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The Sinister Urge by Rob Zombie
The Sinister Urge is an album by Rob Zombie, released in 2001. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 13 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Feel So Numb”, on 10 lists with a best position of #24.
The Sinister Urge, Rob Zombie's second solo album, crawled out on Geffen on November 13, 2001, over three years on from Hellbilly Deluxe. Zombie produced it himself and named it after the 1960 Ed Wood crime picture, which tells you everything about the drive-in it lives in: horror and suspense soak the words and the music alike.
The chassis is the same industrial-metal hot rod, all chugging riffs and stomping grooves, but he tinkers under the hood. "Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy)" rides a dance-floor beat, "Feel So Numb" and "Dead Girl Superstar" went out as promo singles, and "Scum of the Earth" had already turned up on the Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack. "Demon Speeding" was the lone commercial single, in June 2002. Reviews ran mixed to positive, but the fans took it to heart, pushing it into the Billboard 200 Top 10 and on to platinum. It was drummer John Tempesta's last album with him.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Sinister Urge on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feel So Numb | 10 | #24 | – | 2001 | |
| 2 | Scum of the Earth | 1 | #37 | – | 2000 | |
| 3 | Demon Speeding | 1 | #42 | – | 2002 | |
| 4 | Dead Girl Superstar | 1 | #51 | – | 2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.