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2003 studio album by Electric Six
Fire
Released May 20, 2003 in
US ,
June 30, 2003 in
UK Recorded 2000–2002 Studio White Room (Detroit, MI)
Abbey Road (London) Ghetto Recorders (Detroit, MI)
Genre Length 38 :05
Label
XL
Producer
Fire is the debut studio album by American
rock band
Electric Six . It was released through
XL Recordings on May 20 in the
US and June 30 in the
UK , 2003. It was preceded by the hit single "
Danger! High Voltage ", which peaked at number 2 on the
UK Singles Chart . The album peaked at number 7 in the UK and received positive reviews from critics.
Reception
Critical
The album received generally positive reviews from critics. At
review aggregator site
Metacritic , the album has an average critic score of 70/100, based on 20 reviews.
[11]
Rolling Stone called the album "the summer's most brilliantly demented party record"
[12] and
Blender hailed the music as "convincingly ferocious".
[3]
Commercial
Fire peaked at number 7 on the
UK Albums Chart . The three singles released from the album all also charted. "
Danger! High Voltage ", which reached #10 in the U.S. Billboard
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart and #2 in the
UK Singles Chart ; "
Gay Bar ", which reached #5 in the UK Singles Chart; and "
Dance Commander ", which reached #40 in the UK Singles Chart. Fire went
gold in the
United Kingdom on September 5, 2003.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Tyler Spencer; all music composed by Tyler Spencer except where noted.
"
Dance Commander " – 2:37
"Electric Demons in Love" – 3:06
"Naked Pictures (Of Your Mother)" – 2:11
"
Danger! High Voltage " (Joe Frezza/Steve Nawara/Anthony Selph/Tyler Spencer) – 3:34
"She's White" – 3:16
"I Invented the Night" – 3:17
"Improper Dancing" – 3:14
"
Gay Bar " – 2:20
"Nuclear War (On the Dance Floor)" – 1:16
"Getting Into the Jam" – 2:14
"Vengeance and Fashion" – 2:46
"I'm the Bomb" – 4:18
"Synthesizer" – 4:00
Japanese bonus tracks
"Don't Be Afraid of the Robot" – 1:40
"Remote Control (Me)" – 2:21
"I Lost Control of My Rock & Roll" – 1:47
Bonus DVD
Personnel
Dick Valentine – vocals
The Rock-N-Roll Indian – lead guitar
Surge Joebot – rhythm guitar
Disco – bass
M. – drums
Jack White – background vocals (track 4), credited as "John S. O'Leary"
[13]
Jim Diamond - saxophone (track 4), credited as "Bill Clinton"
[14]
Charts
References
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"Reviews for Fire by Electric Six" .
Metacritic . Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ Phares, Heather.
"Fire – Electric Six" .
AllMusic . Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
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b Slaughter, James (June–July 2003).
"Electric Six: Fire" .
Blender (17): 134. Archived from
the original on September 13, 2005. Retrieved May 4, 2016 .
^ Goldberg, Michael Alan (June 6–12, 2003).
"Electric Six: Fire (XL/Beggars Banquet)" .
The Boston Phoenix . Archived from
the original on April 1, 2004. Retrieved November 8, 2017 .
^
Petridis, Alexis (June 27, 2003).
"Electric Six: Fire" .
The Guardian . Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ Wild, Tim (August 2003).
"Electric Six: Fire (XL Recordings)" (PDF) .
Muzik . No. 99. p. 72. Retrieved 11 August 2023 .
^ Carr, Eric (June 1, 2003).
"Electric Six: Fire" .
Pitchfork . Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "Electric Six: Fire".
Q (204): 101. July 2003.
^
Sheffield, Rob (June 26, 2003).
"Electric Six: Fire" .
Rolling Stone . Archived from
the original on June 17, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^
Christgau, Robert (August 5, 2003).
"Consumer Guide: Shadows in the Cave" .
The Village Voice . Retrieved May 4, 2016 .
^
Electric Six: Fire (2003) Reviews at MetaCritic.com.
^ Rob Sheffield (June 26, 2003).
"Electric Six: Fire : Music Reviews" .
Rolling Stone . Archived from
the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved October 22, 2009 .
^
"IN Interview: The Electric Six" . 29 September 2010. Archived from
the original on 2012-03-13.
^ Harris, Craig.
"Jim Diamond Biography" . AllMusic . Retrieved May 19, 2024 .
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"Lescharts.com – Electric Six – Fire" . Hung Medien. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
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"Official Albums Chart Top 100" .
Official Charts Company . Retrieved May 9, 2023.
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