| Fire | ||||
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| Studio album by Electric Six | ||||
| Released | May 20, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Dance-punk, hard rock, funk rock, comedy rock | |||
| Length | 38:05 | |||
| Label | XL Recordings | |||
| Producer | Damien Mendis and Stuart Bradbury | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (70/100) [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [2] |
| Robert Christgau | (A-) [3] |
| Amazon.com | (positive)[4] |
| Dotmusic | (4/10)[5] |
| The Guardian | [6] |
| The A.V. Club | (positive)[7] |
| Pitchfork Media | (4.0/10)[8] |
| PopMatters | (NR)[9] |
| Rolling Stone | [10] |
| Spendid Magazine | (negative)[11] |
| Village Voice | (positive)[12] |
Fire is the debut album of Electric Six, released in 2003.
The album received generally positive critical reviews.[13] Rolling Stone called the album "the summer's most brilliantly demented party record"[14] and Blender hailed the music as "convincingly ferocious".[15] Detractors of the album included Mike Baker of Splendid, who called the band "[a] novelty act, a misfire and a waste of time",[16] and the reviewer for Uncut, who said that the album contains "little charm and less real humour".[17]
Three singles were released from the album: "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. Later that year, the album was re-released with a bonus DVD containing the music videos for all three singles from the album.
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All lyrics written by Tyler Spencer; all music composed by Tyler Spencer except where noted.
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Electronic Albums | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums | 38 |
| UK Albums Chart | 7 |
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"Credited as John s. O'Leary, Jack White provides the "female" backing to the single Danger! High Voltage." From the September 2007 issue of Q.