''Señor Smoke'' (2005) is the second album from

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, following ''

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'' 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

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that resulted in ''Señor Smokes 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 ''

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'' magazine that claims that the album (which received four stars) is so good that " tachieves an advance modern medicine has long pursued: it restores virginity." The album's title honors

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whose nickname was Señor Smoke. Electric Six performed a

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of Queen's "

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" on ''Señor Smoke''.

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of Queen was reportedly a fan of the Electric Six version.

Track listing

All lyrics written by

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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/

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/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 #"

" (Taylor) – 3:55 #"Taxi to Nowhere" – 1:39 #"Future Is in the Future" (Spencer/Shipps/Tait/Peters) – 3:37

Personnel

* Dick Valentine – vocals * – 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)

References

External links

* "Radio Ga Ga
music video
on

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