Fire (Electric Six album)

Fire is the debut studio album by American rock band Electric Six. It was released through XL Recordings on May 20, 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.

Fire
Studio album by
Electric Six
ReleasedMay 20, 2003
Recorded2000–2002
Studio
  • White Room (Detroit, MI)
  • Abbey Road (London)
  • Ghetto Recorders (Detroit, MI)
Genre
Length38:05
LabelXL
Producer
Electric Six chronology
Rock Empire
(1999)		 Fire
(2003)		 Señor Smoke
(2005)
Singles from Fire
  1. "Danger! High Voltage"
    Released: January 6, 2003 (2003-01-06)
  2. "Gay Bar"
    Released: June 2, 2003 (2003-06-02)
  3. "Dance Commander"
    Released: October 13, 2003 (2003-10-13)

Reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
The Boston Phoenix[4]
The Guardian[5]
Pitchfork4.0/10[6]
Q[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Village VoiceA−[9]

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.[10] Rolling Stone called the album "the summer's most brilliantly demented party record"[11] 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.

  1. "Dance Commander" – 2:37
  2. "Electric Demons in Love" – 3:06
  3. "Naked Pictures (Of Your Mother)" – 2:11
  4. "Danger! High Voltage" (Joe Frezza/Steve Nawara/Anthony Selph/Tyler Spencer) – 3:34
  5. "She's White" – 3:16
  6. "I Invented the Night" – 3:17
  7. "Improper Dancing" – 3:14
  8. "Gay Bar" – 2:20
  9. "Nuclear War (On the Dance Floor)" – 1:16
  10. "Getting Into the Jam" – 2:14
  11. "Vengeance and Fashion" – 2:46
  12. "I'm the Bomb" – 4:18
  13. "Synthesizer" – 4:00

Japanese bonus tracks
  1. "Don't Be Afraid of the Robot" – 1:40
  2. "Remote Control (Me)" – 2:21
  3. "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"[12]
  • Aran Ruth - musician
  • Deeanne Iovan - musician
  • Jim Diamond - musician
  • The Sheik - musician
  • Rachel Nagy - musician
  • Matt Ajian - musician
  • Kenny Tudrick - musician[13]

Charts
Chart (2003) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Electronic Albums 5
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums 38
UK Albums Chart 7

Legacy

The band recorded a sequel to "Gay Bar" entitled "Gay Bar Part Two" on their album "Flashy". It was less of a direct sequel and more of a satirisation of demand for them to write such a song.

The band performed the songs "Dance Commander", "Danger! High Voltage", "She's White", "Gay Bar" and "Synthesizer" on their live album "Absolute Pleasure".

The songs "Dance Commander", "Danger! High Voltage", "Gay Bar" and "Synthesizer" were performed by the band in the live concert film "Absolute Treasure".

The songs "I Invented the Night" and "I'm the Bomb" were performed on their second live album "You're Welcome!".

A "stripped down", acoustic version of "Synthesizer" and "She's White" were performed as part of Electric Six's upcoming live album Chill Out!.[14] "Synthesizer" was selected through a poll held for backers of the Kickstarter campaign used to fund the album.[15]

References
  1. "Reviews for Fire by Electric Six". Metacritic. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  2. Phares, Heather. "Fire – Electric Six". AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  3. Slaughter, James (June–July 2003). "Electric Six: Fire". Blender (17): 134. Archived from the original on September 13, 2005. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. Petridis, Alexis (June 27, 2003). "Electric Six: Fire". The Guardian. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  6. Carr, Eric (June 1, 2003). "Electric Six: Fire". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  7. "Electric Six: Fire". Q (204): 101. July 2003.
  8. Sheffield, Rob (June 26, 2003). "Electric Six: Fire". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 17, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  9. Christgau, Robert (August 5, 2003). "Consumer Guide: Shadows in the Cave". The Village Voice. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  10. Electric Six: Fire (2003) Reviews at MetaCritic.com.
  11. Rob Sheffield (June 26, 2003). "Electric Six: Fire : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20120313062425/http://inweekly.net/wordpress/?p=1896
  13. https://www.discogs.com/Electric-Six-Fire/release/1967177
  14. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/electric-six/2018/smalls-bar-hamtramck-mi-33ef1499.html
  15. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/e6absolutetreasure/a-very-electric-sixmas-and-chill-out
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