“Outside” is the 20th. Studio album by David Bowie. Brian Eno, who had already supported Bowie with the Berlin Trilogy, is there again.

The album is subtitled "The Ritual Art Murder of Baby Grace Blue: A Non-Linear Gothic Drama Hyper-Cycle," and Outside revolves around the characters of a dystopian world on the eve of the 21st century. century. The album brought Bowie back into the mainstream rock music scene with the singles "The Hearts Filthy Lesson," "Strangers When We Meet" and "Hello Spaceboy" (remixed by the Pet Shop Boys).

A writer for Time Out magazine wrote: "[The] edifice of sounds, cultures, rhythms, samples and textures, with random lyrics that don't tell a story so much as create a mood of words, offers the open-minded listener Bowie's best album in 15 years."

“Outside” achieved its highest ranking worldwide with position 8 in the UK, but in Germany it was only ranked 33rd.