Outside World is a 2002 compilation album by Propaganda

Propaganda (band)

Propaganda is a German synthpop group, formed in 1982. They were one of the initial roster of acts signed to Trevor Horn's ZTT label, between 1984 and 1986, during which they released the critically acclaimed album A Secret Wish....

. The album collects remixes, B-sides and extra tracks released on 7-inch and 12-inch records, cassette singles and white-label DJ vinyl pressings during the band's tenure on the ZTT label in 1984/85. It was released as a CD and as a CD with a bonus DVD containing promotional videos and TV commercials.

Track listing CD

1. "Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (13th Life Mix)" – 6:34
2. "Lied" – 2:48
3. "p:Machinery (Beta Mix)" – 9:33
4. "Duel (Bitter Sweet)" – 7:38
5. "The Lesson" – 4:18
6. "Frozen Faces (12" Version)" – 5:30
7. "Jewel" – 6:54
8. "Complete Machinery" – 10:56
9. "Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (DJ Promo Version)" – 9:52
10. "Femme Fatale
    Femme Fatale (song)
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     (The Woman With The Orchid)" – 3:34
11. "Echo Of Frozen Faces" – 10:28

Track 9 was originally only previously available as a promotional white-label 12-inch vinyl record, having never been commercially available prior to this compilation's release.

The German version of the CD replaces "Complete Machinery" with "p:Machinery Connected", taken directly from a copy of the cassette single. As a result, the sound quality is rather poor.

Track listing bonus DVD

1. "Dr. Mabuse" (Version 1)
2. "Dr. Mabuse" (Version 2)

Promotional videos directed by Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn is a Dutch photographer, music video and film director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2, having handled the principal promotion and sleeve photography for both for more than a decade...

. Version 1 is a spectacular black-and-white affair featuring Claudia Brucken

Claudia Brücken

Claudia Brücken is a German singer who fronted the synthpop groups Propaganda and Act. Since 1996 she has been working with OMD member Paul Humphreys, first without a name, since 2004 as Onetwo...

 being stalked by Mabuse (actor Vladek Sheybal

Vladek Sheybal

Vladek Sheybal , born Władysław Sheybal, was a Polish character actor, whose career lasted from the 1950s into the 1980s. He was probably best known for his portrayal of the chess grandmaster Kronsteen in the 1963 James Bond film From Russia with Love, a role for which he had been personally...

), through a dark and eerie castle full of monks. The second is studio-set, featuring the band's little seen drummer, Weet. And Andreas Thein smashing up a bathtub with hammers...

3. "Duel" (Version 1)
4. "Duel" (Version 2)

Promotional videos directed by John "Scarlet" Davis and Paul Morley

Paul Morley

Paul Morley is an English journalist, who wrote for the New Musical Express from 1977 to 1983, during one of its most successful periods, and has since written for a wide range of publications...

. Identical, except that Version 1 features on-screen graphics.

5. "p:Machinery"

Promotional video directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński

Zbigniew Rybczynski

Zbigniew Rybczyński is a Polish filmmaker who has won numerous prestigious industry awards both in the United States and internationally. He was also a teacher of cinematography, and digital cinematography. Currently he is a researcher of blue and greenscreen compositing technology at Ultimatte...

. Filmed in a Manhattan warehouse, with Claudia performing in front of Ralf, Susanne and Michael, who are strung up on harnesses like puppets, being operated from a gantry above.

6. "Dr Mabuse" (TV Commercial)
7. "Duel" (TV Commercial)