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The Urge - Master of Styles Audio CD

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The Urge Band: The Urge
Title: Master of Styles
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Release Date: 1998-04-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: If I Were You 2: Straight to Hell 3: Jump Right In - Nicholas Hexum, The Urge 4: S.L.O.B. 5: Played Out 6: Closer 7: Gene Machine 8: My Apology 9: Divide and Conquer 10: Identity Crisis 11: Going Down 12: Prayer for Rain

Why This Band Was Not Considered Among The Elite Remains A Mystery To Me!
The 12 solid tracks on this album is the band's most accomplished and effective collection of songs to date. The Urge's 1998 release entited "Master Of Styles" delivers a hard-hitting, pure rock sound accompanied by jazz, ska, reggae and hip hop elements. Below, please find the rating for each song individually:

If I Were You - 10/10

Straight To Hell - 10/10

Jump Right In - 9/10

S. L. O. B. - 7/10

Played Out - 10/10

Closer - 10/10

Gene Machine {Bad Brains Cover} - 8/10

My Apology - 8/10

Divide And Conquer - 8/10

Identity Crisis - 7/10

Going Down - 10/10

Prayer For Rain - 10/10.


Why This Band Wasn't Considered Among The Elite Remains A Mystery To Me...
The word "flawless" comes to mind at the thought of 12 solid tracks that display originality and creativity all polished by Steve Ewing's amazing vocals. The Urge's 1998 release "Master Of Styles" delivers a hard-hitting pure rock sound accompanied by jazz, ska and hip hop elements. Though none of the tracks could be considered a "filler," if I had to choose the album's weakness, it would be within the song "Identity Crisis. " Even "Gene Machine," a cover of an old Bad Brains' song, is quite impressive. Highlights of the album include: "If I Were You," "Straight To Hell," "Played Out," "Closer," "Going Down" and "Prayer For Rain. " I would strongly consider these 6 songs for a top 50 songs of all time list! PTMFUS!.


Shape Shifter
You can here the wow wow pedals and the funkafied riffs. Funk plain out funk. The songs are so stunning. The first song is a shape shifter "If I Were You" sounds like Funk,Rock,and Jazz.
They throw in trumpets into a heavy song and it sounds good. This offers such a diverse set of songs. They are all great.

"Master Of Styles" has a soundgarden meets rap feeling. Other times it has its own unique sound. You can easily tell this band apart from other imataters. The guitar is very dark in some songs and others it's heavy and fun(soft twangs in others). Some songs sound like they originated from Mexico.

"Straight To Hell" seems ghetto and is. This album tries out so many ideas searching for its own sound,and it found its own sound bassically anything. This delivers I say this is a great buy,but not a must have. The energy given off seems so mixed it will catch nearly anyones attention.


Great stuff from a great band!
The Urge has a really great sound to them, a sort of alternative rock/ska sound with a touch of jazz on some songs due to the trombones added. I'm new to listening to rock, but I remembered having this CD a long time ago, but something happened to it, so I ordered it again. Favorites have to be: Jump Right In, Played Out, My Apology, Divide and Conquer, and Prayer for Rain. The whole CD seems to flow together, sans for three songs that are considerably heavier rock than the others (Straight to Hell, S. L. O. B, and Gene Machine), but those are still done quite well and are just those types of songs to amp you up for a fun event. Definitely recommend this CD for Urge fans, or fans or alternative rock.


Gotta love the funk-vibe-ska
They r-o-c-k-e-d. I saw these guys at a outdoor festival in 1995 at Ak-sar-ben. They were the third best band there, which is fine, since 311 and Violent Femmes were 2 and 1. The spectacle of seeing this band take a dance break made me fall in love with them right away. When you've got six guys, some of them still holding horns, dancing around the rhythm section, you've got something. I have always like "Jump Right In", and the deeper tracks are rockers too.


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