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67 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critics What's this?

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7.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 58 Ratings

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  • Summary: The fifth studio album for the rock band from Kentucky was produced by Joe Chiccarelli and Jim James.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 31
  3. Negative: 2 out of 31
  1. musicOMH.com
    100
    Evil Urges represents the creative peak of a band that has shown glimpses of greatness in the past and will hopefully continue to evolve in the future.
  2. Dot Music
    60
    Evil Urges isn't a bad album by any stretch of the imagination but it still manages to fall well short of expectations when applying the benchmark set by this fine band.
  3. Under The Radar
    30
    The best next step would be to return to form as soon as possible and forget these Evil Urges. [Summer 2008]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 32
  3. Negative: 3 out of 32
  1. FrankG
    10
    Takes the sound the band reached for on Z and turns that sound into some beautiful pop songs.
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  2. j30
    5
    A very strange, uneven album from the boys down South (Louisville, Kentucky). When it works, it's some of the best stuff they've written up to this point. The album doesn't work when they try too hard to incorporate too many different genres (some of them sounding like garbage).… Expand
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  3. RomanM.
    3
    This band hit on a really cool sound with "It Still Moves" and has abandoned it. There is nothing wrong with trying to test your artistic boundaries. However, the latest efforts (including "Z" which was better but still a step downward) are self-indulgent. The lyrics are brutal, the music seems empty, i.e. songs sound like they are missing beats and notes and James has effectively neutered all the soul that was in his voice for some showmanship. Sorry, but this band can do better. The lyrics are really upsetting. Hackneyed attempts at political relevance.… Expand
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