Outside Castle is the fifth and final studio album by South Korean boy group H.O.T., released on through SM Entertainment on September 29, 2000. The album spawned three singles: the title track "Outside Castle", "We Can Do It", and "A Song For a Lady".

Outside Castle debuted at number one on the MIAK monthly album chart and sold nearly 880,000 copies in 2000, and was the year's fifth best-selling album. The single "Outside Castle" won Best Popular Music Video (Daesang) at the 2000 Mnet Music Video Festival—the group's second consecutive win in the category.

Background The proportion of self-composed songs, which had been gradually increasing, reached 100% for the album as all of the record's tracks were written or produced by the group members.

Commercial performance On September 25, 2000, SM Entertainment revealed that the album received over 800,000 pre-orders, with sales expected to surpass ₩3 billion within the month. Released physically on October 2, the album debuted at number one on the monthly MIAK album charts for October with sales of over 840,000 copies. MIAK ranked Outside Castle the fifth best-selling album of 2000 with nearly 880,000 copies sold.

Accolades +Awards and nominations for "Outside Castle" Award ceremony Year Category Result Mnet Music Video Festival 2000 Best Popular Music Video (Daesang) Best Male Group Best Dance Performance

+Music program awards for "Outside Castle" Program DateInkigayoOctober 22, 2000October 29, 2000November 5, 2000Music CampOctober 28, 2000November 4, 2000November 11, 2000Music BankNovember 9, 2000November 16, 2000November 23, 2000

Promotion and live performances 2001 H.O.T. Live Concert H.O.T. held their second concert at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium titled the "2001 H.O.T. Live Concert – H.O.T. Forever". The concert took place on February 27, 2001, and attracted 45,000 fans. A live album recording of the concert was released on April 27, 2001, which sold 138,616 copies.

Setlist

"I Yah!" "Git It Up!" / "You Got Gun" Opening Ment "It's Been Raining Since You Left Me" / "Delight" "N.B.K. (Natural Born Killer)" "Time Will Tell" "Livin' La Vida Loca" (Tony solo) "Only You" (Kangta solo) "Right Here Waiting" (Kangta solo) "Full of Happiness" (with fan) (Kangta solo) "Let It Be" (Kangta solo) "Persia Black Hole ((Moon Hee-joon solo) "A Song For a Lady" "We Are the Future" / "OP.T (Operation Takeover)" "Scratch Show" (Woohyuk solo) "Good-bye For the Last" (with Tony) (Woohyuk solo) "Full of Happiness" / "Hope" "My Mother" Closing Ment "You & I" "We Can Do It" "Outside Castle"

Track listing

Credits and personnel Credits are adapted from the album's booklet.

H.O.T. Moon Hee-joon – vocals, rap, digital editing (tracks 1, 6, 10), piano (1), sampling (1, 6), chorus (1, 4, 6, 9, 12), backing vocals (2–3, 5, 11, 14), mixing (1, 6, 10) Kangta – lead vocals, computer programming (tracks 2–3, 5, 11, 14), backing vocals (2–3, 5, 11, 14), chorus (4, 6, 8–9, 12) Tony Ahn – vocals, rap, backing vocals (tracks 2–3, 5, 11, 14), chorus (4, 9, 12), digital editing (8, 12) Jang Woo-hyuk – rap, backing vocals (tracks 2–3, 5, 11, 14), digital editing (4, 9), chorus (4, 9, 12) Lee Jae-won – rap, backing vocals (tracks 2–3, 5, 11, 14), chorus (4, 9, 12), digital editing (7, 13)

Session Song Gwang-sik – piano (tracks 1, 4, 9, 14) Groovie K – other (tracks 1, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13) Park In-young – string arrangement (tracks 1, 10) Kim Jin-mi and 23 others – string music (track 1) Oh Yo-hwan, Oh Jo-hwan and 8 others – string music (tracks 2, 5, 14) Oh Yo-hwan, Oh Jo-hwan – string music (tracks 4, 9, 12) Gary Chung – other (tracks 3–5, 8, 9, 11, 14) Lee Tae-yun – bass guitar (tracks 4–6, 9, 10, 12–14) Lee Jeong-sik – saxophone (tracks 4, 6) Little Peace Children's Choir – chorus (track 6) Yoon Chi-woong – digital editing (track 8) DJ Murf – scratch (track 9) Suho Kang – drums (tracks 10, 12, 14) Hunihoon – rap lyricist (track 13)

Staff Lee Soo-man, H.O.T. – producers Yeo Doo-hyun – mixing (tracks 1, 6, 7, 13), recording KAT – mixing (10), recording Jeon Hoon (Sonic Korea) – mastering Kim Kyung-wook – production Hong Hyun-jong, Park Won-young – promotion Kim Ki-beom, Cheon Kang-soo, Kim Yeon-jeong, Lee Kyung-min – promotional assistants Seong Moon-seok, Choi Mi-sook, Kim Eun-ah, Lee Sang-hee, Kim Ji-hyun, Sunwoo Yun-jae – stylists Hyeong Bae-hyung – album design Jo Se-hyun – photography Myungjin Art – printing SM Entertainment – executive producer

Charts

Monthly charts Chart (2000) Peakposition South Korean Albums (MIAK) 1

Year-end charts Chart (2000) Peakposition South Korean Albums (MIAK) 5

Sales Chart Amount South Korea (MIAK) 879,613

References