''Exit the Dragon'' is the fifth album by American

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group

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, released in 1995. ''Exit the Dragon'' is characterized as being a darker album than their previous album, ''

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''. It was their final album until 2011 saw the release of '' Rock & Roll Submarine'', sixteen years after ''Exit the Dragon''.

Production

The album was produced by the

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Critical reception

The ''

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'' wrote that the album's "fab pop tunes are as cheesily amusing as a dubbed karate movie. But when the kitsch clears, you have to wonder whether the band ... has anything of its own to offer." The ''

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'' praised "the kind of understated, seemingly casual performances that bespeak a band less interested in dazzle than emotional immediacy, with sturdy melodies, raggedly poignant vocals and brooding lyrics."

Track listing

Personnel

*Eddie "King" Roeser – vocals, bass guitar, guitars *Nash Kato – vocals, guitars, keyboards *Blackie Onassis – drums, vocals

Charts

References

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