The Sinister Urge
By Rob Zombie
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- 1 Sinners Inc. 1:17
- 2 Demon Speeding 3:43
- 3 Dead Girl Superstar 2:27
- 4 Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy) 3:10
- 5 Iron Head 4:10
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vocals
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Riggsmusic
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- 6 (Go To) California 3:24
- 7 Feel So Numb 3:38
- 8 Transylvanian Transmissions Pt. 1 1:10
- 9 Bring Her Down (To Crippletown) 4:00
- 10 Scum of the Earth 2:56
- 11 House of 1000 Corpses
- - House of 1000 Corpses 6:20
- - [silence] 1:26
- - Unholy Three 1:41
- Total length: 39:22
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6 Issues
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The Sinister Urge: Advanced Album Sampler Digipak, Enhanced CD, Promo
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The Sinister Urge 33 rpm, Gatefold
29 Reviews
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1 Sinners Inc.
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2
Demon Speeding
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3
Dead Girl Superstar
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4
Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy)
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5
Iron Head
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6
(Go To) California
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7
Feel So Numb
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8 Transylvanian Transmissions Pt. 1
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Bring Her Down (To Crippletown)
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10
Scum of the Earth
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11
House of 1000 Corpses
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Extremely solid follow-up to the masterful Hellbilly Deluxe. For the most part, it's more of the same, but not as heavy, and more atmospheric and funky. Ozzy Osbourne jumps onto one track and it doesn't feel gimmicky at all--his vocals are a perfect fit on it. Cool, fun record, mandatory listening for me during spooky season.
Standout tracks: "Feel So Numb" / "Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy)" / "Iron Head" / "(Go to) California" / "Demon Speeding" / "Bring Her Down (to Crippletown)" / "Scum of the Earth"
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As a longtime fan of Rob Zombie who tried to legally obtain most of his music, I really only kept up with the latest and greatest. But in June I finally jumped on that Spotify train and can dive into pieces of artists discography that otherwise would've come around through a record store dive.
When this album came out, it was hot. For me, the hook was the WWE using "Never Gonna Stop" as Edge's entrance song. It was just hyper relevant. But 18 years later it's kind of just a duller piece of Zombie's discography. It does what he does, just not as well as on his other albums. I found myself bored more than rocking, and I get easily swept away into Rob's breed of horror rock. There were songs here that I loved, obviously "Never Gonna Stop" is a groover, as is the other single "Feel So Numb" which I totally forgot about. I was jamming hard to "Iron Head" and "Bring Her Down (To Crippletown)" for the same reason anyone jams out to Rob Zombie tunes.
Then, like a glimmer of light at the end of an uneven tunnel, came a 1-2 punch that pushed this from boring and inconsistent to pretty good. "Scum of the Earth" which originally appeared on the Mission: Impossible II soundtrack, is an amazing and energetic track that grabs your collar and shakes you until you have a concussion, and the final track, "House of 1000 Corpses" feels like a rockabilly nightmare. Riffy, twangy guitar, with thumpy rhythm and Rob croaking through in a way he rarely does. I legit loved the 7 minutes of this song.
Bottom line is this is a solid, albeit bored, album in a colorful discography. Check it out if you're a fan. Otherwise go die.
When this album came out, it was hot. For me, the hook was the WWE using "Never Gonna Stop" as Edge's entrance song. It was just hyper relevant. But 18 years later it's kind of just a duller piece of Zombie's discography. It does what he does, just not as well as on his other albums. I found myself bored more than rocking, and I get easily swept away into Rob's breed of horror rock. There were songs here that I loved, obviously "Never Gonna Stop" is a groover, as is the other single "Feel So Numb" which I totally forgot about. I was jamming hard to "Iron Head" and "Bring Her Down (To Crippletown)" for the same reason anyone jams out to Rob Zombie tunes.
Then, like a glimmer of light at the end of an uneven tunnel, came a 1-2 punch that pushed this from boring and inconsistent to pretty good. "Scum of the Earth" which originally appeared on the Mission: Impossible II soundtrack, is an amazing and energetic track that grabs your collar and shakes you until you have a concussion, and the final track, "House of 1000 Corpses" feels like a rockabilly nightmare. Riffy, twangy guitar, with thumpy rhythm and Rob croaking through in a way he rarely does. I legit loved the 7 minutes of this song.
