One Way Productions · 1999

I Remember

Eighteen songs preserving the power-pop hooks, punk attitude and bruised romanticism that made The Outlets one of Boston's essential underground bands.

Format: Retrospective album
Tracks: 18
Label: One Way Productions

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Released by One Way Productions in 1999, I Remember brought together songs from The Outlets' 1980s and 1990s history, including recordings unavailable elsewhere. It was not simply a greatest-hits package. It was an act of preservation assembled while the band's regional history was still living in basements, record collections and the memories of the people who had seen them overpower Boston clubs.

The album follows the breadth of David Alex-Barton's songwriting: the regional charge of “Knock Me Down,” the hard edge of “Can't Cheat the Reaper,” the melodic reach of “Whole New World” and the bruised tenderness of “A Valentine Song.” Heard together, the eighteen tracks explain why The Outlets could stand inside punk without surrendering the craft of a great pop song.

The Outlets during their original Boston era — The Outlets: the band behind *I Remember*.

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