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Electro-Shock Blues (CD)

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Eels Artist Snapshot:

Singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett started out under the moniker A Man Called E, releasing two albums of dark, melodic pop in the early 1990s. After forming Eels and signing to a new label, Everett's work became even darker, and the production became more textural and sophisticated. Aside from a quirky, experimental 2003 effort under the name MC Honky, Everett has continued to refine his emotionally uncompromising, skillfully crafted vision with Eels, often to great critical acclaim if not stunning sales.

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DISC 1 for Electro-Shock Blues (CD) Album By Eels (Artist)
1   Elizabeth On The Bathrrom Floor
2   Going To Your Funeral Part I
3   Cancer For The Cure
4   My Descent Into Madness
5   3 Speed
6   Hospital Food
7   Electro-Shock Blues
8   Efils' God
9   Going To Your Funeral Part II
10   Last Stop: This Town
11   Baby Genius
12   Climbing To The Moon
13   Ant Farm
14   Dead Of Winter
15   Medication Is Wearing Off, The
16   P.S. You Rock My World
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (10/29/98, p.76) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...E's anguished response to the deaths of several friends and to his becoming...the last living member of his family....introspective arrangements are occasionally relieved by blasts of noise or elegantly colored string, horn and keyboard touches..."
Entertainment Weekly (10/23/98, p.80) - "...BLUES is oddly moving and surprisingly accessible. Written after frontman E's mother was diagnosed with [cancer], it lays bare the horrors of terminal illness in songs that shift from clinical to disconsolate....You'll hum along even as you recoil in disgust." - Rating: A-
Q (9/02, p.104) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Even the acoustic tracks hold up well in the live setting..."
CMJ (1/11/99, p.5) - "...ELECTRO-SHOCK BLUES was one of 1998's most oddly powerful pop albums, demonstrating that weighty, tearful emotions, pretty melodies and groovy tempos can harmoniously complement one another..."

Title Note

Eels: E (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards); Butch (vocals, drums).

Additional personnel: Grant Lee Phillips (electric guitar, banjo, background vocals); Stuart Wylen (guitar, alto & bass flutes, Fender Rhodes); Parthenon Huxley (guitar); Lisa Germano (violin); Cynthia Merrill (cello); Jim Jacobsen (clarinet, keyboards, bass); Bill Liston (saxophone); Jon Brion (organ, Chamberlin); John Leftwich (acoustic bass); T-Bone Burnett (bass).

Producers: E., Jim Jacobsen, Mickey P., Michael Simpson, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

Engineers include: Mickey P., E., Jim Jacobsen.

ELECTRO-SHOCK BLUES is the ultimate example of artistic-statement-as-therapy-session. Written and recorded in the wake of the death of family and friends, the songs here are full of sorrow and bereavement, but redeemed by a self-conscious sense of black humor. The man formerly known as "E" is first and foremost a popster though, so no matter how downhearted things get (and with song titles like "Going to Your Funeral" and "The Medication is Wearing Off," this is no day at the beach) there are enough hooks to keep it all afloat. There's a sparseness to the arrangements that suits the stark nature of the subject matter, but the intimacy thus created allows ELECTRO-SHOCK BLUES to communicate that much more directly. Check your razor blades at the door.

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