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The Urge - Too Much Stereo Audio CD

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The Urge Band: The Urge
Title: Too Much Stereo
Rating:
Release Date: 2000-07-18
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: What Is This 2: Too Much Stereo 3: What Do They Know 4: Four Letters and Two Words 5: Liar, Liar 6: I Go Home 7: Say a Prayer 8: Welcome to Gunville 9: Living on the Surface 10: Push on Like Flintstone 11: Warning Warning

Softer Urge
Not as heavy as the first two discs but still "Urge-tastic" Took a few listenings to really dig-it but now in my regular rotation. I caught on to the Urge bandwagon late and just now got this album.


The absolute best Urge CD
But by far the best! Front man Steve Ewing has awesome vocals that really shine through on this album. My favorite from the Urge, this one is much more mellow & different than the others. .


Pleasant but unmemorable
It tends to just fade into the background, never coming to life and grabbing your attention like the Urge does at their best. There aren't any bad songs on this album, but there are no really great ones either. "Receiving the Gift of Flavor" and "Master of Styles" are much more compelling albums.


3 Killer Albums by an Underrated Band...
I first heard about them actually from the CD sampler that came with Korn's - Follow The Leader. I have to say that I really enjoy The Urge, that music has a great upbeat feel to it and it can always lift my spirits. The song was "Straight to Hell" from Master of Styles. I quickly went out and bought the release, although the cd was quite a bit different than that single track, that was in no way a bad thing. I downloaded various songs off of their other two albums and eventually bought them off Amazon for like $2 a piece and I can say that it was worth every penny and a lot more.

I actually like this CD the best out of all 3, with Master of Styles coming in second. At first I liked Receiving the Gift of Flavor a lot, but its feel kind of lost its effect on me after a while. Here's a breakdown of the songs on TMS and what I think:

1. What is this - This is a great intro to an album, great lyrics and I love the sound of the bass. Very catchy chorus. 10/10

2. Too Much Stereo - An instant single, again amazing lyrics, you can tell that these guys have fun with the music they play 9/10

3. What Do They Know - A solid song, a little different from the rest musically but it works very well. But not one of my favorites 7/10

4. Four Letters And Two Words - This is my favorite track on the disc and actually why I bought it, this is a beautiful song that also rocks. . what more could you want? 11/10

5. Liar, Liar - Very catchy tune and chorus, this song keeps the momentum up. 8/10

6. I Go Home - This is the first "real" slow song but has great lyrics and a nice feel to it, I like it better than track 7 9/10

7. Say A Prayer - This is another slow song and winds down a bit, and although I like it, I think it wasn't put in the right place of the CD 8/10

8. Welcome to Gunville - You can't NOT like this song! The lyrics are amazing, the double meanings and the rhymes and the vocals and music are amazing. If this wasn't a single it should have been, 2nd favorite on disc! 10/10

9. Living on the Surface - Again, awesome bass and pretty decent vocals, but this song is lacking something, can't really place it though 7/10

10. Push on Like Flinstone - I have to admit when I first heard this song I didn't like it a whole lot but it grew on me, not one of the best but good 8/10

11. Warning, Warning - Although this is a somewhat short and slow song I think it's a good way to wind down the album. Has a really funky feel to it 9/10

All in all a great album and worth more than the Amazon used price.
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Absolutely excellent
This is no exception. I typically only bother to write reviews when I find a gem. "Master of Style" is a GOOD album; a large portion of "Gift of Flavor" I found to be rather clumsy fumbling. NEVER on "Too Much Stereo". I have a fairly eclectic taste in music, from classical to indy rock, from jazz to industrial metal. Pretty much anything except country and rap shows up in my collection.

Here we have a truly wondeful album. EVERY song is solid and listenable. There are very few albums one can listen through and not find ONE track where you think, "*sigh*, when will this be over so we can get back to the good stuff?" Well, not only does this album sport that special property, but MOST of the songs are EXCELLENT. I don't just spin up the disc wanting to hear 1 or 2 of the best songs; 9 of the 11 tracks are fantastic. Though, I must admit that the sonorous and melodic lead-in to track 3, "What Do They Know", is particularly addictive.

The most difficult part of this review is to compare this album with other discs. If there exists a distinctive genre to which The Urge belongs, I'm not familiar with it. In some ways, they're Ska. In others, indy rock. Though it is a rather vague point of reference, this album is among my all-time top-N along with albums like "The Bends" and "Hail to the Theif" by Radiohead (well, OK, pretty much all of the Radiohead albums), "Chutes Too Narrow" by The Shins, "Electric Version" by New Pornographers, "Welcome Interstate Managers" by Fountains of Wayne, "Undertow" by Tool, "100th Window" by Massive Attack, and (perhaps strangely), "Wolverine Blues" by Entombed. (OK. . . placing it in that context probably just confused matters. )

If you like GOOD music - meaning, good tunes, clever beats, addictive riffs - buy it, give it a spin. You're almost certain to fall in love. If you liked the previous Urge albums, then you MUST buy this album - you already love it!.


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