Senor Smoke
by Electric Six
Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. AllMusic
    80
    This is Electric Six's strongest work to date, and the fans who have stuck with them through their trials and tribulations won't be disappointed.
  2. Blender
    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]
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  3. The A.V. Club
    75
    It isn't the wall-to-wall bull's-eye of Fire, but it still has hits.
  5. Spin
    75
    Has moments of cheese-ball grace. [Mar 2006, p.95]
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  6. PopMatters
    60
    Senor Smoke, luckily, is catchy and fun enough that the lyrics don’t entirely sink the album.
  7. Dot Music
    60
    There are some truly great moments on "Senor Smoke".
  8. Uncut
    60
    Mileage left in the gag yet. [Apr 2005, p.108]
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  9. Village Voice
    50
    Half the time, we get songs of ambiguous quality, with more filler lines than killer ones, a big change from Fire's all-or-nothing approach.... But when everything comes together, the results are massively more rewarding than anything on Fire.
  10. Pitchfork
    44
    This album drops four consecutive hard rock stinkbombs to kick things off... Senor Smoke's saddest aspect, however, is its yearning for another dance-floor single.
  11. Prefix Magazine
    40
    Most of these tracks stumble around Dick Valentine's wacky lyrics, and the limited karaoke-style production only cheapens the equation.
  12. Q Magazine
    20
    It's marooned in novelty. [Apr 2005, p.121]
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  13. Tiny Mix Tapes
    20
    Señor Smoke suffers from nothing more then a total lack of discernable hooks to balance out the glaringly juvenile lyrics, cheese-filled synthesizers, and schlock-rock guitar stylings.
  14. Drowned In Sound
    10
    Difficult second album? In a way. In that it's difficult to listen to it without smashing your CD player to make it stop.

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User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Armington
    Nov 27, 2010
    9
    "Mr President, make a little money sending people you don't know to Iraq. Mr President I don't like you, you don't know who to ROCK!!"

    God, I    "Mr President, make a little money sending people you don't know to Iraq. Mr President I don't like you, you don't know who to ROCK!!"

    God, I love Electric Six. Their first two albums are fan-bloody-tastic. I think they upped the comic ante in this one following 'Fire', but I still marginally prefer Fire. Hilarious band that get my adrenaline pumping every time    … Full Review »
  2. AlexK.
    Mar 1, 2008
    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 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.… Full Review »
  3. DanC
    Feb 19, 2008
    9
    This album is cranked full of amazing songs, in particular look out for: Dance-A-Thon 2005 Boy Or Girl Future Boys Be My Dark Angel.
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