Master of Styles

Master of Styles
Studio album by The Urge
Released	April 21, 1998
Recorded	1998 at Sierra Sonic Studios
Genre	Alternative rock, ska, reggae, alternative metal
Length	42:40
Label	Immortal Records
Producer	GGGarth
The Urge chronology
Receiving the Gift of Flavor (1995) Master of Styles (1998) Too Much Stereo (2000)

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Master of Styles is the fifth studio album by alternative rock band The Urge. It was released in 1998 in cassette and CD format. The album produced 3 singles (“Jump Right In”, “Straight to Hell”, and “Closer”) and sold 250,000 copies. “Jump Right In” featured guest vocals by Nick Hexum of 311 and hit the #10 position on the Modern Rock list.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Ewing, Karl Grable, Jerry Jost, Todd Painter, and John Pessoni, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"If I Were You"		3:52
2.	"Straight to Hell"		3:15
3.	"Jump Right In" (ft. Nick Hexum)	The Urge, N. Hexum	3:43
4.	"S.L.O.B."	S. Ewing, K. Grable, J. Pessoni	2:48
5.	"Played Out"		3:39
6.	"Closer"	K. Grable, J. Jost, T. Painter, J. Pessoni	3:49
7.	"Gene Machine" (Bad Brains Cover)	P. Hudson, D. Jenifer	3:03
8.	"My Apology"	S. Ewing, K. Grable, J. Jost, M. Kwiatkowski, T. Painter, J. Pessoni	3:24
9.	"Divide and Conquer"	The Urge	4:43
10.	"Identity Crisis"		2:42
11.	"Going Down"		3:24
12.	"Prayer for Rain"	S. Ewing, K. Grable, J. Jost, M. Kwiatkowski, T. Painter, J. Pessoni	4:15
Total length:			42:40

Personnel

The Urge

• Steve Ewing - vocals
• Karl Grable - bass, concept
• Jerry Jost - guitars
• John Pessoni - drums, background vocals
• Bill Reiter - saxophone
• Matt Kwiatkowski - trombone
• Todd Painter - trombone, keyboard

Additional musicians

• Nick Hexum - vocals in "Jump Right In"

Additional personnel

• Mike Dillon - percussion
• Doug Erb - art direction
• GGGarth - engineer, producer
• Mr. Colson - engineer
• Tom Gordon - assistant engineer
• Steve Hupaylo - unknown contributor
• Michael Lavine - photography
• Bob Ludwig - mastering
• Luke Partridge - design
• Joe Gastwirt- Mastering on Jump right in.
• Randy Staub - mixing
• Joe Varkey - assistant engineer
• Gary Winger - mixing assistant

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
US Billboard Heatseekers	1
US Billboard Billboard 200	111