Album · Allison Russell
Outside Child by Allison Russell
Outside Child is an album by Allison Russell, released in 2021. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 10 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Nightflyer”, on 10 lists and voted number one once.
Outside Child, released on Fantasy on May 21, 2021, is Allison Russell's first album under her own name after two decades in Po' Girl, Birds of Chicago and Our Native Daughters. Dan Knobler produced it, and the Canadian singer, poet and multi-instrumentalist uses it to tell her own story: the abuse her stepfather inflicted on her when she was young, and, more than that, how she got out and built a life on the other side of it.
The music is warm and unhurried, rootsy and full of air, which makes the subject hit harder. "Nightflyer" earned Grammy nods for Best American Roots Performance and Best American Roots Song, shared with co-writer Jeremy Lindsay, and the album itself was up for Best Americana Album. It turned up on numerous year-end lists and won Album of the Year from the Americana Music Association in 2022.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Outside Child on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nightflyer | 10 | #1 | 1 | 2021–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.