Exit the Dragon | ||||
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Released | September 26, 1995 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 61:03 | |||
Label | Geffen [1] | |||
Producer | Butcher Bros. | |||
Urge Overkill chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Entertainment Weekly | B+ [4] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NME | 9/10 [5] |
Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rolling Stone | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spin | 7/10 [8] |
Exit the Dragon is the fifth album by American alternative rock group Urge Overkill, released in 1995. [9] Exit the Dragon is characterized as being a darker album than their previous album, Saturation . [10] [11] It was their final album until 2011 saw the release of Rock & Roll Submarine', sixteen years after Exit the Dragon. "Exit the Dragon" is Urge Overkill's biggest charting album reaching number 129 on the Billboard 200 and reached number 6 in Australia.
The album was produced by the Butcher Bros. [12]
The Los Angeles Times wrote that the album's "fab pop tunes are as cheesily amusing as a dubbed karate movie. But when the kitsch clears, you have to wonder whether the band ... has anything of its own to offer." [13] The Chicago Tribune praised "the kind of understated, seemingly casual performances that bespeak a band less interested in dazzle than emotional immediacy, with sturdy melodies, raggedly poignant vocals and brooding lyrics." [14]
No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length |
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1. | "Jaywalkin'" | Eddie "King" Roeser | 3:31 |
2. | "The Break" | Roeser | 3:44 |
3. | "Need Some Air" | Nash Kato | 3:07 |
4. | "Somebody Else's Body" | Kato | 3:48 |
5. | "Honesty Files" | Roeser | 3:55 |
6. | "This Is No Place" | Roeser | 4:20 |
7. | "The Mistake" | Blackie Onassis | 4:30 |
8. | "Take Me" | Roeser with Kato | 2:58 |
9. | "View of the Rain" | Kato | 4:46 |
10. | "Last Night / Tomorrow" | Roeser / Kato | 5:21 |
11. | "Tin Foil" | Roeser | 4:28 |
12. | "Monopoly" | Kato | 3:29 |
13. | "And You'll Say" | Roeser | 3:39 |
14. | "Digital Black Epilogue" | Kato | 9:27 |
Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [15] | 6 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [16] | 37 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] | 48 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [18] | 50 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [19] | 24 |
UK Albums (OCC) [20] | 88 |
US Billboard 200 [21] | 129 |