Kill (Electric Six album)

Kill
Studio album by Electric Six
Released	October 20, 2009 (2009-10-20)
Studio	Big Sky Recording, Ann Harbor, Michigan
Genre	Rock
Length	43:24
Label	Metropolis Records
Producer	Electric Six, Zach Shipps
Electric Six chronology
Flashy (2008) Kill (2009) Zodiac (2010)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	67/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Classic Rock	6/10 [3]
PopMatters	8/10 [4]
Q	[5]
Slant Magazine	[6]
Spin	[7]

Kill is the sixth album by Detroit rock band Electric Six, which was released in October 2009.

Release

Prior to its release, the working title for the album was Sign of the Beefcarver, named after a restaurant in Detroit. ^[8]

The album was released by Metropolis Records on October 20, 2009. ^[9] A music video for the album's opening track, Body Shot, was released earlier in the same month. ^[10]

The cross-stitch cover art for KILL was produced by Detroit artist/writer Shannon McCarthy. ^[11]

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 ^[12]
• 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, which was released to raise money to aide relief efforts related to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. ^[13] Other artists on this release included The Wildhearts and Eureka Machines. ^[14]
• 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. ^{[15] [16]}
• Dick Valentine recorded an acoustic version of "Steal Your Bones" for his solo album Quiet Time. ^[17]
• 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. ^[18]
• The band performed a stripped-down version of "Steal Your Bones" on their third live album Chill Out!. ^{[19] [20]}

References

1. "Kill by Electric Six". Metacritic . Retrieved 3 October 2016.
2. Lymangrover, Jason. "CD Review: Electric Six - Kill review". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved 2020-03-24.
3. Yates, Catherine (March 2010). "Electric Six - Kill". Classic Rock . No. 142. p. 91.
4. Dietzel, Andrew (15 February 2010). "Electric Six: Kill". PopMatters .
5. Kill is no great departure, but their sense of mischief and their genuine, Killers-esque power ensures staleness is kept at bay, while The Newark Airport Boogie (not their first airport tribute, incidentally) is bouncier than a spacehopper. [Feb 2010, p. 104]
6. Keefe, Jonathan (19 October 2009). "Review: Electric Six, Kill". Slant Magazine . Retrieved 23 March 2025.
7. Modell, Josh (7 October 2009). "Electric Six, 'Kill' (Metropolis)". Spin . Retrieved 23 March 2025.
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9. Dietzel, Andrew (2010-02-15). "Electric Six: Kill". PopMatters. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
10. Modell, Josh (2009-10-07). "Electric Six, 'Kill' (Metropolis)". Spin. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
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13. "Various - The Haiti Project". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
14. "Rare Wildhearts song and new Ginger track on The Haiti Project Charity Download Album". The Wildhearts. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
15. "Update 10: "Everywhere" selected by voters as $35,000 stretch goal song, $45K stretch goal announced · Mimicry And Memories". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
16. "White Eyes - October 2008". SoundCloud.
17. "Dick Valentine - Quiet Time (album review)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
18. "Electric Six / Dick Valentine - Roulette Stars Of Metro Detroit: Original Soundtrack / Raw". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
19. "A Very Electric SiXmas & Chill Out!". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
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