Outside Castle


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 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

ProgramDate
InkigayoOctober 22, 2000
InkigayoOctober 29, 2000
InkigayoNovember 5, 2000
Music CampOctober 28, 2000
Music CampNovember 4, 2000
Music CampNovember 11, 2000
Music BankNovember 9, 2000
Music BankNovember 16, 2000
Music BankNovember 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
  1. "I Yah!"
  2. "Git It Up!" / "You Got Gun"
  3. Opening Ment
  4. "It's Been Raining Since You Left Me" / "Delight"
  5. "N.B.K. "
  6. "Time Will Tell"
  7. "Livin' La Vida Loca"
  8. "Only You"
  9. "Right Here Waiting"
  10. "Full of Happiness"
  11. "Let It Be"
  12. "Persia Black Hole
  13. "A Song For a Lady"
  14. "We Are the Future" / "OP.T "
  15. "Scratch Show"
  16. "Good-bye For the Last"
  17. "Full of Happiness" / "Hope"
  18. "My Mother"
  19. Closing Ment
  20. "You & I"
  21. "We Can Do It"
  22. "Outside Castle"

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's booklet.
;H.O.T.
;Session
  • Song Gwang-sik – piano
  • Groovie K – other
  • Park In-young – string arrangement
  • Kim Jin-mi and 23 others – string music
  • Oh Yo-hwan, Oh Jo-hwan and 8 others – string music
  • Oh Yo-hwan, Oh Jo-hwan – string music
  • Gary Chung – other
  • Lee Tae-yun – bass guitar
  • Lee Jeong-sik – saxophone
  • Little Peace Children's Choir – chorus
  • Yoon Chi-woong – digital editing
  • DJ Murf – scratch
  • Suho Kang – drums
  • Hunihoon – rap lyricist
;Staff
  • Lee Soo-man, H.O.T. – producers
  • Yeo Doo-hyun – mixing, recording
  • KAT – mixing, recording
  • Jeon Hoon – 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

Sales