Zodiac

**Intro**This is Electric Six's (E6's) 7th album, and was released in 2010. I don't think album is as good as their earlier work such as Fire and Switzerland, but it does capture their typical disco/punk sound, humor, and subject matter, and for E6 fans, there is plenty to like in that.**The Music**If you listen to this music, you'll realize (or confirm to yourself) that their lead vocalist, Dick Valentine is the most important band member. His vocals are prominent, and can always be heard above the accompanying instruments. Not to say that this band's instrumentalists aren't talented, but Dick Valentine's talent is the only one to really write home about. The lyrics that he sings are witty, colorful, and cover a wide vocabulary and topics. His voice is juicy, frantic, and enthusiastic, a bit like a frazzled John Fogerty of Creedance Clearwater Revival might sound. Dick V. is even more interesting than that because he also changes and disguises his voice at times for different effects.The overall mood of the music is bright and glitzy, and there is plenty of energy. The tempo tends to stay pretty fast for most songs, like at a punk rock type of pace. In this album, sexual topics are included in the mix, but not to as great of an extent as their other former work.**Conclusions**I'm going to give this album three stars since I don't think it's at the same caliber as Switzerland and Fire were at. The lyrics don't seem as creative, the melodies and beats just aren't as catchy. It is hard to ever come up with something as good as High Voltage, after all.I would still highly recommend seeing this band live if you have a chance. They still perform their older work, and Dick Valentine's stage presence is really amazing. It is like this awesome blend of silliness and sleaziness. He performs with lots of energy, and really knows how to work up the crowd.

For the last few releases by Electric Six, I felt they were just cranking out music to get it to the market and did not put in the time required to write good music. I felt they were enduring on the popularity gained from Fire and Senor Smoke. Finally, they have released a great album again. By far, this is their best effort in years. I am not disappointed and cannot stop listening to this Zodiac. Recommend it for everyone of all ages.

I loved Electric Six since Fire, and after Señor Smoke I thought they were going downhill a little. They'd come out with a CDs worth of good songs every few releases or so. But Zodiac is pretty amazing. I can listen to this one all the way through without skipping.

I don't quite see how all of these correllate to the zodiac, but it's an amazing album all the same. From After Hours to Talking Turkey, you'll have so much just listening. Your mind may well be so blown that you'll put it on repeat, I know I will.

Oh, Electric Six, you never fail to please me. This album is in no way significantly different than the previous ones, but it really doesn't have to be. Their formula for awesome works just fine the way it is.

This album is excellent. I listen to it on my mp3 player in my car all the time. You should buy it.

Dick Valentine and crew have released a new album on such a regular basis, I've just come to expect a new one every autumn, and they have not disappointed me yet! The new album "Zodiac" is chock full of the Electric Six sound and off-kilter lyrical content. The songs are pretty strong, and infectious. My favorites are: "After Hours", "Cluster#*(k", "Rubberband Man" -a crunchy cover of the Spinners classic and "It Ain't Punk Rock". I think they've tried to bring in some of the flavor of their earliest songs (The "Fire!" and "Senior Smoke" albums are impossible to surpass, but always a good target to aim for). If you love E6, you're gonna like this album, If you've never heard of them, try this one out and then get the two aforementioned records and you'll be permanently infected."Zodiac" Is Definitely a keeper.

Whenever E6 comes out with a new CD, I think how it's going to be the end and always prepare for the worst. But this one didn't let me down. There are maybe 3-4 songs that I don't like, but the rest of it goes down pretty smoothly, and even has room for a few songs I would call amazing.I checked it out on a YouTube playlist and ended up buying it. I'd recommend it.

Say Electric Six to most people and they'll say Danger, High Voltage or Gay Bar and that's about it. That's a huge shame because they've been pumping out albums and touring consistently since those single releases back in 2003.There's comedy to a lot of the writing in some of their songs but at the end of the day they are just a full on rocking Detroit band that never fail to entertain their fans. This band deserve much more success that they've got, especially in the UK.I'll be the first to admit that this band went totally under the radar to me as well after 2003 and I never sought out any of their other music until a couple of years ago. However, I've been slowly buying up their back catalogue and have really begun to appreciate this band. This is a band where any new album becomes an instant pre-order for me.Highly recommend this and all other Electric 6 albums. Go see them live as well....fantatsic.

Great band, love listening to this album but I can stop with this, need to buy the next album and listen to more of them

Super quick delivery, great quality cd!

Après avoir dit il y a déjà un petit bout de temps que je n'achèterai plus de disques d'Electric Six, je me suis procuré le quatrième, le cinquième, le sixième et enfin celui-ci, bref je les ai tous. C'est comme quand on double une mise, on tente le coup, on se dit que le prochain sera mieux, sera le bon. Eh bien, non ! D'ailleurs si leur premier CD en 2001 avait valu six commentaires des plus laudatifs sur Amazon, à part leur deuxième,  Senor Smoke , auquel PlanetGong n'attribua qu'une étoile, plus personne n'a depuis éprouvé la nécessité de rédiger quelque note que ce soit à leur sujet. Comme qui dirait, il y a un problème. Pas qu'un d'ailleurs. D'abord un problème de prise de son : la voix est trop loin, trop en arrière, un côté confus que seule une sono à fond peut justifier, en résulte. Un problème de monotonie ensuite : non seulement les disques se suivent et se ressemblent mais également les morceaux à l'intérieur de chaque disque. Là-dessus la voix de Dick Valentine est la plupart du temps à la même hauteur. Aucun relief qui bouleverse leur « concept », et sans doute pas plus d'imagination : on entend bien que c'est du rock, que ce rock joue sur l'efficacité - et pour les avoir vus en concert j'atteste que l'efficacité y est -, mais on ne retient rien, ça rentre par une oreille et ça ressort par l'autre. Un problème possible de changement fréquent de personnel, car entre faire ce qu'on sait faire et procurer le sentiment qu'il se passe quelque chose, il faut avoir eu le temps de se façonner en tant que groupe - en tant que vrai groupe. Dernière remarque : autant des groupes comme les Cramps, les Stray Cats, les Godfathers, les Fuzztones, les Pirates, les Inmates et tant d'autres, ont toujours fait montre d'une référence à l'histoire du rock, autant ici rien ne transparaît ni ne résonne, ce qui venant d'un groupe qui n'est pas particulièrement un laboratoire me gêne. Je mets trois étoiles pour ne pas en mettre deux (par crainte d'être trop partial), n'empêche qu'il me semble bien tard pour redresser la barre. Senor Smoke