Senor Smoke - Electric Six
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  • Summary: The Detroit band returns with a second album.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. 80
    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]
  2. There are some truly great moments on "Senor Smoke".
  3. It's marooned in novelty. [Apr 2005, p.121]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. BenK
    10
    In 2003, The Electric Six put out an album that mocked rock while exemplifying everything that's great about it. Their follow up is more of the same. Senor Smoke features some songs from the Six's back catalog and some high quality new tracks. The label mishandled this album, the result of which was poor sales due to lack of promotion and a weak single in Radio Ga-Ga, arguably the album's weakest track. The latter, however, had no effect on the quality. Senor Smoke brings Valentine's lyrics to the forefront and the result is astounding. Fire showed only a hint of what Dick is capable of and fans will be pleased to know that a third release is scheduled for late 2006. One of the best releases of 2005 for sure. Expand
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  2. TomG
    10
    This is a solid rock album with lofty lyrics. I think that anyone that gives this album a low rating hasn't listened to it enough. Most of these reviews don't justify the rating the goes with it anyway. If the album's so bad, why give it a forty and not a zero? Expand
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  3. AlexK.
    10
    This album has some great rock songs, but the musical direction and the musicians are different from the first record; people that give a low rating do so mainly because they think all bands should stick to the same pattern over and over and over. Electric six changes on every record, and that's for the better. Expand
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