Señor Smoke (2005) is the second album from Electric Six, following Fire in 2003. It was released in the UK February 14, 2005 by Warner Music imprint Rushmore Records. Due to complications with Electric Six's former record label, Rushmore did not release the album in North America. In December 2005, the band announced a new partnership with Metropolis Records that resulted in Señor Smoke's North American release on February 7, 2006.
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| Released | February 14, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
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| Length | 43:02 | |||
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| Producer | Peters & Peters | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 58/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The A.V. Club | B[3] |
| Drowned in Sound | 1/10[4] |
| Pitchfork | 4.4/10[5] |
| PopMatters |   [6] |
| Spin | B[7] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | 1/5[8] |
Señor Smoke was ravaged by the UK press upon its 2005 release. However, the response to the album has been much more enthusiastic in America, with several positive reviews, including one from the March 2006 issue of Blender magazine that claims that the album (which received four stars) is so good that "[it] achieves an advance modern medicine has long pursued: it restores virginity."
The album's title honors Aurelio López (1948-1992), a former relief pitcher of the Detroit Tigers whose nickname was Señor Smoke.[9][10]
Track listing
editAll lyrics written by Tyler Spencer except "Radio Ga Ga" by Roger Taylor; all music composed by Tyler Spencer except where noted.
- "Rock and Roll Evacuation" – 3:36
- "Devil Nights" (Spencer/Zach Shipps/Christopher Tait/Chris Peters) – 2:56
- "Bite Me" (Spencer/Shipps/Tait/Peters) – 3:57
- "Jimmy Carter" – 3:27
- "Pleasing Interlude I" – 0:47
- "Dance Epidemic" (Spencer/Shipps/Tait/Peters) – 2:48
- "Future Boys" – 3:08)
- "Dance-A-Thon 2005" (Spencer/Shipps/Tait/Peters) – 3:29
- "Be My Dark Angel" – 3:17
- "Vibrator" (Spencer/Shipps/Tait/Peters) – 2:31
- "Boy or Girl?" (Spencer/Shipps/Tait/Peters) – 3:26
- "Pleasing Interlude II" – 0:27
- "Radio Ga Ga" (Taylor) – 3:55
- "Taxi to Nowhere" – 1:39
- "Future Is in the Future" (Spencer/Shipps/Tait/Peters) – 3:37
Personnel
edit- Dick Valentine – vocals
- Johnny Na$hinal – lead guitar
- The Colonel – rhythm guitar
- Tait Nucleus? – synthesizer
- John R. Dequindre – bass (tracks 1–12, 14–15)
- Frank Lloyd Bonaventure – bass (track 13)
- Matt Aljian – drums (tracks 1–4, 7–9, 12, 15)
- Michael Alonso – drums (tracks 6, 10)
- Johnny Hentch – piano (tracks 1, 14)[11]
References
edit- ^ "Senor Smoke by Electric Six". Metacritic. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Señor Smoke - Electric Six". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
- ^ Modell, Josh (2006-02-21). "Electric Six: Señor Smoke". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
- ^ Brainlove, John (2005-06-08). "Album Review: Electric Six - Senor Smoke". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
- ^ Moerder, Adam (2005-06-26). "Electric Six: Señor Smoke Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
- ^ Felt, Hunter (2006-02-03). "The Electric Six: Senor Smoke". PopMatters. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
- ^ "Quick Cuts". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. March 2006. p. 95.
- ^ Ubaghs, Charles. "Music Review: Electric Six - Señor Smoke". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
- ^ Interview: "How Do You Rock So Hard?" — Electric Six Archived 2006-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, Blogcritics.org, February 22, 2006, by Tiffany Leigh.
- ^ Electric Six: Interview with Dick Valentine Archived 2006-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, Artrocker, by Kaoru Sato.
- ^ "Electric Six – Señor Smoke (2005, CD)". Discogs.
External links
edit- "Radio Ga Ga" music video on YouTube