Six (Extreme album)

Six is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Extreme, released on June 9, 2023. It is their first studio album since Saudades de Rock, released in 2008.

Six
Studio album by Extreme
Released	June 9, 2023
Studio	AE Records Studios, Hollywood AE Records Studios Azores, Portugal
Genre	Hard rock
Length	52:35
Label	earMusic
Producer	Nuno Bettencourt
Extreme chronology
Take Us Alive (2010) Six (2023)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blabbermouth.net	8/10[2]
Classic Rock	[3]
Ultimate Classic Rock	positive[4]

Release and reception

In the lead-up for the album release, on March 1, 2023, Extreme released a video of "Rise" as a first single. The video crossed 1 million views in its first week, propelled by interest in Nuno Bettencourt's guitar solo,^[5] which led to a number of analysis videos, including a reaction by Justin Hawkins^[6] from The Darkness, and breakdown by Rick Beato.^[7] Readers of Total Guitar magazine voted the song’s solo the third best of the 21st century in a 2023 poll.^[8]

"Rise" was followed by a double A-side single released on April 19, featuring songs "#Rebel" and "Banshee". Each song was accompanied by a music video. The fourth and final song released prior to the album launch was "Other Side of the Rainbow", released May 31. In the month of the album's release, Nuno Bettencourt was featured in the cover of several guitar magazines, including Total Guitar, Japan's Young Guitar, the French edition of Rolling Stone,^[9] and Germany's Guitar.

The name of the gorilla that appears on the cover of the Six album is Pakenuga, according to Nuno Bettencourt.^[10] The name is a composite of the first two letters of each band member's first name (Pat, Kevin, Nuno, Gary).

Track listing

Six track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rise"	Gary Cherone Jordan Ferreira Nuno Bettencourt	4:35
2.	"#Rebel"	Gary Cherone Jordan Ferreira Matthew James McGuire-Denis Nuno Bettencourt	4:23
3.	"Banshee"	Gary Cherone Nuno Bettencourt Pat Badger	3:34
4.	"Other Side of the Rainbow"	Gary Cherone Nuno Bettencourt	4:11
5.	"Small Town Beautiful"	Brian Maher Gary Cherone Nuno Bettencourt	4:27
6.	"The Mask"	Andy Healy Nuno Bettencourt	4:13
7.	"Thicker Than Blood"	Gary Cherone Kevin Antunes Nuno Bettencourt	3:46
8.	"Save Me"	Gary Cherone Jordan Ferreira Nuno Bettencourt	4:51
9.	"Hurricane"	Eric Warfield Nuno Bettencourt	3:31
10.	"X Out"	Eric Warfield Gary Cherone Jordan Ferreira Nuno Bettencourt	5:50
11.	"Beautiful Girls"	Carl Restivo Gary Cherone J. Plotsky Nuno Bettencourt	4:04
12.	"Here's to the Losers"	Gary Cherone Nuno Bettencourt	5:05

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's booklet.^[11]

Extreme

• Gary Cherone – lead vocals
• Nuno Bettencourt – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Smalltown Beautiful", "The Mask", "Hurricane", "X Out" and "Beautiful Girls"
• Pat Badger – bass, backing vocals
• Kevin Figueiredo – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Navene Koperweis – additional programming
• Kevin Antunes – additional programming, additional keyboards
• Carl Restivo – additional background vocals, additional guitars
• August Zadra – additional background vocals
• Jordan Ferreira – additional guitars

Production

• Nuno Bettencourt – producer, engineering, mixing
• Patricia Sullivan – mastering (Bernie Grundman Mastering)

Imagery

• Nuno Bettencourt – cover concept
• Alexander Mertsch – layout and design
• Wirestock Inc./Alamy Stock Photo – cover photo
• Jesse Lirola – band photography

Charts

Chart performance for Six

Chart (2023)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12]	32
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13]	6
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14]	49
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15]	31
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16]	46
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[17]	49
French Albums (SNEP)[18]	46
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19]	8
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[20]	10
Italian Albums (FIMI)[21]	71
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[22]	12
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon)[23]	3
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[24]	9
Scottish Albums (OCC)[25]	8
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[26]	36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27]	4
UK Albums (OCC)[28]	22
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[29]	4
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[30]	2
US Billboard 200[31]	67

References

1. Monger, James Christopher. "Six - Extreme". AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 15, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
2. Erickson, Anne (June 4, 2023). "Reviews - Six". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on September 26, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
3. Wilding, Philip (June 8, 2023). "Extreme return after 15-year absence with showboating and triumphant new album". Classic Rock. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023 – via Loudersound.
4. Smith, Rob (June 7, 2023). "Extreme Six Album Review". Ultimate Classic Rock. Archived from the original on March 6, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
5. Astley-Brown, Michael (May 2, 2023). "Watch Extreme's Nuno Bettencourt play the Rise solo live for the first time". Guitar World. Archived from the original on December 23, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
6. Hawkins, Justin. ""Holy F***ing Sh*t. I Can't Handle This."". YouTube. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
7. Beato, Rick. "The Nuno Bettencourt Solo Everyone is Talking About". Retrieved June 12, 2023 – via YouTube.
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28. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
29. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
30. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
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