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"	Cherone Ferreira Matthew James McGuire-Denis Bettencourt	4:23
3.	"Banshee"	Cherone Bettencourt Pat Badger	3:34
4.	"Other Side of the Rainbow"	Cherone Bettencourt	4:11
5.	"Small Town Beautiful"	Brian Maher Cherone Bettencourt	4:27
6.	"The Mask"	Andy Healy Bettencourt	4:13
7.	"Thicker Than Blood"	Cherone Kevin Antunes Bettencourt	3:46
8.	"Save Me"	Cherone Ferreira Bettencourt	4:51
9.	"Hurricane"	Eric Warfield Bettencourt	3:31
10.	"X Out"	Eric Warfield Cherone Ferreira Bettencourt	5:50
11.	"Beautiful Girls"	Carl Restivo Cherone J. Plotsky Bettencourt	4:04
12.	"Here's to the Losers"	Cherone 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