin, On the Outside holds much to offer. ~ Matt Collar, All Music Guide