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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
Released	May 20, 2003
Recorded	2000–2002
Studio	White Room (Detroit, MI) Abbey Road (London) Ghetto Recorders (Detroit, MI)
Genre	Funk rock alternative rock dance-punk comedy rock
Length	38:05
Label	XL
Producer	Stuart Bradbury Damien Mendis
Electric Six chronology
Rock Empire (1999) Fire (2003) Señor Smoke (2005)
Singles from Fire
"Danger! High Voltage" Released: January 6, 2003 (2003-01-06) "Gay Bar" Released: June 2, 2003 (2003-06-02) "Dance Commander" Released: October 13, 2003 (2003-10-13)

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Blender	[3]
The Boston Phoenix	[4]
The Guardian	[5]
Pitchfork	4.0/10[6]
Q	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
The Village Voice	A−[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

14. "Don't Be Afraid of the Robot" – 1:40
15. "Remote Control (Me)" – 2:21
16. "I Lost Control of My Rock & Roll" – 1:47

Bonus DVD

• "Danger! High Voltage" music video
• "Gay Bar" music video
• "Dance Commander" music video

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

This section needs additional citations for verification. (September 2015)

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

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- [en] Fire (Electric Six album)

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[es] Fire (álbum de Electric Six)

Fire[1] es el primer álbum debut y álbum de estudio de la banda estadounidense de rock: Electric Six. Lanzado en mayo de 2003.

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[ru] Fire (альбом)

Fire (с англ. — «Огонь») — первый студийный альбом американской группы Electric Six, вышедший 20 мая 2003 на лейбле XL Recordings. Выходу альбома предшествовал выпуск сингла «Danger! High Voltage», занявшего 2 строчку главного музыкального чарта Великобритании, а также 10 строчку американского музыкального хит-парада, издаваемого журналом Billboard в категории Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales, охватывающей песни в стиле танцевальной музыки и ремиксы по критерию количества продаж. В британские чарты также вошли песни «Gay Bar» и «Dance Commander», достигшие соответственно 5-й и 40-й позиций. Сам альбом в целом достиг летом 2003 года 7-го места в британском хит-параде[13].

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