Outrageous

Kim Fowley’s own albums are an uneven lot to say the least, though this appears to be intentional to a considerable extent.  His third album, Outrageous (1968) is the only one of his albums to (barely) crack the Billboard Top 200 Albums charts.  I don’t have the album, but there is a mélange of radio ads for the record that is given at the end of Under Ground Animal.  Village Voice rockcrit Robert Christgau gave Outrageous his second-lowest rating (E) and said:  “I don’t understand how he continues to earn a living, but he does.” 

(January 2015/1)