 | Eels Electro-Shock Blues
4.1
excellent
| Ranking: #43 for 1998 | |
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| 3.5 great | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | April 2nd 24 |
Eels even in their prime are a pathologically relaxed shoot-for-all indie crafters. The album is cute not despite its roughness, but almost because of it. There sits a lovely naivety only accomplishable through these multi-disciplinary 90s indie albums.
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| 4.5 superb | rachsbro | July 25th 09 |
I love this album for it's creativity. 'My Descent into Madness' incorporates small clips of an orchestra that sounds quirky but fits into the melody in a strange way. In 'Going to Your Funeral', the verse starts out darker, but lightens at the chorus, and gets darker again. Overall, it is a beautiful album, despite being terribly morbid.
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| 4.5 superb | AggravatedYeti | January 26th 08 |
What was at first, very hard on my ears, save a few songs, has since become my favorite Eels album, and really one of my favorite albums period. 'Electro-Shock Blues' is so achingly painful at points it can defer some listeners, but really, there are a lot of gems here. E's loss of family and well, hope is what crafted this album, and it is morose at times, but more often than not in his sadness there's a lot of beauty to be found. 'Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor', 'Elfi's God', 'P.S. You Rock My World' are gorgeous, while 'Last Stop: This Town' is a nice light hearted break from the albums slower tones. Everything here is great, no song really falters in my opinion, though as a whole 'Electro-Shock Blues' can run a bit long, and it's not an album for any time. But it's beauty is really found in it's soft but hauting tones, morose themes and E's aching voice and lyrics.
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| 5.0 classic | doofy | January 7th 24 |
| 5.0 classic | uman32 | March 3rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kantala | October 30th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Lucman | March 29th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | kabster | February 6th 20 |
| 2.5 average | fog CONTRIBUTOR | August 6th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | xxm | May 31st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | dafon24 | April 12th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | W1NG00 | July 27th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | ywhiat | July 24th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jackus | June 29th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | Josh | May 7th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | ABond | April 9th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | gnombyX | April 8th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Corney | February 15th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | Hawks | November 21st 17 |
| 4.5 superb | ellagos | September 19th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Denis | August 26th 17 |
| 3.5 great | tef | April 5th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | espnil | March 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gio | February 14th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | El Olam | January 20th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | jtswope | January 16th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Bolibar | January 14th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Greem | January 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dylan620 | November 23rd 16 |
| 4.5 superb | old | July 7th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | June 8th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | NateMa | March 4th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | spur55 | October 18th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Hydra12 | October 16th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | DazSkunk | September 17th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Lassie | August 14th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | drlemon | February 27th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | muzy21 | February 24th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Walt | November 9th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | MF79 | June 5th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | JS19 | March 13th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Treska | January 30th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | PunkMoon | December 16th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | unkle | November 12th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | mike197 | October 13th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | lotus62 | September 29th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | JBull | September 11th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Athom EMERITUS | July 27th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | rien333 | July 15th 13 |
| 3.5 great | JViney EMERITUS | June 10th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | krkat | April 21st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | declanl | April 19th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | dan2309 | March 30th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | TwigTW | March 29th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | zakalwe | February 20th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | kn2985 | January 9th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | seifer | December 11th 12 |
| 3.5 great | MrElmo | October 23rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | ADM20 | September 5th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Collis | August 2nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | mttgry | July 3rd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Essoen | July 2nd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | rjk | May 2nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | zillah | March 10th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | MrChuck | October 28th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | SAPoodle | September 29th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | cuki92 | September 6th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | fev | August 3rd 11 |
| 3.5 great | Teto | June 4th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Yotimi | April 29th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jiffi | March 30th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Brut | March 29th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | rswolf0 | March 13th 11 |
| 3.5 great | sehguh | March 11th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | mvdu | February 27th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Ghrist | December 6th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mateus | November 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Leyland | September 18th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Titan50 | September 10th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | BroFro | August 28th 10 |
| 3.0 good | IAJP | August 14th 10 |
| 3.0 good | mvood | June 3rd 10 |
| 4.5 superb | csholm | May 25th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | kamuro | April 13th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | DrReg | March 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | tom79 | February 25th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vance | February 21st 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Smevin | February 7th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kiran EMERITUS | January 21st 10 |
| 4.5 superb | DonDijk | January 12th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Phantom | October 10th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | shindip | September 2nd 09 |
| 4.5 superb | dev4ll | August 18th 09 |
| 3.0 good | doqtor | November 3rd 08 |
| 3.5 great | systool | November 17th 07 |
| 4.5 superb | Clumpy | September 12th 07 |
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