Señor Smoke
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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] |
| Blender | [4] |
| Drowned in Sound | 1/10[5] |
| Pitchfork | 4.4/10[6] |
| PopMatters | 6/10[7] |
| Q | [8] |
| Spin | B[9] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [10] |
| Uncut | 6/10[11] |
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.
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.[12][13]
Electric Six performed a cover version of Queen's "Radio Ga Ga" on Señor Smoke.[14] Brian May of Queen was reportedly a fan of the Electric Six version.[14]
Track listing
[edit]All lyrics are written by Tyler Spencer, except "Radio Ga Ga" by Roger Taylor; all music is composed by Spencer, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rock and Roll Evacuation" | 3:36 | |
| 2. | "Devil Nights" | Spencer, Zach Shipps, Christopher Tait, Chris Peters | 2:56 |
| 3. | "Bite Me" | Spencer, Shipps, Tait, Peters | 3:57 |
| 4. | "Jimmy Carter" | 3:27 | |
| 5. | "Pleasing Interlude I" | 0:47 | |
| 6. | "Dance Epidemic" | Spencer, Shipps, Tait, Peters | 2:48 |
| 7. | "Future Boys" | 3:08 | |
| 8. | "Dance-A-Thon 2005" | Spencer, Shipps, Tait, Peters | 3:29 |
| 9. | "Be My Dark Angel" | 3:17 | |
| 10. | "Vibrator" | Spencer, Shipps, Tait, Peters | 2:31 |
| 11. | "Boy or Girl?" | Spencer, Shipps, Tait, Peters | 3:26 |
| 12. | "Pleasing Interlude II" | 0:27 | |
| 13. | "Radio Ga Ga" (Queen cover) | Taylor | 3:55 |
| 14. | "Taxi to Nowhere" | 1:39 | |
| 15. | "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)[15]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Senor Smoke by Electric Six". Metacritic. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ↑ Phares, Heather. "Señor Smoke - Electric Six". AllMusic. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ↑ Modell, Josh (February 21, 2006). "Electric Six: Señor Smoke". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ↑ Submit to these tongue-in-cheek disco-rock readymades and it's as if you're hearing irony and an ass-kicking backbeat for the very first time. [Mar 2006, p.112]
- ↑ Brainlove, John (June 8, 2005). "Album Review: Electric Six - Senor Smoke". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ↑ Moerder, Adam (June 26, 2005). "Electric Six: Señor Smoke Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ↑ Felt, Hunter (February 3, 2006). "The Electric Six: Senor Smoke". PopMatters. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ↑ It's marooned in novelty. [Apr 2005, p.121]
- ↑ "Quick Cuts". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. March 2006. p. 95.
- ↑ Ubaghs, Charles. "Music Review: Electric Six - Señor Smoke". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ↑ Mileage left in the gag yet. [Apr 2005, p.108]
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Irwin, Corey (January 22, 2021). "25 Times Queen Were Covered by Other Artists". Ultimate Classic Rock.
- ↑ "Electric Six – Señor Smoke (2005, CD)". Discogs.
External links
[edit]- "Radio Ga Ga" music video on YouTube
