The Sinister Urge (album)

On The Sinister Urge, Zombie worked with numerous writers and producers from his previous album, Hellbilly Deluxe. Scott Humphrey returned to produce the album, while former White Zombie band member John Tempesta returned to play drums for the album. On the concept behind the album, Zombie stated "I didn't really have a theme, I used to think that way but now I try not to have a preconceived idea because then you sort of box yourself into a corner and then everything doesn't fit. You actually end up throwing away better songs because you think it has to be a certain way." Zombie worked with music legend and Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne on the song "Iron Head", featured as the fifth track on the album. On the collaboration, Zombie stated "I thought that somehow the song didn't seem special enough. Somehow I thought that the song wasn't as good as it should be and I had been talking to Ozzy a lot and working on stuff for the tour and someone was like, 'Why don't you just get Ozzy to fucking do it?' It was like, duh. Sometimes you don't think of the obvious ideas." Kerry King of thrash metal band Slayer provides a guitar solo for the song "Dead Girl Superstar". ==Composition==

Zombie stated that his previous album, Hellbilly Deluxe, featured a lot of electronics, whereas The Sinister Urge features a live band, meaning more emphasis on the instrumentals. The song's video is inspired by the film A Clockwork Orange. ==Release and artwork==

The Sinister Urge was released on November 13, 2001 via Geffen Records. The album cover features Zombie with a green tint around him with a light blue background. The cover for the explicit version of the album features a skull and crossbones not found on the clean edition. The album sold just below 150,000 copies in its first week to debut at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart. ==Legacy==

In 2012, it was voted as the fan-favorite album, with Hellbilly Deluxe coming in second place. ==Track listing==

Music • Rob Zombie – vocals • Riggs – guitars • Blasko – bass • Tempesta – drums • Emm Gryner – female vocals • Evelyne Bennu – female vocals • Ozzy Osbourne – additional vocals on "Iron Head" • Phil X – additional guitars • Danny Lohner – additional guitars • Kerry King – additional guitars on "Dead Girl Superstar" • Chris Chaney – additional bass • Josh Freese – additional drums • Tommy Lee – additional drums • Gary Novak – additional drums • Bennett Salvay – string arrangements • Jerry Hey – horns • Bill Reichenbach Jr. – horns • Daniel Wiggins – horns • Gary Grant – horns • DJ Lethal – turntables • Mix Master Mike – turntables Production • Rob Zombie – production, lyrics, art direction, photos, package design • Scott Humphrey – production, programming, mixing, additional guitars • Frank Gryner – engineering, mixing, additional guitars • Tom Baker – mastering • Dan Burns – assistant engineering • Marina Chavez – photos == Charts ==

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