Eels- Wonderful,Glorious

Gavin B. · 02-16-2013, 08:13 AM

Album Title: Wonderful, Glorious
Artist: Eeels
Release Date: February 5, 2013

Disc One

1. Bombs Away
2. Kinda Fuzzy
3. Accident Prone
4. Peach Blossom
5. On the Ropes
6. The Turnaround
7 New Alphabet
8. Stick Together
9. True Original
10. Open My Present
11. You're My Friend
12. I Am Building a Shrine
13. Wonderful, Glorious

Disc Two

1. Hold on to Your Hat
2. Your Mama Warned You
3. I'm Your Brave Little Soldier
4. There's Something Strange
5. Happy Hour (We're Gonna Rock)
6. That's Not Really Funny [Live 2011]
7. In My Dreams [Live 2010]
8. Prizefighter [Live 2010]
9. Looking Up [Live 2011]
10. What I Have to Offer [Live at KEXP]
11. I Like the Way This Is Going [Live at KEXP]
12. Spectacular Girl [Live at KEXP]
13. Summer in the City [Live at KEXP]

The Eels don't sell as many albums as they did when the were the darlings of the indie rock scene in the late Nineties. In the 17 years since the release of their heralded debut album Beautiful Freak Eels have released 12 studio albums, 3 of which have been double cd releases.

Since their trilogy of earliest and best loved albums, Beautiful Freak [1996] , Electro-Shock Blues [1998] & Daisies of the Galaxy [2000], Eels mastermind, Mark Oliver Everett (aka "E") has soldiered along making consistently good studio albums & touring even the most woebegone fly-over regions of America's heartland.

The dark and somber mood of Eel's earliest albums has slowly lifted over the years. In middle age, Mark Oliver Everett reminds me of Siddhartha the mythical ferry man in the Herman Hesse novel, who attains enlightenment by acknowledging the universal nature of suffering. Our pain from the inevitable loss of love in the material world is the humanizing force that eventually redeems us all, in the words of the Buddha Gautama.

If you haven't checked out the music of the Eels over the past few years, Wonderful, Glorious is like sitting down with a long lost friend and spending an afternoon catching with up each other lives.

Embedded below is Kinda Fuzzy the first single from Wonderful, Glorious:

Wolke9 · 03-18-2013, 05:58 PM

Nice write up. Like your reference to Hesse with the sound.

Bane of your existence · 03-18-2013, 06:20 PM

Holy Fuck, Beautiful Freak is from 1996?

02-16-2013, 08:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	Eels- Wonderful,Glorious Album Title: Wonderful, Glorious Artist: Eeels Release Date: February 5, 2013 Disc One 1. Bombs Away 2. Kinda Fuzzy 3. Accident Prone 4. Peach Blossom 5. On the Ropes 6. The Turnaround 7 New Alphabet 8. Stick Together 9. True Original 10. Open My Present 11. You're My Friend 12. I Am Building a Shrine 13. Wonderful, Glorious Disc Two 1. Hold on to Your Hat 2. Your Mama Warned You 3. I'm Your Brave Little Soldier 4. There's Something Strange 5. Happy Hour (We're Gonna Rock) 6. That's Not Really Funny [Live 2011] 7. In My Dreams [Live 2010] 8. Prizefighter [Live 2010] 9. Looking Up [Live 2011] 10. What I Have to Offer [Live at KEXP] 11. I Like the Way This Is Going [Live at KEXP] 12. Spectacular Girl [Live at KEXP] 13. Summer in the City [Live at KEXP] The Eels don't sell as many albums as they did when the were the darlings of the indie rock scene in the late Nineties. In the 17 years since the release of their heralded debut album Beautiful Freak Eels have released 12 studio albums, 3 of which have been double cd releases. Since their trilogy of earliest and best loved albums, Beautiful Freak [1996] , Electro-Shock Blues [1998] & Daisies of the Galaxy [2000], Eels mastermind, Mark Oliver Everett (aka "E") has soldiered along making consistently good studio albums & touring even the most woebegone fly-over regions of America's heartland. The dark and somber mood of Eel's earliest albums has slowly lifted over the years. In middle age, Mark Oliver Everett reminds me of Siddhartha the mythical ferry man in the Herman Hesse novel, who attains enlightenment by acknowledging the universal nature of suffering. Our pain from the inevitable loss of love in the material world is the humanizing force that eventually redeems us all, in the words of the Buddha Gautama. If you haven't checked out the music of the Eels over the past few years, Wonderful, Glorious is like sitting down with a long lost friend and spending an afternoon catching with up each other lives. Embedded below is Kinda Fuzzy the first single from Wonderful, Glorious:

03-18-2013, 05:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
Wolke9 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 7	Nice write up. Like your reference to Hesse with the sound.

03-18-2013, 06:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bane of your existence Such That Join Date: May 2007 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 1,197	Holy Fuck, Beautiful Freak is from 1996?