Señor Smoke

{{About|a music album|the Major League Baseball player nicknamed Señor Smoke|Aurelio López}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Señor Smoke

| type = studio

| artist = Electric Six

| cover = Electric six - senor smoke.jpg

| released = {{Start date|2005|2|14}}

| recorded = 2004

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Alternative rock|funk rock}}

| length = 43:02

| label = {{hlist|Warner Bros.|Rushmore|Metropolis}}

| producer = Peters & Peters

| prev_title = Fire

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Switzerland

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{Singles

| name =
Señor Smoke

| type = studio

| single1 = Vibrator

| single1date = {{start date text|18 October 2004}}

| single2 = Radio Ga Ga

| single2date = {{start date text|13 December 2004}}

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 58/100{{Cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/senor-smoke |title=Senor Smoke by Electric Six |website=Metacritic |access-date=2018-06-01}}

|rev1=AllMusic

|rev1Score={{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/se%25C3%25B1or-smoke-mw0000346381 |title=Señor Smoke - Electric Six |last=Phares |first=Heather |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2018-06-01}}

|rev2=The A.V. Club

|rev2score=B{{Cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/electric-six-senor-smoke-1798201453 |title=Electric Six: Señor Smoke |last=Modell |first=Josh |date=2006-02-21 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en-US |access-date=2018-06-01}}

| rev3 = Blender

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}Submit to these tongue-in-cheek disco-rock readymades and it's as if you're hearing irony and an ass-kicking backbeat for the very first time. [Mar 2006, p.112]

|rev4=Drowned in Sound

|rev4score=1/10{{Cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4076/reviews/12400 |title=Album Review: Electric Six - Senor Smoke |last=Brainlove |first=John |date=2005-06-08 |website=Drowned in Sound |language=en |access-date=2018-06-01 |archive-date=2018-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927025403/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4076/reviews/12400 |url-status=dead }}

|rev5=Pitchfork

|rev5score=4.4/10{{Cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2735-senor-smoke/ |title=Electric Six: Señor Smoke Album Review |last=Moerder |first=Adam |date=2005-06-26 |website=Pitchfork |language=en |access-date=2018-06-01}}

|rev6=PopMatters

|rev6score=6/10{{Cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/the_electric_six-2495674912.html |title=The Electric Six: Senor Smoke |last=Felt |first=Hunter |date=2006-02-03 |website=PopMatters |language=en |access-date=2018-06-01}}

| rev7 = Q

| rev7score = {{Rating|1|5}}It's marooned in novelty. [Apr 2005, p.121]

|rev8=Spin

|rev8score=B{{Cite magazine |date=March 2006 |title=Quick Cuts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J98-LX7jemQC |magazine=Spin |language=en |publisher=SPIN Media LLC |page=95}}

|rev9=Tiny Mix Tapes

|rev9score={{Rating|1|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/electric-six-se-or-smoke |title=Music Review: Electric Six - Señor Smoke |last=Ubaghs |first=Charles |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |language=en |access-date=2018-06-01}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = 6/10Mileage left in the gag yet. [Apr 2005, p.108]

}}

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 Smoke's 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.[http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/02/22/102318.php Interview: "How Do You Rock So Hard?" — Electric Six] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060620213641/http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/02/22/102318.php |date=2006-06-20 }}, Blogcritics.org, February 22, 2006, by Tiffany Leigh.[http://www.artrocker.com/articles/interviews/interview2.shtml Electric Six: Interview with Dick Valentine] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616041640/http://www.artrocker.com/articles/interviews/interview2.shtml |date=2006-06-16 }}, Artrocker, by Kaoru Sato.

Electric Six performed a cover version of Queen's "Radio Ga Ga" on Señor Smoke.{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/queen-cover-songs/|title=25 Times Queen Were Covered by Other Artists|author=Irwin, Corey|date=January 22, 2021|publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock}} Brian May of Queen was reportedly a fan of the Electric Six version.