''Outland'' is the fourth studio

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by the British rock band

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, released by

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in 1987 (see

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). It included the hit single "

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" which reached No. 14 on the

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in 1987 - Spear of Destiny's only Top 20 hit in the UK. Three other singles were released from the album, namely "Strangers in Our Town", "Was That You?" and "The Traveller", all making the UK Top 50.

Track listing

All songs written by

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. ;Side one # "Outlands" - 5:19 # "Land of Shame" - 3:19 # "The Traveller" - 4:49 # "Was That You?" - 3:58 ;Side two # "Strangers in Our Town" - 3:55 # "The Whole World's Waiting" - 4:57 # "Tonight" - 4:31 # "Miami Vice" - 4:57 # "

" - 4:15 ;CD bonus tracks #

"Time of Our Lives" (Original version) - 4:27 # "Pumpkin Man" - 5:10 # "Embassy Song" - 4:18 # "The Man That Never Was" - 3:18 # "Jack Straw" - 4:26

Personnel

;Spear of Destiny *

- vocals, guitar *

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- drums *Steve Barnacle - bass guitar, fretless bass, keyboards *

Marco Pirroni Marco Francesco Andrea Pirroni (born 27 April 1959, London, England) frequently credited simply as Marco, is a British guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He has worked with Adam Ant, Sinéad O'Connor, Siouxsie and the Banshees and man ...

- guitar, 12-string guitar *Volker Janssen - keyboards *Mick Proctor - guitar ;Technical *Neill King - engineer, mixer *Chris Welch - cover illustration {{DEFAULTSORT:Outland (Spear Of Destiny Album) 1987 albums Spear of Destiny (band) albums