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As much as Evil Urges indulges, it rarely satisfies.
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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.
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Where the separate parts of the first half didn't gel – the chopping and changing of different styles too much to take in, perhaps, in too short a period--the second part is much easier to handle, and whilst the strong finish isn't enough to stop it falling short of "Z," Evil Urges does find its own place given time.
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MojoHeard back to back they almost make sense, but the sequencing here amplifies the disjointed feel of an album that facinates and frustrates in equal measure. [July 2008, p.108]
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Scattered and uneven, but not without its charms.
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There are few fiery guitar freakouts, folk-influenced melodies, soaring space-rock bridges, or psychedelic flourishes here; instead, the empty space is mostly filled with serviceable falsetto funk and glassy-eyed yacht-pop.
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Evil Urges sounds like an album that falls short of its mark, committing the whole to a sound that ultimately weakens and breaks down its parts.
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Ultimately, though, this is a definite misfire in an otherwise impeccable career.
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Q MagazineThe Fleetwood Mac-tinged 'Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Part 2' overcomes the overall air of pastiche. [July 2008, p.108]
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They're not the first current band to find new value in the big sounds and large lapels of Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles, but appear to be doing so without irony and something approaching childlike zeal.
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If 2005's "Z" flirted with cautiously with funk synths and a more direct pop sound, Evil Urges makes it a full-blown, messy tryst.
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The album engages after repeats, but initially offers volume's immediacy over intimacy.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 51 out of 73
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Mixed: 16 out of 73
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Negative: 6 out of 73
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Jul 27, 2020What an album. You got some cool psychedelic, ballads, and hard rockers for all to enjoy.
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Jul 3, 2015
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May 7, 2015