Electro-Shock Blues
The sound of Eels' Electro-Shock Blues, the follow-up to the band's intriguing Beautiful Freak, reflects a year in which leader Mark "E" Everett suffered the loss of his sister to suicide as well as the illness of his mother and other tragedies. The music's hushed, sometimes dark sound and Everett's earnest vocals are often more convincing than his diary-entry lyrics, despite the power and daring inherent in describing illness in alt-pop settings that recall everything from hip-hop to Tom Waits. --Rickey Wright more
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Track Listing: 1. Elizabeth on the Bathrrom Floor, 2. Going to Your Funeral Part I, 3. Cancer For the Cure, 4. My... |
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Feb-14-2008
- Shockingly Powerful!
This is one powerful album! Considering the inspiration for much of it comes from the suicide of E's sister and the personal turmoil that resulted, how could it not be?Track 1, with its wistful melancholy and deceptively gentle tone...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-09-2008
- 5 stars
I have a rule. I dont give reviews 5 stars.This one being the exception.
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-01-2007
- Takes several listens
Electro-shock blues has a much darker content and tone than more recent (although still dark) releases. Cancer, death and suffering are common themes. However as with all eels releases there are moments of optimism , particularly...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Aug-07-2007
- E announces to world that a new musical genius is on the scene
Electro-Shock Blues was the first Eels album I bought. I'd heard a song off of it on Pandora, so thought I'd check them out. Little did I know that I was about to be indoctrinated into the cult of E! I was literally blown away from...
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Selected Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Feb-14-2008
- Shockingly Powerful!
This is one powerful album! Considering the inspiration for much of it comes from the suicide of E's sister and the personal turmoil that resulted, how could it not be?Track 1, with its wistful melancholy and deceptively gentle tone...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-29-2000
- surprisingly good.
Given how much I hated "Beautiful Freak", catchiness of Novacaine for the Soul aside, I was surprised by how good this is. Standard indie pop fare, to be sure, but very well done and with just enough darkness to balance the conceit.
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- 2/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Mar-05-2000
- a fair CD
I bought this cd pretty much just for last stop:this town ( witch is a great song). The cd is sort of deperssing. Im am sure i will discover this cd's magic some time and love it deerly, but it is not the case right now. ps. go...
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