Bottom line is this is a solid, albeit bored, album in a colorful discography. Check it out if you're a fan. Otherwise go die.
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Oh, sure, a different album in Rob Zombie's discography happens to bear the name "Hellbilly Deluxe 2" - but set that aside, this is basically Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Industrial Rock Boogaloo. Having established a pretty fun songwriting formula on Hellbilly Deluxe, driven it into the ground during the production of that album, and then thoroughly beaten the dead horse via the remix release American Made Music To Strip By, Rob Zombie was finally faced with the task of cooking up some new solo material, having apparently decided that he needed to grow his repertoire beyond Hellbilly Deluxe's selection and old White Zombie favourites.
Joke's on Rob - to a large extent, Hellbilly Deluxe's best songs and the White Zombie back catalogue are more or less what people are interested in, and musically speaking seem to be all Rob has to offer anyway. That, at least, is the impression one gets from The Sinister Urge (named after an Ed Wood movie lampooned on Mystery Science Theater 3000, because Rob Zombie is the industrial rock guy who loved movies so much he ended up having a better career as a director than as a musician).
Remember all the songs you really liked from Hellbilly Deluxe? They aren't here. But there is a crop of songs which follow the formula of those old classics closely enough that the only real emotional or aesthetic effect the album accomplishes is to make the listener think "wow... I really wish I was listening to Hellbilly Deluxe right now". And then, because there's almost zero chance you bought this one if you didn't already own Hellbilly Deluxe, you turn The Sinister Urge off and go listen to Hellbilly Deluxe. That album, after all, is the full-bore full-fat full-sugar Rob Zombie solo experience; this one just seems a little watered down for radio airplay in comparison (and given how carefully crafted for radio airplay the previous album was, that's saying a lot).
Joke's on Rob - to a large extent, Hellbilly Deluxe's best songs and the White Zombie back catalogue are more or less what people are interested in, and musically speaking seem to be all Rob has to offer anyway. That, at least, is the impression one gets from The Sinister Urge (named after an Ed Wood movie lampooned on Mystery Science Theater 3000, because Rob Zombie is the industrial rock guy who loved movies so much he ended up having a better career as a director than as a musician).
Remember all the songs you really liked from Hellbilly Deluxe? They aren't here. But there is a crop of songs which follow the formula of those old classics closely enough that the only real emotional or aesthetic effect the album accomplishes is to make the listener think "wow... I really wish I was listening to Hellbilly Deluxe right now". And then, because there's almost zero chance you bought this one if you didn't already own Hellbilly Deluxe, you turn The Sinister Urge off and go listen to Hellbilly Deluxe. That album, after all, is the full-bore full-fat full-sugar Rob Zombie solo experience; this one just seems a little watered down for radio airplay in comparison (and given how carefully crafted for radio airplay the previous album was, that's saying a lot).
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1
Sinners Inc.
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2
Demon Speeding
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3
Dead Girl Superstar
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4
Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy)
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Iron Head
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6
(Go To) California
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7
Feel So Numb
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Transylvanian Transmissions Pt. 1
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Bring Her Down (To Crippletown)
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Scum of the Earth
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House of 1000 Corpses
I forgot about this album!
Feeling a lot of nostalgia right now. One of the first albums that I played on my Walkman as a kid. Transylvanian Transmissions Pt.1 used to me nightmares so I would always skip it. "Honey what's wrong? Oh nothing it's just a readjustment... Your eyes!" NOPE that was enough for me haha! Really cool listening to it now though. I can definitely understand why I was so scared as a kid. Rob Zombie did some freaky stuff. Not sure how I wasn't scared of House of 1000 Corpses though.
Best song in my not so humble opinion is Bring Her Down (To Crippletown). It was my favorite song for a while in my life. And I listened to it many a time before my Walkman ultimately was lost with this CD in it. I was devastated for a long time. Happy to re-live these memories again!
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The best Rob Zombie release, but Hellbilly Deluxe and Educated Horses were both pretty good also. I recommend buying those two and this one.
1. Sinners Inc. (2/5) - Pretty cool intro, but it's still an intro, and intro's still suck.
2. Demon Speeding (4/5) - Anthemic, fast paced, and a great headbanger. Good track all around.
3. Dead Girl Superstar (3.5/5) - Fast, heavy, and a fun track. Chorus of Rob chanting "dead girl" a bunch gets annoying by the end though.
4. Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy) (3.5/5) - Another pretty good track, fun to blast loud. The girl singing gets annoying though.
5. Iron Head (4/5) - Rob Zombie and Ozzy. Try to say that's not epic.
6. (Go To) California (4.5/5) - This song defines Rob Zombie' sound. One of my favorites on this disc.
7. Feel So Numb (4.5/5) - Probably my favorite song on this CD. Epic.
8. Transylvanian Transmissions Pt. 1 (1/5) - Intermissions are rarely interesting. This is no exception.
9. Bring Her Down (To Crippletown) (4/5) - Another great track that defines Rob Zombie's signature sound.
10. Scum of the Earth (3/5) - Heavy but repetitive.
11. House of 1000 Corpses (1.5/5) - Creepy but still bad.
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1. Sinners Inc. (2/5) - Pretty cool intro, but it's still an intro, and intro's still suck.
2. Demon Speeding (4/5) - Anthemic, fast paced, and a great headbanger. Good track all around.
3. Dead Girl Superstar (3.5/5) - Fast, heavy, and a fun track. Chorus of Rob chanting "dead girl" a bunch gets annoying by the end though.
4. Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy) (3.5/5) - Another pretty good track, fun to blast loud. The girl singing gets annoying though.
5. Iron Head (4/5) - Rob Zombie and Ozzy. Try to say that's not epic.
6. (Go To) California (4.5/5) - This song defines Rob Zombie' sound. One of my favorites on this disc.
7. Feel So Numb (4.5/5) - Probably my favorite song on this CD. Epic.
8. Transylvanian Transmissions Pt. 1 (1/5) - Intermissions are rarely interesting. This is no exception.
9. Bring Her Down (To Crippletown) (4/5) - Another great track that defines Rob Zombie's signature sound.
10. Scum of the Earth (3/5) - Heavy but repetitive.
11. House of 1000 Corpses (1.5/5) - Creepy but still bad.
B-
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The magic, what little there was, is gone after his first solo album and what we have here is a hollow husk of his debut. The singles are empty and uninteresting and the subject matter, which was already getting old by the first album, is outright rotting by now. I don't mind him focusing on similar subjects like 'dead girls' or 'demons' or 'vehicles' or what nots. A good chunk of Springsteen tracks focus on cars and driving, but he keeps it interesting. Rob Zombie lacks the ability to keep it interesting.
Its not all mundane shit, mind you. Never Gonna Stop is a pretty solid track. Then again, I might be saying this because I happen to be a fan of Edge and he used this track sometime in early/mid 2000s. That track alone would be enough for it to get a three star (Its not a classic or anything, just likable), but House of 1000 Corpses kills any chance of this album getting a rating that high. Its six minutes of the same shit we're used to hearing, and by then I just want the album to end. Screw waiting for the hidden track.
Iron Head is another contemptable track worth mentioning. Sure, its like any other track, but this one features a tired Ozzy Osbourne who sounds like he could give two shits about the song hes singing in, and why should he? Its a mundane track that's made worse by the guest apperance, and quite frankly its the worst track on the album. The closer comes close, but its just barely beaten out.
Standout Tracks: Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy)
Its not all mundane shit, mind you. Never Gonna Stop is a pretty solid track. Then again, I might be saying this because I happen to be a fan of Edge and he used this track sometime in early/mid 2000s. That track alone would be enough for it to get a three star (Its not a classic or anything, just likable), but House of 1000 Corpses kills any chance of this album getting a rating that high. Its six minutes of the same shit we're used to hearing, and by then I just want the album to end. Screw waiting for the hidden track.
Iron Head is another contemptable track worth mentioning. Sure, its like any other track, but this one features a tired Ozzy Osbourne who sounds like he could give two shits about the song hes singing in, and why should he? Its a mundane track that's made worse by the guest apperance, and quite frankly its the worst track on the album. The closer comes close, but its just barely beaten out.
Standout Tracks: Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy)
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There's a couple of good songs - 'Dead Girl Superstar' with it's groovy riff and Kerry King's guitar solo, 'Never Gonna Stop', 'Scum of the Earth' and maybe even 'Feel So Numb'. The rest is total radio-friendly filler, with some songs actually being painful to listen to.
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