Recorded The Studio Release date 29 August 1995 | Artist The Urge Label Immortal/Epic | |
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Released August 15, 1995 (Neat Guy release), August 20, 1996 (Immortal release) Length 32:32 (1995), 36:10 (1996) Producer The Urge, Michael Vail Blum Receiving The Gift of Flavor
(1995, 1996) Master of Styles
(1998) Genres Rock music, Ska, Reggae, Alternative metal Alternative metal albums | ||
The urge brainless receiving the gift of flavor
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.
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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. The live re-recording was released on November 20, 2015 and includes similar cover art with a blue background.
Songs
1Brainless2:37
2All Washed Up3:23
3Where Do We Go4:11