| Album #2 | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Outsiders |
| Cover: | Outsiders-album2-cover.jpg |
| Released: | September 1966 |
| Recorded: | 1966 |
| Genre: | Rock and roll, garage rock |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Tom King, Roger Karshner |
| Prev Title: | Time Won't Let Me |
| Prev Year: | 1966 |
| Next Title: | In |
| Next Year: | 1967 |
Album #2 – also known as The Outsiders Album #2 or simply #2 – is the second studio album by the Outsiders.
The album was released in the LP format on Capitol in September 1966 in both monaural and stereophonic editions (catalogue numbers T 2568 and ST 2568, respectively).
Although never released individually as a CD, the band's first two albums were reissued on Liberty Bell as a "two-fer" CD, along with bonus tracks (catalogue number PCD 4365).
This LP is more of a "blue-eyed soul" album than Time Won't Let Me. Only one of the band's many singles is included, their second biggest seller "Respectable". Also known as "(She's So) Respectable" and "Respectable (What Kind of Girl Is This)", this song was written and released as a single by the Isley Brothers in 1959; though not a hit at that time, the song became more prominent when it was included on the Yardbirds' debut album, Five Live Yardbirds (1964). Its flip side, "Lost in My World" is an original song by the band (written by Tom King and Chet Kelley) and is a different song from the flip side of the 1970 single that was issued in the name the Outsiders and later re-credited to Climax. It closely emulates the band's first hit, "Time Won't Let Me"; both songs feature the same chord sequence, a similar main guitar theme, a highly disconnected vocal melody in the verses, verses which each begin with "I can't...", and a bridge section which has a guitar solo followed by a wordless vocal and a squealing horn crescendo.
"Since I Lost My Baby" was a Top 20 pop hit and a Top 5 R&B hit for the Temptations in mid-1965. The Tommy James and the Shondells version of "Hanky Panky" became a Number One hit in July 1966, shortly before the release of this album; when originally released by the Raindrops, it was a very different song with a slower and more sensual beat. "Cool Jerk" was a popular pop and R&B hit that was released by the Capitols in July 1966, again within weeks of the release of this album.
Another cover, "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" was a 1964 hit by the Reflections. One of the lesser known covers on the album, "Wine Wine Wine" was first recorded in 1959 by The Nightcaps.
The first six bonus tracks are the sides from the last four singles by the band other than the two "B" sides that are included on Album #2; these songs are not included on any of the band's 1960s albums. The last two bonus tracks are alternate versions of two songs that are actually by Climax – Sonny Geraci's band after the Outsiders broke up – although "Think I'm Falling" was first released under the name the Outsiders before Tom King won the rights to the band name in a lawsuit. "Rock and Roll Heaven" went on to be a major hit song by the Righteous Brothers, but not until 1974.
When released by Liberty Bell, the CD included the tracks on Time Won't Let Me in the same order as on that LP, followed by the tracks on this album in the same order, then these bonus tracks: