Countdown—Time in Outer Space
| Countdown—Time in Outer Space | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by Dave Brubeck Quartet | |
| Released | 1962 |
| Recorded | May 3, 1961 – February 12, 1962 |
| Genre | Cool jazz |
| Length | 37:52 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Producer | Teo Macero |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Louise D. Stone (The Afro-American) | |
| Down Beat | |
Countdown—Time in Outer Space is a studio album released by the Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1962 on Columbia LP record CS 8575 (stereo) and CL 1775 (mono). The front cover features the 1959 painting Orange and Black Wall by Franz Kline. In Australia the album appeared on the Coronet label. It was re-released, for the first time in digital format, in 2004 as part of a compact disc collection titled Dave Brubeck: For All Time. It was again released as part of the box set The Dave Brubeck Quartet: the Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1955-1966. Both CD re-releases feature a bonus track titled "Fatha".