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==Artwork and release==
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The cover artwork is a 1995 painting on canvas by Bowie himself titled ”Head of DB”.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=423–430}}
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The cover artwork for ”Outside” is a close-up of a self-portrait (from a series of five) painted by Bowie in 1995. The self-portrait’s name is “The Dhead – Outside” and is a lithograph measuring 25.5 × 20 cm. At the time of his death in 2016, the original portrait remained in Bowie’s [[David Bowie’s art collection|private collection]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bowieart.com/ |title=Bowieart.com / David Bowie / Printmaking | access-date=13 January 2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113161231/http://www.bowieart.com/ | archive-date=13 January 2016 }}</ref>
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By 1994, Bowie was without a label for the third time in three years. ”Outside”{{‘}}s release was delayed while Bowie attempted to find an American distributor, later commenting “Nobody would take ”Outside” when we first recorded it.”{{sfn|O’Leary|2019|loc=chap. 9}} In June 1995, Bowie signed a contract with [[Virgin Records|Virgin America Records]], who also acquired the rights to Bowie’s work from ”Let’s Dance” to ”Tin Machine”, reissuing these throughout the rest of the year with bonus tracks. In Britain, Bowie entered a new deal with [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]], who issued his two previous albums in the country. BMG were now affiliated with [[RCA Records]], Bowie’s label throughout the 1970s and whom he had departed in 1982.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=423–430}}{{sfn|Sandford|1997|pp=318–319}}
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By 1994, Bowie was without a label for the third time in three years. ”Outside”{{‘}}s release was delayed while Bowie attempted to find an American distributor, later commenting “Nobody would take ”Outside” when we first recorded it.”{{sfn|O’Leary|2019|loc=chap. 9}} In June 1995, Bowie signed a contract with [[Virgin Records|Virgin America Records]], who also acquired the rights to Bowie’s work from ”Let’s Dance” to ”Tin Machine”, reissuing these throughout the rest of the year with bonus tracks. In Britain, Bowie entered a new deal with [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]], who issued his two previous albums in the country. BMG were now affiliated with [[RCA Records]], Bowie’s label throughout the 1970s and whom he had departed in 1982.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=423–430}}{{sfn|Sandford|1997|pp=318–319}}
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