Eels

Shootenanny!

A great buy

Review Score:

(8/10)
I've been an Eels fan ever since "Last Stop: This Town" came out, and have all their cds, excluding "Electro-Shock Blues Show." After their last album, the disappointing "Souljacker," I was curious about how this would sound. Well, I'm happy to say it's probably the best release Eels has ever had. From the harder rock that was heard in Souljacker, and the softer, more acoustic songs that are heard on every Eels album, this is a great balance. Tracks like "Saturday Morning," "Good Old Days," "Rock Hard Times," "Dirty Girl," and "Lone Wolf" were all very catchy and a great listen, and songs like "Fashion Awards," "Love of the Loveless," "Restraining Order Blues," and "Somebody Loves You" add a nice, smooth soft touch. "All In a Day's Work" was a cool harder rock song, and "Wrong About Bobby," was good too, but not great. I was glad that this didn't have the usual awful track that is somehow stuck on an Eels cd in the midst of good songs.... "Beautiful Freak" had "Beautiful Freak" (not the worst, but pretty bad), "Electro-Shock Blues" had "Baby Genius," "Daisies of the Galaxy" had "Tiger in My Tank," "Souljacker" had "Teenage Witch," "Rotten World Blues EP" had "Hidden Track" and "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" had "Abortion in the Sky." There were no awful tracks on this. They were all good listens, most of them very catchy. So, in short, get this album. Right now.

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