Death by Sexy… by Eagles of Death Metal

Death by Sexy, the second Eagles of Death Metal album, finally strutted out on Downtown in April 2006 after rumors had pegged it for the summer before, and despite the name there isn't a death metal riff within a mile of it; the band's name was always a joke. Jesse Hughes sings and plays guitar, co-founder and drummer Josh Homme produced, and the whole thing runs on greasy boogie, stripped-down beats and a grin you can hear.

Even the sleeve is a knowing wink, borrowing from the Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers, Mötley Crüe's Too Fast for Love and Loverboy's Get Lucky. "I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)" and "I Gotta Feeling (Just Nineteen)" were the radio bait, while "Don't Speak (I Came to Make a Bang!)" ended up in a 2008 Nike commercial directed by Guy Ritchie and in the racing game Need for Speed: Carbon.

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