Eels Shootenanny

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I have had this now for a couple of weeks and as usual with Eels stuff its a grower. This album is another collection of witty, inventive melancholy rock tracks, probably his most consistent since Beautiful Freak. I like it a lot.

Here is what amazon says :-

Head Eel Mark "E" Everett purges his soul with a smile on Shootenanny!, as he delivers bursts of bittersweet wit and light-hearted drama. Unlike solemn 1996 epic Electro-Shock Blues and 2001's thorny Souljacker, E's songwriting here puts the emphasis on light melodies and clean pop craft. While his limber genre-jumping often earns comparisons to Beck, there's also some of Wilco's Jeff Tweedy in E's razor-burn voice. And though Shootenanny! isn't out on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot's experimental ledge, it has a similar unruly twang that injects a dose of whimsy into soul-searching songs such as "Love of the Loveless". "Wrong About Bobby", for instance, glides along on sunny, jangling guitars while E tries and fails to forgive a violent grudge. By mixing sweet with sour, E's warm and fuzzy mope rock sounds great whether it's blasting across a garden on a sunny day or playing in the background on a rainy night
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If you havent got any Eels in your collection yet, you could do a lot worse than this one. More rock loving types should also try Souljacker.

Cheers, Robbo
 
I'm into them as well Rob- shoot is the only album I have but it's a goodie! You think I should try the Beautiful Freak album? Is it similiar?

Jay
 
Jay,

Ive got most of them and the are all very good. Beautiful freak would be a good one to get, I really like souljacker, much more in your face and rocky, electroshock blue is also good but a more melancholy, but there are some great tracks on it. Dasies of the galaxy is not bad too, but I would leave that one for later.

Robbo
 
Thx Robbo

Sometimes I use this site All Music to check out new bands. Good for a run down but I have some "issues" with their star ratings :o

Jay
 
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Hi All,

First post here, but I have recently got in to the Eels. I agree about Beautiful Freak superb album. I've just got Shootenanny and am getting into that one.

Vance
 
I used to have Beautiful Freak Leant it out and though I know who's got it, to be honest, I've not really missed it till now! Liked it but as i've said, seems to have gone unmissed! Perhaps it's time to recover it and spin again!

edited to add: Forgot to welcome you to the forum! get posting! :D
 

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