The Electric Six - Flashy (2008)

The Electric Six need to slow down. With the exception of 2004, E6 has released an album every year since 2003. Flashy, E6’s 2008 installment, is not exactly what the title suggests. It feels more like a collection of songs that did not quite fit in with the songs on other albums. The lyrics are pretty hilarious, as is expected from front-man and entertainer extraordinaire Dick Valentine, but the dance beats only make brief, down-played appearances and not a single song jumps out of the stereo and grabs you like on Fire, Senor Smoke, and I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master. With that said, I must admit that I am quite biased towards the dance tracks. I do like “Heavy Woman,” "Face Cuts" & “Your Heat Is Rising” in their own right, but the rest of the tracks are mediocre rockers. Flashy is not an accurate reflection of E6’s catalog (because I love me some E6!) and in my opinion should be labeled as a “B-Sides” album, because the variance seems like an uncharacteristic break from usually uniquely-excellent music.