| Señor Smoke | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Electric Six |
| Cover: | Electric six - senor smoke.jpg |
| Recorded: | 2004 |
| Length: | 43:02 |
| Producer: | Peters & Peters |
| Prev Title: | Fire |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | Switzerland |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
Señor Smoke (2005) is the second album from Electric Six, following Fire in 2003. It was released in the UK February 14, 2005 by Warner Music imprint Rushmore Records. Due to complications with Electric Six's former record label, Rushmore did not release the album in North America. In December 2005, the band announced a new partnership with Metropolis Records that resulted in Señor Smokes North American release on February 7, 2006.
Señor Smoke was ravaged by the UK press upon its 2005 release. However, the response to the album has been much more enthusiastic in America, with several positive reviews, including one from the March 2006 issue of Blender magazine that claims that the album (which received four stars) is so good that "[it] achieves an advance modern medicine has long pursued: it restores virginity."
The album's title honors Aurelio López (1948-1992), a former relief pitcher of the Detroit Tigers whose nickname was Señor Smoke.[1] [2]
All lyrics written by Tyler Spencer except "Radio Ga Ga" by Roger Taylor; all music composed by Tyler Spencer except where noted.