The Outsider is the third studio album by American hip hop producer DJ Shadow, released by Universal Motown Records on September 19, 2006.

[1] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 62, based on 31 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

[2] Dave Kerr of The Skinny wrote, "Beyond the varied range of sonic influence on display, this is easily the most lyrically driven Shadow LP to date".

[13] John Bush of AllMusic called it "a carefully crafted, artistically elusive mess".

[3] Credits adapted from liner notes.