Exit the Dragon
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{{Infobox album
| name = Exit the Dragon
| type = studio
| artist = Urge Overkill
| cover = Exit the dragon.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 26, 1995
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Alternative rock
| length = 61:03
| label = Geffen
| producer = Butcher Bros.
| prev_title = Saturation
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Rock & Roll Submarine
| next_year = 2011
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/exit-the-dragon-mw0000175053|title=Exit the Dragon – Urge Overkill|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=April 26, 2020|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=Muze |volume=8 |page=359}}
|rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
|rev3score = B+{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1995/10/06/exit-dragon/|title=Exit the Dragon|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=October 6, 1995|accessdate=April 26, 2020|last=Browne|first=David|authorlink=David Browne (journalist)}}
|rev4 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide
|rev4score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=1183}}
|rev5 = NME
|rev5score = 9/10{{cite magazine|title=Urge Overkill: Exit the Dragon|magazine=NME|date=August 19, 1995|page=46}}
|rev6 = Q
|rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Urge Overkill: Exit the Dragon|magazine=Q|issue=108|date=September 1995|page=122}}
|rev7 = Rolling Stone
|rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/urgeoverkill/albums/album/179451/rid/5944098/|title=Urge Overkill: Exit The Dragon|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 7, 1995|accessdate=April 26, 2020|last=Mundy|first=Chris|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060509065252/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/urgeoverkill/albums/album/179451/rid/5944098/|archivedate=May 9, 2006|url-status=dead}}
|rev8 = Spin
|rev8score = 7/10{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqjQUZoqfawC&pg=PA91|title=Urge Overkill: Exit the Dragon|magazine=Spin|volume=11|issue=5|date=August 1995|accessdate=April 26, 2020|last=Strauss|first=Neil|authorlink=Neil Strauss|page=91}}
}}
Exit the Dragon is the fifth album by American alternative rock group Urge Overkill, released in 1995.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/urge-overkill-mn0000299776/biography|title=Urge Overkill | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}} Exit the Dragon is characterized as being a darker album than their previous album, Saturation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19951103-1995-11-03-9511020280-story.html|title=Facing Their Demons|first=Sam|last=McDonald|website=dailypress.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/urgeoverkill.html|title=Urge Overkill|website=www.furious.com}} 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.
Production
Critical reception
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."{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-01-ca-51921-story.html|title=Album Review : * * 1/2 Urge Overkill; "Exit the Dragon"; Geffen|date=October 1, 1995|website=Los Angeles Times}} 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."{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-10-08-9510080039-story.html|title=Urge Overkill's 'Exit the Dragon' Sneaks Up on You|first=Greg|last=Kot|website=chicagotribune.com}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1 = Jaywalkin'
| extra1 = Eddie "King" Roeser
| length1 = 3:31
| title2 = The Break
| extra2 = Roeser
| length2 = 3:44
| title3 = Need Some Air
| extra3 = Nash Kato
| length3 = 3:07
| title4 = Somebody Else's Body
| extra4 = Kato
| length4 = 3:48
| title5 = Honesty Files
| extra5 = Roeser
| length5 = 3:55
| title6 = This Is No Place
| extra6 = Roeser
| length6 = 4:20
| title7 = The Mistake
| extra7 = Blackie Onassis
| length7 = 4:30
| title8 = Take Me
| extra8 = Roeser with Kato
| length8 = 2:58
| title9 = View of the Rain
| extra9 = Kato
| length9 = 4:46
| title10 = Last Night / Tomorrow
| extra10 = Roeser / Kato
| length10 = 5:21
| title11 = Tin Foil
| extra11 = Roeser
| length11 = 4:28
| title12 = Monopoly
| extra12 = Kato
| length12 = 3:29
| title13 = And You'll Say
| extra13 = Roeser
| length13 = 3:39
| title14 = Digital Black Epilogue
| extra14 = Kato
| length14 = 9:27
}}
Personnel
- Eddie "King" Roeser – vocals, bass guitar, guitars
- Nash Kato – vocals, guitars, keyboards
- Blackie Onassis – drums, vocals
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1995)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Australia|6|artist=Urge Overkill|album=Exit the Dragon|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 8, 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Austria|37|artist=Urge Overkill|album=Exit the Dragon|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 8, 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|48|id=9464|artist=Urge Overkill|album=Exit the Dragon|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 8, 2020}} |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|50|artist=Urge Overkill|album=Exit the Dragon|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 8, 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Norway|24|artist=Urge Overkill|album=Exit the Dragon|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 8, 2020}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|88|date=19950827|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 8, 2020}} |
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/430699/urge-overkill/chart?f=305 |title=Urge Overkill – Chart history: Billboard 200 |work=Billboard |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223111833/http://www.billboard.com/artist/430699/urge-overkill/chart?f=305 |archivedate=December 23, 2016 |accessdate=June 8, 2020}}
| align="center"| 129 |