Switzerland (album) 5373138 225668629 2008-07-14T20:36:54Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> Name = Switzerland | Type = [[Album]] | Artist = [[Electric Six]] | Cover = Switzerland-cover.jpg | Released = [[September 12]] [[2006]] | Recorded = November 2005<ref name="gothamist">[http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2006/06/09/dick_valentine.php "Dick Valentine, Musician, Electric Six"], ''Gothamist'', [[June 9]], [[2006]].</ref> | Genre = [[Rock and roll|Rock]] | Length = 42:15 | Label = [[Metropolis Records]] | Producer = | Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{Rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5g967ul050jd link]| Last album = ''[[Señor Smoke]]''<br />(2005) | This album = ''[[Switzerland (album)]]''<br />(2006) | Next album = ''[[I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master]]''<br \>(2007)|}} '''''Switzerland''''' is the title of the third album by [[Detroit]] rock band [[Electric Six]]. The album consists of thirteen new tracks. The band commented that: {{cquote|[...] for the first time, none of the songs have the word "dance" or variation of "dance" in the title. But fear not. We have songs with "drugs" and "girls" and "tonight" and "night" and "louder" and "party" in the title, so we haven't given up on our philosophy just yet.}} A music video for the song "I Buy the Drugs" was recorded on [[July 1]], [[2006]] and was released on their MySpace site in early August. A digital download of the track followed on [[August 15]], [[2006]]. [http://electricsix.com/] A full North American tour will follow the album's release. The album was released on [[12 September]], [[2006]] in the United States and was followed by releases in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Scandinavia. ==Track listing== #"The Band in Hell" – 3:19 #"I Buy the Drugs" – 3:22 #"Mr. Woman" – 2:52 #"Night Vision" – 4:03 #"Infected Girls" – 3:29 #"Pulling the Plug on the Party" – 2:54 #"Rubber Rocket" – 3:37 #"Pink Flamingos" – 2:42 #"I Wish This Song Was Louder" – 3:14 #"Slices of You" – 4:17 #"There's Something Very Wrong With Us, So Let's Go Out Tonight" – 4:23 #"Germans in Mexico" – 3:01 #"Chocolate Pope" – 1:02 The Australian release of the album under label [[Inertia Records]] contains a fourteenth track, a [[Midnight Juggernauts]] remix of "The Future Is in the Future" from the band's album ''[[Señor Smoke]]''.<ref>[http://www.inertia-music.com/catalogue/40031/ELECTRIC_SIX/SWITZERLAND/ "Switzerland"] at Inertia Records.</ref> ==Music videos== Lead singer Dick Valentine stated in an interview that the band intends to record a video for every song on the album, "a lot of them...low budget."<ref name="gothamist"/> Currently, seven official videos have been released: *[http://youtube.com/watch?v=ux2B3Vk7kIc "I Buy the Drugs"], hosted at [[YouTube]] **[http://www.roxwel.com/player/electrixsixibuythedrugsartistcommentary.html Dick Valentine's commentary on the video] *[http://youtube.com/watch?v=KAG8-qPv8yU "Chocolate Pope"], hosted at [[YouTube]] *[http://youtube.com/watch?v=zGn-cNmuzJo "Mr. Woman"], hosted at [[YouTube]]. *[http://youtube.com/watch?v=_5NsgMOvbfs "Pulling the Plug on the Party"], hosted at [[YouTube]] *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qer8jKoEQZU&eurl= "There's Something Very Wrong With Us So Let's Go Out Tonight"], hosted at [[YouTube]] *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE60Npeyx6s&eurl "Rubber Rocket"], hosted at [[YouTube]]. *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX7pVrDmFHA "Infected Girls"], hosted at YouTube In addition to the official videos released by the band, Electric Six also hosted a contest for the best fan video for the first single on the album, "I Buy the Drugs."<ref>[http://electric6.com/ "Electric Six to hold groundbreaking fan video contest for 'I Buy The Drugs!'"], official Electric Six website, [[August 18]], [[2006]].</ref> Several winning videos were posted on [http://www.myspace.com/electricsixmusic the band's MySpace page] but have since been removed. == Trivia == *The last 25 seconds of "Infected Girls" track include a girl telling the story from "Pleasing Interlude I" (from [[Señor Smoke]] album) in [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]. == References == {{reflist}} == External links == *[http://industrial-music.com/product.php?prodnum=MET+438&PHPSESSID=69dcdc2668e1f811dd45739683a8e224 Metropolis Mail Order]: album review and track listing [[Category:Electric Six albums]] [[Category:2006 albums]] [[pl:Switzerland (album Electric Six)]]