Exit the Dragon is the fifth album by American alternative rock group Urge Overkill, released in 1995.[9] Exit the Dragon is characterized as being a darker album than their previous album, Saturation.[10][11] It was their final album until 2011 saw the release of Rock & Roll Submarine, sixteen years after Exit the Dragon.

Exit the Dragon
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1995
GenreAlternative rock
Length61:03
LabelGeffen[1]
ProducerButcher Bros.
Urge Overkill chronology
Saturation
(1993)
Exit the Dragon
(1995)
Rock & Roll Submarine
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[1]
NME9/10[5]
Q[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Spin7/10[8]

Production

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The album was produced by the Butcher Bros.[12]

Critical reception

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The Los Angeles Times wrote that the album's "fab pop tunes are as cheesily amusing as a dubbed karate movie. But when the kitsch clears, you have to wonder whether the band ... has anything of its own to offer."[13] The Chicago Tribune praised "the kind of understated, seemingly casual performances that bespeak a band less interested in dazzle than emotional immediacy, with sturdy melodies, raggedly poignant vocals and brooding lyrics."[14]

Track listing

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No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."Jaywalkin'"Eddie "King" Roeser3:31
2."The Break"Roeser3:44
3."Need Some Air"Nash Kato3:07
4."Somebody Else's Body"Kato3:48
5."Honesty Files"Roeser3:55
6."This Is No Place"Roeser4:20
7."The Mistake"Blackie Onassis4:30
8."Take Me"Roeser with Kato2:58
9."View of the Rain"Kato4:46
10."Last Night / Tomorrow"Roeser / Kato5:21
11."Tin Foil"Roeser4:28
12."Monopoly"Kato3:29
13."And You'll Say"Roeser3:39
14."Digital Black Epilogue"Kato9:27

Personnel

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  • Eddie "King" Roeser – vocals, bass guitar, guitars
  • Nash Kato – vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Blackie Onassis – drums, vocals

Charts

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Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] 6
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16] 37
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17] 48
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[18] 50
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[19] 24
UK Albums (OCC)[20] 88
US Billboard 200[21] 129

References

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  1. ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1183.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Exit the Dragon – Urge Overkill". AllMusic. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. Muze. p. 359.
  4. ^ Browne, David (October 6, 1995). "Exit the Dragon". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  5. ^ "Urge Overkill: Exit the Dragon". NME. August 19, 1995. p. 46.
  6. ^ "Urge Overkill: Exit the Dragon". Q. No. 108. September 1995. p. 122.
  7. ^ Mundy, Chris (September 7, 1995). "Urge Overkill: Exit The Dragon". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 9, 2006. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  8. ^ Strauss, Neil (August 1995). "Urge Overkill: Exit the Dragon". Spin. Vol. 11, no. 5. p. 91. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  9. ^ "Urge Overkill | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  10. ^ McDonald, Sam. "Facing Their Demons". dailypress.com.
  11. ^ "Urge Overkill". www.furious.com.
  12. ^ "Urge Overkill". Trouser Press. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Album Review : * * 1/2 Urge Overkill; "Exit the Dragon"; Geffen". Los Angeles Times. October 1, 1995.
  14. ^ Kot, Greg. "Urge Overkill's 'Exit the Dragon' Sneaks Up on You". chicagotribune.com.
  15. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Urge Overkill – Exit the Dragon". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  16. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Urge Overkill – Exit the Dragon" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  17. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Urge Overkill – Exit the Dragon" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  18. ^ "Charts.nz – Urge Overkill – Exit the Dragon". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  19. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Urge Overkill – Exit the Dragon". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  20. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  21. ^ "Urge Overkill – Chart history: Billboard 200". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2020.