The Supersonic Storybook

With the addition of drummer Blackie Onassis, Urge Overkill shapes up into a killer rock & roll combo. It also doesn't hurt that the songs are the finest they have written to date. Although the production is a little flat, there's no denying the force of the best tracks. The Candidate boasts a huge, stadium-size riff, The Kids Are Insane is a frenzied, frenetic rocker, Today Is Blackie's Birthday is gleefully stupid, and the band is surprisingly sexy on the old soul song Emmaline. Things bog down a bit on the second side, but Urge is starting to sound like the rock stars they always knew they were. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide