OutRun (album) explained

OutRun
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kavinsky
Cover:	Kavinsky - OutRun.png
Alt:	An image of a red Ferrari Testarossa with its headlights on, and a silhouette of a man with clouds behind them. The artist's name and album title appear above the Testarossa.
Recorded:	2006–2012
Studio:	Gang (Paris) CBE (Paris) Third Side (Paris)
Length:	44:26
Next Title:	Reborn
Next Year:	2022

OutRun is the debut studio album by French electronic musician Kavinsky, released on 22 February 2013 by Record Makers, Vertigo Records and Mercury Records. Production for the album was handled primarily by Kavinsky, along with close friend and fellow French electro house artist Sebastian. The album is named after Sega's 1986 arcade game of the same name, which featured the Ferrari Testarossa.^[1]

The concept behind OutRun follows Kavinsky's backstory of a young man who crashed his Testarossa in 1986 and reappeared in 2006 as a zombie who produces electronic music.^[2] Kavinsky cites influences from 1980s video games, television cop shows such as Miami Vice, and the films of Dario Argento.^[3]

Singles

"ProtoVision" was released on 10 December 2012 as the album's official lead single.^[4] The music video, directed by Marcus Herring, was released on 7 December 2012 on Vimeo and on 10 December 2012 on YouTube.^{[5] [6]}

Usage in media

A one-minute snippet of the song "Odd Look" was used in a 2012 French commercial for BMW i, which was shown in cinemas.^{[7] [8]} "Nightcall" plays during the opening credits of the 2011 film Drive.^[1] "Roadgame" has been used by Mercedes-Benz in a 2012 French commercial and in 2015 for the Italian commercial of the CLA Shooting Brake. It was also used when Manchester City players and their staff arrives at the Etihad Stadium from their bus during their home matches. In a British 2021 TV commercial for Gusto pre-prepared food ingredient boxes, a short clip of "Rampage" was used as an example of 80's electronica.

Critical reception

OutRun received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75, based on 12 reviews.^[9]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of OutRun.^[10]

Musicians

• Kavinsky – vocals
• Paul Hahn – voice
• Raw Man – guitars
• Sebastian – vocals
• Havoc – vocals
• Lovefoxxx – vocals
• Tyson – vocals
• José Reis Fontão – backing vocals

Technical

• Kavinsky – production
• Sebastian – production ; mixing
• A-Trak – recording
• Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo – production
• Florian Lagatta – engineering
• David Mestre – recording

Artwork

• The Directors Bureau Special Projects – album art concept, photography
• Marcus Herring – director
• Tari Segal – director of photography
• Benjamin Glovitz – production
• Duffy Culligan – executive production
• Charlotte Delarue – art direction
• Adrien Blanchat – image manipulation
• Graphame – layout

Charts

Year-end charts

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Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[11]	185
French Albums (SNEP)^[12]	68

Release history

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Date	Label
Germany	22 February 2013	Mercury	^[13]
Ireland			^[14]
France	25 February 2013		^[15]
United Kingdom			^[16]
United States	26 February 2013		^[17]
Australia	1 March 2013	Universal	^[18]
Italy	12 March 2013		^[19]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Battaglia . Andy . Kavinsky Opens Up About His Survivor Tattoo, Skrillex Movie Dates . . 20 February 2013 . 5 April 2018.
2. Web site: Khan . Karim . The Interview: Kavinsky . Hunger TV . 23 January 2013 . 1 February 2013.
3. Web site: Abraham . Amelia . Kavinsky . Don't Panic Magazine . 21 January 2013 . 1 February 2013.
4. Web site: Protovision – Single by Kavinsky . iTunes Store (France) . 22 April 2013.
5. Web site: Kavinsky 'Protovision' . . 7 December 2012 . 20 January 2013.
6. Web site: Kavinsky – Protovision . . 10 December 2012 . 20 January 2013.
7. Web site: Brooks . Richard . Kavinsky – Odd Look (Preview) (2013 BMWi Commercial) . Hypetrak . 18 November 2013 . 22 April 2013.
8. Web site: BMW France . Découvrez la... . fr . 19 November 2012 . 24 January 2013 . Facebook.
9. Web site: Outrun by Kavinsky Reviews and Tracks . . 27 February 2013.
10. OutRun . liner notes . . Record Makers . 2013 . REC86.
11. Web site: Rapports annuels 2013 – Albums . fr . Ultratop . 19 August 2015.
12. Web site: Tops de l'année Top Albums 2013 . fr . . 22 June 2022.
13. Web site: Kavinsky OutRun . de . . 22 April 2013 . https://archive.today/20130701034227/http://www.universal-music.de/kavinsky/diskografie/detail/product:186149/outrun . 1 July 2013.
14. Web site: Kavinsky – Outrun . Tower Records Ireland . 22 April 2013.
15. Web site: Outrun – Livre-disque – Kavinsky . fr . . 22 April 2013.
16. Web site: Kavinsky Outrun CD Album . Universal Music UK . 22 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130618144619/http://store.universal-music.co.uk/restofworld/albums/mercury-records-kavinsky-outrun-cd-album/invt/0602537320233/ . 18 June 2013.
17. Web site: OutRun [Explicit]

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    . . United States . 11 December 2018.
18. Web site: Kavinsky Store – OutRun . Getmusic . Australia . 22 April 2013 . https://archive.today/20130627223319/http://www.getmusic.com.au/kavinsky/store/detail?id=178332 . 27 June 2013.
19. Web site: Kavinsky – Outrun . IBS.it . it . 22 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924044330/http://www.ibs.it/disco/0602537320233/kavinsky/outrun.html . 24 September 2015.