Receiving the Gift of Flavor

Receiving The Gift of Flavor
Studio album by The Urge
Released August 15, 1995 (Neat Guy release), August 20, 1996 (Immortal release)
Recorded The Studio
Genre Alternative rock, ska, reggae, alternative metal
Length 32:32 (1995), 36:10 (1996)
Label Neat Guy, Immortal Records
Producer The Urge, Michael Vail Blum
The Urge chronology
Fat Babies in the Mix
(1993)		 Receiving The Gift of Flavor
(1995, 1996)		 Master of Styles
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Receiving The Gift of Flavor is the fourth studio album by The Urge. It was originally released in 1995 in cassette and CD format under the band's own label Neat Guy Recordings. After the band was signed to Immortal Records, the album was re-released switching out the song “Killing is Easy” for “Take Away” in 1996. The album produced 3 singles (“Brainless”, “All Washed Up”, and “It’s Gettin’ Hectic”) and sold 150,000 copies.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the album, the band re-recorded the album live before a studio audience at the Ozark Theater in Webster Groves, MO on August 15 2015. [2] The live re-recording was released on November 20, 2015 and includes similar cover art with a blue background. [3]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Brainless"  S. Ewing, K. Grable, M. Kwiatkowski, T. Painter, J. Pessoni 2:36
2. "All Washed Up"  K. Grable, M. Kwiatkowski, T. Painter 3:22
3. "Where Do We Go"  T. Painter, J.Pessoni 4:10
4. "Drunk Asshole"    1:54
5. "Don't Ask Why"  T. Painter 3:02
6. "Open All Night"  T. Painter 2:37
7. "Killing is Easy "  The Urge 3:07
8. "Frying Pan"  S. Ewing, K. Grable, M. Kwiatkowski, T. Painter 2:31
9. "I Remember"  K. Grable, T. Painter, J. Pessoni 3:03
10. "Damn That Shit Is Good"  T. Painter 1:45
11. "It's Gettin' Hectic"  Bartholomew, Elam, Kincaid, Levy 2:38
12. "Violent Opposition"  T. Painter 4:20
13. "Dirty Rat"  The Urge 2:09
14. "Brainless" (Remix, hidden track)  3:09
Total length:
 32:32 / 36:10

Notes

  1. ^ "Killing Is Easy" was replaced by "Take Away" in the 1996 Immortal Records release.

Personnel

The Urge
  • Steve Ewing - vocals
  • Karl Grable - bass, art direction, design
  • Jerry Jost - guitars
  • John Pessoni - drums
  • Bill Reiter - saxophone
  • Matt Kwiatkowski - trombone
  • Todd Painter - trombone, keyboards
Other personnel
  • Simon Bartholomew, Keith Elam, Jan Kincaid, Andrew Levy - composers for "It's Gettin' Hectic"
  • Jeff Finazzo - design, photography
  • Brad Kopplan - engineer, mixing
  • Eng Kopplan - mixing
  • Ken Paulakovich - engineer, mixing
  • Eddy Schreyer - mastering
  • Michael Vail Blum - engineer, mixing, producer, remixing
  • Lou Whitney - assistant engineer, studio assistant

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Receiving the Gift of Flavor - The Urge : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "20th Anniversary of Receiving the Gift of Flavor". The Urge.net. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Receiving the Gift of Flavor". iTunes. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
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