Zodiac is the seventh studio album by Detroit rock band Electric Six

Electric Six

Electric Six is a six-piece metro Detroit-based band that plays what has been described as a brand of rock music infused with elements of "garage, disco, punk, new wave, and metal." The band met recognition in 2003 with the singles "Danger! High Voltage" and "Gay Bar", and subsequently recorded...

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It was released on September 28, 2010. According to an official statement by the band, the songs on the album have been arranged to correspond with the signs of the Zodiac.

The album contains a cover version of The Spinners 1976 classic "The Rubberband Man

The Rubberband Man

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Track listing

N.B. Track 13 is not included on the retail CD, only on the iTunes "Zodiac (Bonus Edition)" download

Production

• The album's title was inspired by the song "Typical Sagittarius", which the band wrote for the album, but chose not to include in the final cut. Other songs recorded but left off of the finished album include "I Can Translate" which was released as a B-Side on the limited "Jam It in the Hole" single and as a bonus track on European iTunes downloads of the album. The band also recorded a cover of "The Warrior
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• Although the album cover was presumed by some to be a photo of lead singer Dick Valentine, it is in fact a stock photo that was licensed for use as the album cover.

Trivia

• As with the band's previous album KILL
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  , 3 tracks on the album are exactly 4:20 in length. However, there is only one track with this length on the band's next album, Heartbeats and Brainwaves
  Heartbeats and Brainwaves
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• Zodiac will be the first Electric Six album to contain fewer than 13 tracks, a result of each track corresponding to a sign of the zodiac.
• The title of the song "Doom and Gloom and Doom and Gloom" is a reference to lyrics featured in the track "I Don't Like You" from the band's 2007 album I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master
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  . The sax solo also references Gerry Rafferty
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  's Baker Street
  Baker Street (song)
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