Evil Urges

Infobox Album
Name = Evil Urges
Type = Album
Artist = My Morning Jacket


Released = Flagicon|AUS June 7, 2008
flagicon|US June 10, 2008
Recorded = Avatar Studios, New York City November 2007 ["May 2008 Issue of Spin", contains interview and new information on Evil Urges.]
Genre = Indie rock, Southern rock
Length = 55:39
Label = ATO Records (US/Canada)
Rough Trade (UK)
Spunk Records (Australia)
Producer = Joe Chiccarelli and Jim James
Reviews =
*"The A.V. Club" B [http://www.avclub.com/content/music/my_morning_jacket link]
*AbsolutePunk.net (85%) [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=334741 link]
*Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:anfuxzqjldte~T1 link]
*"Blender rating|4|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=5160 link]
*"Entertainment Weekly" A
*musicOMH rating|5|5 [http://www.musicomh.com/albums/my-morning-jacket_0608.htm link]
*Pitchfork Media (4.7/10.0) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/51074-evil-urges link]
*"Rolling Stone" rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/20847188/review/20947123/evil_urges link]
*"Spin" rating|4.5|5 [http://www.spin.com/reviews/my-morning-jacket-evil-urges-ato link]
*Twisted Ear rating|4.5|5 [http://www.twistedear.com/index.php/Albums/My-Morning-Jacket-Evil-Urges.html link]
Last album = "At Dawn/Tennessee Fire Demos Package"
(2007)
This album = "Evil Urges"
(2008)
Next album = n/a|

"Evil Urges" is the fifth studio album by My Morning Jacket. It was released by ATO Records on June 10, 2008. [ [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/48280-my-morning-jacket-reveal-album-title Pitchfork: My Morning Jacket Reveal Album Title] ] Writing began in Colorado, while recording was done in Manhattan. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003787847 Video Preview: My Morning Jacket On 'Evil Urges'] ] 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 ["Rolling Stone" 1050, 2008-04-17, p. 30] . Many of the songs were previewed at the 2008 South by Southwest music festival [ [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88163634 My Morning Jacket's performance at South by Southwest 2008] ] .

My Morning Jacket played "I'm Amazed" and "Evil Urges" on Saturday Night Live on May 10, 2008 [ [http://www.tv.com/saturday-night-live/shia-lebeouf-my-morning-jacket/episode/1193229/summary.html Saturday Night Live: Shia Lebeouf/My Morning Jacket - TV.com] ] . 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 Pt. 1," and featured the songs "Highly Suspicious" and "Look at You." [ [http://www.tv.com/one-tree-hill/touch-me-im-going-to-scream-part-1/episode/1184350/summary.html TV.com Episode Summary] ]

Track listing

All songs written by Jim James except where noted.
#"Evil Urges" - 5:14 (written by Jim James, the song's bridge, "Breakdown", is credited to My Morning Jacket)
#"Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 1" - 3:51
#"Highly Suspicious" - 3:07
#"I'm Amazed" - 4:35
#"Thank You Too!" - 4:29
#"Sec Walkin'" - 3:37
#"Two Halves" - 2:36
#"Librarian" - 4:18
#"Look at You" - 3:30
#"Aluminum Park" - 3:58
#"Remnants" - 3:04
#"Smokin' from Shootin'" - 5:07
#"Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 2" - 8:14
#"Good Intentions" - 0:04

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