Bosstown Recording Studios, Doppler, PatchWerk Recording, Purple Dragon Studios, Studio LaCoCo (Atlanta, Georgia) Chung King, Sound On Sound Recording (New York City, New York)
Genre
Southern hip hop
alternative hip hop
Length
57:23
Label
Arista
LaFace
Producer
Organized Noize
Outkast
Outkast chronology
Southernplaya- listicadillacmuzik (1994)
ATLiens (1996)
Aquemini (1998)
Singles from ATLiens
"Elevators (Me & You)" Released: July 9, 1996
"ATLiens" / "Wheelz of Steel" Released: August 20, 1996
"Jazzy Belle" Released: December 17, 1996
ATLiens is the second studio album by the American hip hop duo Outkast. It was released on August 27, 1996, by Arista Records and LaFace Records. From 1995 to 1996, Outkast recorded ATLiens in sessions at several Atlanta studios—Bosstown Recording Studios, Doppler Recording Studios, PatchWerk Recording Studio, Purple Dragon Studios, and Studio LaCoCo—as well as Chung King Recording Studio and Sound On Sound Recording in New York City.
The record features outer space-inspired production sounds, with Outkast and producers Organized Noize incorporating elements of dub and gospel into the compositions. Several songs feature the duo's first attempts at producing music by themselves. Lyrically, the group discusses a wide range of topics including urban life as hustlers, existential introspection, and extraterrestrial life. The album's title is a portmanteau of "ATL" (an abbreviation of Atlanta, Georgia, the duo’s hometown) and "aliens", which has been interpreted by critics as a commentary about the feeling of being isolated from American culture.[citation needed]
ATLiens debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, and it sold nearly 350,000 copies in its first two weeks of release. The album was very well received by music critics upon its release, who praised its unique sound and lyrical content. It has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipments of two million copies in the United States. The album spawned the singles "Elevators (Me & You)", "ATLiens" / "Wheelz of Steel", and "Jazzy Belle". Since its release, ATLiens has been listed by several magazines and critics as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time.
the singles "Elevators (Me & You)", "ATLiens" / "Wheelz of Steel", and "Jazzy Belle". Since its release, ATLiens has been listed by several magazines...
chart. The duo saw critical acclaim with their second and third albums ATLiens (1996) and Aquemini (1998), which saw them further developing their sound...
albums in Canada: All except ATLiens: "OutKast Chart History: Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 17, 2012. ATLiens: "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 64...
creative control and advanced money for their 1996 follow-up album ATLiens. On ATLiens, André 3000 and Big Boi abandoned the "hard-partying playa characters"...
26, 2016). "20 Years, 20 Questions: Big Boi Reconnects With OutKast's 'ATLiens'". Spin Magazine. Retrieved May 28, 2017. Paley Martin (March 28, 2016)...
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background vocals and bass guitar on several OutKast albums, including ATLiens and Aquemini. In 2002, Killings signed to Verity Records, and she released...
in the Life Of... in 1992, Goodie Mob's Soul Food in 1995 and OutKast's ATLiens in 1996 were all critically acclaimed. Other distinctive regional sounds...
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Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, Dr. Dre's The Chronic, Outkast's ATLiens, and Coldplay's Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. Omishore has...
casino hotel in Las Vegas "Decatur Psalm", a song from the 1996 album ATLiens by Outkast "Decatur", a song from the 1992 album Headsparks by Seam "Decatur...
Perry from Teenage Dream "ET (Extra-Terrestrial)", a song by OutKast from ATLiens "E.T. Phone Home", a song by Jupiter 8 Featuring Kitty Woodson, co-authored...
has stated on multiple occasions that the group's two seminal albums, ATLiens and Aquemini, are among his favorite hip-hop records of all time. He has...
OutKast and De La Soul released some of their most definitive albums with Atliens and Stakes Is High. Since the mid-1990s, independent record labels such...
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Retrieved July 10, 2016. Friedman, David (February 16, 2016). "Young Thug Is an ATLien (and the Best Rapper Alive)". GQ. Archived from the original on September...
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