Master of Styles

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Master of Styles
Studio album by The Urge
Released	1998
Recorded	Sierra Sonic Studios
Genre	Ska/Rock
Length	42:40
Label	Immortal Records
Producer	GGGarth
The Urge chronology
Receiving The Gift of Flavor (1995, 1996) Master of Styles (1998) Too Much Stereo (2000)

Master of Styles is the sixth album by The Urge. It was released in 1998 in cassette and CD format. The Album produced 3 singles (“Jump Right In”, “Straight To Hell”, and “Closer”) and sold 250,000 copies. “Jump Right In” featured guest vocals by Nick Hexum of 311 and hit the #10 position on the Modern Rock list.

[edit] CD (1998)

1. "If I Were You" (3:52)
2. "Straight to Hell" (3:15)
3. "Jump Right In" (3:43)
4. "S.L.O.B." (2:48)
5. "Played Out" (3:39)
6. "Closer" (3:49)
7. "Gene Machine" (3:03) *Bad Brains Cover*
8. "My Apology" (3:24)
9. "Divide and Conquer" (4:43)
10. "Identity Crisis" (2:42)
11. "Going Down" (3:24)
12. "Prayer for Rain" (4:15)

[edit] Personnel

• Steve Ewing (Vocals)
• Karl Grable (Bass)
• Jerry Jost (Guitar)
• John Pessoni (Drums)
• Bill Reiter (Saxophone)
• Matt Kwiatkowski (Trombone)
• Todd Painter (Trombone, Keyboards)