Electric Six
Fire
Release Date: May 20, 2003
Genre(s): Indie, Rock
Record label: Beggars Banquet / XL
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Album Review: Fire by Electric Six
Fairly Good, Based on 1 Critic
The Guardian - 60
Based on rating 3/5
Based on rating 3/5
Nothing in pop has as short a shelf life as the comic novelty single. Jasper Carrott's Funky Moped, Joe Dolce's Shaddap You Face, Afroman's Because I Got High - no matter how funny a joke seems at first, listening to it over and over again is liable to give you an unpleasant twitch. You suspect that even within the opprobrium-attracting world of the novelty single, the comedy guys are sneered at, mocked as quick-buck merchants by the people behind the Cheeky Girls and DJ Otzi.