Kill (Electric Six album)

KILL is the sixth album by Detroit rock band Electric Six.

KILL
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 20, 2009 (2009-10-20)
StudioBig Sky Recording, Ann Harbor, Michigan
GenreRock
Length43:24
LabelMetropolis Records
ProducerElectric Six, Zach Shipps
Electric Six chronology
Flashy
(2008)
KILL
(2009)
Zodiac
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Classic Rock[3]
PopMatters[4]
Sphere Magazine[5]

KILL cross-stitch cover art was produced by Detroit artist/writer Shannon McCarthy

Track listing

All songs written by Tyler Spencer.

  1. "Body Shot" – 3:46
  2. "Waste of Time and Money" – 3:28
  3. "Egyptian Cowboy" – 4:20
  4. "Escape from Ohio" – 3:11
  5. "Rubbin' Me the Wrong Way" – 3:04
  6. "One Sick Puppy" – 2:53
  7. "Steal Your Bones" – 4:20
  8. "My Idea of Fun" – 3:17
  9. "I Belong in a Factory" – 2:32
  10. "The Newark Airport Boogie" – 3:00
  11. "Simulated Love" – 3:30
  12. "You're Bored" – 1:45
  13. "White Eyes" – 4:20

Personnel

Electric Six
  • Dick Valentine – vocals
  • Tait Nucleus? – synthesizer
  • The Colonel – guitar
  • Johnny Na$hinal – guitar
  • Smörgåsbord – bass[6]
  • Percussion World – drums
Additional musicians
  • John R. Dequindre – bass on track 5
  • Kristin von Bernthal – background vocals on track 7
  • Matt Aljian – timpani on track 7
  • Korin Louise Visocchi – background vocals on track 11

Legacy

  • "The Newark Airport Boogie" was included on a charity fund-raising album, The Haiti Project, released to raise money to aide relief efforts related to the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[7]
  • A demo version of "White Eyes" was subsequently made available online via the band's SoundCloud page after, initially, being announced for inclusion on their Mimicry and Memories album but later being omitted.[8][9]
  • Dick Valentine recorded an acoustic version of "Steal Your Bones" for his solo album Quiet Time.[10]
  • Demos of "Waste of Time and Money", "Rubbin' Me the Wrong Way" and "I Belong in a Factory" were subsequently released on The Dick Valentine Raw Collection.[11]
  • The band performed a stripped-down version of "Steal Your Bones" on their third live album Chill Out!.[12][13]

References

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