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- Original Release Date: 20 Oct 2008
- Format - Music: MP3
- Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player
- Also available in CD Format
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| Play | 1. Gay Bar Part Two | 2:42 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 2. Formula 409 | 3:42 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 3. We Were Witchy Witchy White Women | 3:55 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 4. Dirty Ball | 3:39 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 5. Lovers Beware | 3:19 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 6. Your Heat Is Rising | 3:31 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 7. Face Cuts | 3:14 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 8. Heavy Woman | 3:14 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 9. Flashy Man | 2:04 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 10. Watching Evil Empires Fall Apart | 3:58 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 11. Graphic Designer | 4:36 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 12. Transatlantic Flight | 4:01 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 13. Making Progress | 2:58 | £0.69 |
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It's safe to say that Electric Six are my favourite band of recent years, and they're way more than the novelty band some fools wrote them off as in the wake of early hits like 'Danger! High Voltage' and 'Gay Bar'. While the clever and highly amusing lyrics have been a constant, their musical style has ranged all over the place, meaning you never know quite what to expect from a new Electric Six album.
"Flashy", their fifth album as Electric Six, has 13 tracks crammed into a mere 45 minutes - which should tip you off that these are likely to be 13 quickfire little doses of the bizarre, and no ballads. And you'd be right about that.
To be honest, I wasn't very impressed with my first listen-through. Unlike the previous albums, it didn't seem to have any leap-out instantly-cool tracks and if I'd been forced at gunpoint to review it right there and then I would've said that it sounded a lot like an album entirely composed of the kind of tracks I was less fond of on their previous albums - the 'okay' tracks that lie between all the other ones that I really like. It was similar to the way I felt about "Switzerland" when I first heard it - except that album had "There's Something Very Wrong With Us", and I knew instantly that I loved that one.
But this album is definitely what's called a "grower" - by the third spin you'll know your way around this one, and what initally sounds like a raucous wall of sound will have resolved itself into 13 distinct little gems. Not perfect gems, maybe, but shiny ones nonetheless.
"Gay Bar Part 2" is, far from being a reprise of their early hit, instead exactly what people who demand bands repeat themselves and continually produce more of the same deserve (!) "Witchy White Women" concerns teenage girls who want to be lesbian witches :-) "Flashy Man" grooves hard and needs to be a single. And bizarre air-crash love-story from beyond the grave "Transatlantic Flight" contains the touching chorus line "In the event of a water landing you can use my body as a flotation device" - truly, greater love hath no man - and any album with lyrics like that cannot possibly be bad :-)
Electric Six fans should obviously snap this up instantly - but be prepared to have to break it in a little before it supples up - and anyone else looking to try something clever and different should take a punt, especially at the asking price.
"Flashy", their fifth album as Electric Six, has 13 tracks crammed into a mere 45 minutes - which should tip you off that these are likely to be 13 quickfire little doses of the bizarre, and no ballads. And you'd be right about that.
To be honest, I wasn't very impressed with my first listen-through. Unlike the previous albums, it didn't seem to have any leap-out instantly-cool tracks and if I'd been forced at gunpoint to review it right there and then I would've said that it sounded a lot like an album entirely composed of the kind of tracks I was less fond of on their previous albums - the 'okay' tracks that lie between all the other ones that I really like. It was similar to the way I felt about "Switzerland" when I first heard it - except that album had "There's Something Very Wrong With Us", and I knew instantly that I loved that one.
But this album is definitely what's called a "grower" - by the third spin you'll know your way around this one, and what initally sounds like a raucous wall of sound will have resolved itself into 13 distinct little gems. Not perfect gems, maybe, but shiny ones nonetheless.
"Gay Bar Part 2" is, far from being a reprise of their early hit, instead exactly what people who demand bands repeat themselves and continually produce more of the same deserve (!) "Witchy White Women" concerns teenage girls who want to be lesbian witches :-) "Flashy Man" grooves hard and needs to be a single. And bizarre air-crash love-story from beyond the grave "Transatlantic Flight" contains the touching chorus line "In the event of a water landing you can use my body as a flotation device" - truly, greater love hath no man - and any album with lyrics like that cannot possibly be bad :-)
Electric Six fans should obviously snap this up instantly - but be prepared to have to break it in a little before it supples up - and anyone else looking to try something clever and different should take a punt, especially at the asking price.
Format:Audio CD
Good album, great fan and wasn't dissapointed. Not up to the quality of Senor Smoke, but then what is???
Format:Audio CD
This product may not be the best of thier work but it does have some great songs. Everytime they make an album thier style seems to change which i like as it keeps them fresh, you initially may not like the album but you get use to it just with their other albums and you get to like it. its definatly worth buying if your an Electric 6 fan, and i hope they keep making new and different albums. Anywho if your just starting on the Electric six road may i recommend 'Fire' and 'switzerland'as they go down smoother, then if you like perhaps 'senior smoke' and by then you should get thier music and be hooked. I love electric six because of the agression and energy of valentine and the music style itself all complamenting each other making it fun to listen to. Make sure you also checkout there official website its got lots of cool stuff that needs your attention too.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Electric Six- Flashy
A highly enjoyable album, hence 4 stars, but not the usual 5 star Electric Six effort. Just not as much impact as the last 4. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2009 by Lee Boothby
An Electric 5th?
To Be Totally Honest...Back In The Day's Of "Gay Bar", "Danger! High Voltage" & "Dance Commander"...I Totally Fell For Electric 6. Baught "Fire", Loved It, And Thought Awesome... Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2009 by Gavin J. Griffiths
Less "Flashy" More "Patchy"
Whilst as a big Electric Six fan I greatly appreciate their prolific output, there are certain drawbacks to it and this album illustrates those more clearly than any of its... Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2008 by Mr. S. D. Allin
Really strong quirky rock record
I've only previously heard the hits these guys had in 2003, and I just checked out this record because it was on Ginger of the Wildhearts' Round Records label. Read more
Published on 25 Nov 2008 by Turk Thrust
It's Flashy but not their best
Maybe it's because it needs to grow on me a bit more but I don't think this is their best yet. Don't get me wrong it has some fantastic songs on it but it's not consistently... Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2008 by SHM
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