Jesus Urge Superstar

Jesus Urge Superstar is the debut studio album by the alternative rock band Urge Overkill.[7][8] It was released in 1989.[9] The album is noted for its ironic 1970s-worshipping aesthetic.[10]

Jesus Urge Superstar
Studio album by
Urge Overkill
Released1989
GenreAlternative rock
Length38:38
LabelTouch and Go[1]
ProducerSteve Albini[2]
Urge Overkill chronology
Jesus Urge Superstar
(1989)		 Americruiser
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide4/10[6]

"Very Sad Trousers" is about the band Royal Trux.[11]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "awful-sounding," writing that "the murk of thick mid-tempo guitar rock does nothing to prove the existence of songs, much less any audible trace of junk-culture devotion."[2] The Spin Alternative Record Guide described it as "grinding guitars, distant, shouted vocals, and resolutely unfriendly subject matter."[6] The Washington Post wrote that "Nate [sic] Kato's squalling high-end guitar has a certain delicacy to it and the trio's harmonies achieve a rough, yearning beauty."[12]

Track listing

All songs written by Nash Kato and Eddie "King" Roeser.

  1. "God Flintstone"—5:08
  2. "Very Sad Trousers"—3:29
  3. "Your Friend is Insane"—6:01
  4. "Dump Dump Dump"—3:07
  5. "Last Train to Heaven"—3:42
  6. "The Polaroid Doll"—2:30
  7. "Head On"—4:11
  8. "Crown of Laffs"—3:54
  9. "Dubbledead"—5:29
  10. "Easter '88"—1:07

References
  1. "Jesus Urge Superstar : Urge Overkill : Touch and Go / Quarterstick Records". Retrieved September 10, 2013.
  2. "Urge Overkill". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  3. "Jesus Urge Superstar - Urge Overkill | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 359.
  5. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 838.
  6. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 421.
  7. "Urge Overkill | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 1047.
  9. "URGE OVERKILL". chicagotribune.com.
  10. Frank, Thomas; Mulcahey, David (February 12, 2003). Boob Jubilee: The Cultural Politics of the New Economy. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393324303 – via Google Books.
  11. "You Say It's Your Birthday: Urge Overkill's National Kato". MTV News.
  12. Jenkins, Mark (December 22, 1989). "PICKS OF A PACK OF PUNK ROCKERS" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
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