| Jesus Urge Superstar | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Urge Overkill |
| Cover: | Urge Overkill Jesus Urge Superstar.jpg |
| Released: | 1989 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Length: | 38:38 |
| Label: | Touch and Go[1] |
| Producer: | Steve Albini |
| Next Title: | Americruiser |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
Jesus Urge Superstar is the debut studio album by the alternative rock band Urge Overkill.[2] [3] It was released in 1989.[4] The album is noted for its ironic 1970s-worshipping aesthetic, which would become a staple of the band’s core identity. [5]
"Very Sad Trousers" is about the band Royal Trux.[6]
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."[7] The Spin Alternative Record Guide described it as "grinding guitars, distant, shouted vocals, and resolutely unfriendly subject matter." 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."[8]
All songs written by Nash Kato and Eddie "King" Roeser.