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Why This Band Was Not Considered Among The Elite Remains A M

Fork Then Spoon | Toms River, NJ USA | 06/20/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"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. The 12 solid tracks on this album is the band's most accomplished and effective collection of songs to date. 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"

Shape Shifter

Corey Turner | Florida | 12/07/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Funk plain out funk.You can here the wow wow pedals and the funkafied riffs.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."