Evil Urges

Evil Urges
Studio album by My Morning Jacket
Released June 7, 2008
Recorded Avatar Studios, New York City November 2007[1]
Genre Indie rock
Neo-psychedelia
Length 55:39
Label ATO (US/Canada)
Rough Trade (UK)
Spunk (Australia)
Producer Joe Chiccarelli and Jim James
My Morning Jacket chronology
At Dawn/Tennessee Fire Demos Package
(2007)		 Evil Urges
(2008)		 Circuital
(2011)
Singles from Evil Urges
  1. "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 2"
    Released: 2008
  2. "I'm Amazed"
    Released: 2008

Evil Urges is the fifth studio album by My Morning Jacket. It was released by ATO Records on June 10, 2008.[2] The cover was by Gary Burden. The album was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, ultimately losing to Radiohead's In Rainbows.[3]

Writing and recording

Writing began in Colorado, while recording was done in Manhattan.[4] According to producer Joe Chiccarelli, the demos he was sent, which were "very groove-oriented with hints of old-fashioned R&B", suggested a more urban record than previous albums, and as such he recommended the band record in an urban environment that had some "life and vitality".[5] After looking into various options including Vancouver and San Francisco, the band eventually decided to record in New York.[5]

Singer and lead songwriter Jim James said that the band wanted to get away from "normal rock and roll sounds" and emulate more of the band's live sound.[6] Many of the songs were previewed at the 2008 South by Southwest music festival.[7]

Promotion

My Morning Jacket played "I'm Amazed" and "Evil Urges" on Saturday Night Live on May 10, 2008.[8] At the Bonnaroo Music Festival in June 2008, the band played a near four hour set, playing all songs on the album except "Look at You" and "Remnants".

The season six premiere of The CW's teen drama One Tree Hill was titled "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream" and featured the songs "Highly Suspicious" and "Look at You." [9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[10]
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. ClubB[11]
AllMusic[12]
Blender[13]
Crawdaddy!favorable
"Drowned in Sound"[14]
Entertainment WeeklyA[15]
The Guardian[16]
Pitchfork Media4.7/10.0[17]
PopMatters[18]
Rolling Stone
Spin[19]

Evil Urges received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 67, based on 31 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[10]

Accolades

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Rolling Stone US 50 Best Albums of the Year 2008 #4[20]
Spin US 40 Best Albums of the Year 2008 #16[21]
Paste (magazine) US 50 Best Albums of the Year 2008 #16[22]
Blender (magazine) US 33 Best Albums of the Year 2008 #12[23]
WXPN Philadelphia US 50 Best Albums of the Year 2008 #4[24]
WERS Boston US 50 Best Albums of the Year 2008 #10[25]
Q UK 50 Best Albums of the Year 2008 #4[26]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jim James, except where noted. 

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Evil Urges"  My Morning Jacket 5:14
2. "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 1"    3:51
3. "Highly Suspicious"    3:07
4. "I'm Amazed"    4:35
5. "Thank You Too!"    4:29
6. "Sec Walkin"    3:37
7. "Two Halves"    2:36
8. "Librarian"    4:18
9. "Look at You"    3:30
10. "Aluminum Park"    3:58
11. "Remnants"    3:04
12. "Smokin from Shootin"    5:07
13. "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 2"    8:14
14. "Good Intentions"    0:06
Total length:
 55:39

Personnel

My Morning Jacket
Additional personnel
Assistance

References

  1. ↑ May 2008 Issue of Spin, contains interview and new information on Evil Urges.
  2. ↑ Pitchfork: My Morning Jacket Reveal Album Title
  3. ↑ "Exploring The Alternative Field Nominees". Grammy.com. Retrieved July 2, 2015. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  4. ↑ Video Preview: My Morning Jacket On 'Evil Urges'
  5. 1 2 "Interview with Joe Chiccarelli". HitQuarters. 14 June 2010. Retrieved Aug 17, 2010.
  6. ↑ Rolling Stone 1050, 2008-04-17, p. 30
  7. ↑ My Morning Jacket's performance at South by Southwest 2008
  8. ↑ Saturday Night Live: Shia Labeouf/My Morning Jacket - TV.com
  9. ↑ TV.com Episode Summary
  10. 1 2 "Evil Urges – My Morning Jacket". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  11. ↑ "My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges". The A.V. Club.
  12. ↑ "Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket". AllMusic.
  13. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080618014431/http://www.blender.com:80/guide/reviews.aspx?id=5160. Archived from the original on June 18, 2008. Retrieved July 4, 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ "My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges". Drowned in Sound.
  15. ↑ "Evil Urges Review". Entertainment Weekly. 30 May 2008.
  16. ↑ Simpson, Dave (6 June 2008). "CD: My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges". London: The Guardian.
  17. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20081024172910/http://www.pitchfork.com/article/record_review/51074-my-morning-jacket-evil-urges
  18. ↑ "My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges". PopMatters.
  19. ↑ "My Morning Jacket, 'Evil Urges' (ATO)". Spin.
  20. ↑ "News". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  21. ↑ Archived December 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  22. ↑ "Signs of Life 2008: Best Music". Paste. Retrieved July 2, 2015. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  23. ↑ Winistorfer, Andrew. "Blender's Top 33 albums of 2008". Prefix Magazine. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  24. ↑ xpn.org
  25. ↑ WERS.org
  26. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2008". Q. January 2009: 82.

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