A reissue double package--real, raw songs on Americruiser--like the fist-pumping "Ticket To L.A.," blistering "76 Ball" and loungey "Faroutski"--firmly establish UO's swanky...
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Urge's first two albums were recorded at a time when their visions eclipsed their talents -- while there is a lot of good indie-guitar bluster here, there aren't that many...
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The genius album title hints at their wicked sense of camp, but the tedium mounts as UO crank and sludge through atonal songs comprised of not much more than the most...
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A super-hi-fi, reverent recreation of the colossal RAWK sound of AM radio's glory days, as outlandish and epic as anything KISS, Cheap Trick or Alice Cooper ever laid to...
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When they hit the major labels, Urge Overkill followed through on their promise with the blistering Saturation. It's stadium rock by clever post-punkers who are smart enough...
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A schizophrenic opus of political speeches, happy birthday tunes, riotous teen anthems, folk legends about twin brothers separated at birth, robot anthems and even a Hot...
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With the addition of drummer Blackie Onassis, Urge Overkill shapes up into a killer rock & roll combo. It also doesn't hurt that the songs are the finest they have written...
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Most famous is the Neil Diamond cover/ Pulp Fiction hit "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon," but the finger-snappin' pop ditty "(Now That's) The Barclords," maudlin crooner...
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It's not the full-throttle rock masterpiece that Supersonic Storybook suggested, but the Stull EP is almost as remarkable. Opening with a straight cover of Neil Diamond's...
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A tremendous disappointment after the righteous Saturation, sorely lacking the humor--that sort of wink-and-a-nod--that always kept their arena-rock pretensions in check....
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Sonically falling somewhere between Supersonic Storybook and Stull, Exit the Dragon is a dark, lean album, the flipside of Saturation's glossy celebration of '70s rock &...
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