I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master

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I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 9, 2007
Genre Rock
Length50:33
Label Metropolis Records
Producer Zach Shipps
Electric Six chronology
Switzerland
(2006)
I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master
(2007)
Flashy
(2008)
Professional ratings
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Pitchfork Media 5.6/10 [2]
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PopMatters 6/10 [4]

I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master is the fourth album by the Detroit rock band Electric Six. [5]

Contents

Music videos were made for the tracks "Down at McDonnelzzz" and "Randy's Hot Tonight!".

Track listing

All lyrics written by Tyler Spencer, music composition noted below.

  1. "It's Showtime!" (Shipps) – 1:53
  2. "Down at McDonnelzzz" (Spencer/Shipps) – 4:01
  3. "Dance Pattern" (Spencer/Shipps) – 3:41
  4. "Rip It!" (Spencer/Shipps) – 3:37
  5. "Feed My Fuckin' Habit" (Spencer/Shipps) – 2:11
  6. "Riding on the White Train" (Spencer/Shipps) – 2:48
  7. "Broken Machine" (Tait) – 3:16
  8. "When I Get to the Green Building" (Spencer/Shipps) – 3:54
  9. "Randy's Hot Tonight!" (Nash) – 3:04
  10. "Kukuxumushu" (Spencer) – 3:51
  11. "I Don't Like You" (Spencer) – 2:53
  12. "Lucifer Airlines" (Nash) – 2:49
  13. "Lenny Kravitz" (Spencer) – 3:06
  14. "Fabulous People" (Spencer/Shipps) – 2:27
  15. "Sexy Trash" (Nash/Shipps) – 2:08
  16. "Dirty Looks" (Nash/Shipps) – 4:46

Personnel

Other information

Charts

Chart performance for I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master
Chart (2007)Peak
position
US Billboard Top Electronic Albums5
US Billboard Top Heatseekers50

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