Eels - Meet the Eels: Essential Eels 1996-2006, Vol. 1
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Artist: EelsEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2008-01-15
Music Label: Geffen Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Novocaine For The Soul
- Susan's House
- My Beloved Monster
- Your Lucky Day In Hell
- 3 Speed
- Last Stop: This Town
- Climbing To The Moon (Jon Brion Remix)*
- Flyswatter
- I Like Birds
- Mr. E's Beautiful Blues
- It's A Motherfucker
- Souljacker Part 1
- That's Not Really Funny
- Fresh Feeling
- Get Ur Freak On*
- Saturday Morning
- Love Of The Loveless
- Dirty Girl (Live At Town Hall)
- I Need Some Sleep
- Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)
- I'm Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart
- Trouble With Dreams
- Railroad Man
- Losing Streak
- Novocaine For The Soul
- Susan's House
- Rags To Rags
- Your Lucky Day In Hell
- Last Stop: This Town
- Cancer For The Cure
- Flyswatter
- Souljacker part I
- Saturday Morning
- Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)
- Trouble With Dreams
- Dirty Girl (Live at Town Hall)
Music reviews of Meet the Eels: Essential Eels 1996-2006, Vol. 1
Music Review: A classic compilation
Rating: 5 Stars
Very rarely would I call a compilation cd a classic, but "Meet The eels: Essential Eels 1996-2006, Vol. 1" is as classic an album as any other "proper" album release that has been deemed a classic. As usual with compilations fans will quibble about songs that were excluded (For me, Mental off the debut album Beautiful Freak is one such song), but since ALL of the 24 songs included are excellent examples of E's superior songwriting genius, for once any criticism really is redundant. Song choices, sequencing, artwork, packaging - it's all extremely well-executed.
E's lyrics are often bittersweet. In 3 Speed he sings: "Life is funny, but not ha-ha funny". Even so, the lyrics are humorous and engaging. Lyric sample from That's Not Really Funny: "Did you think I would laugh, when you said I was small? Did you think that that would pass, as if nothing at all?"
Some of my personal favorites: Your Lucky Day In Hell, My Beloved Monster, Flyswatter, Souljacker Part 1, That's Not Really Funny, Fresh Feeling, (Hey Man) Now you're really Living, The Trouble with Dreams.
This compilation is a very good place to start your Eels collection.
"Useless Trinkets: B-sides, soundtracks, rarities and unreleased 1996-2006" is a nice companion piece, but not as essential as "Meet The Eels: Essential Eels 1996-2006, Vol. 1".
Description of Meet the Eels: Essential Eels 1996-2006, Vol. 1
MEET THE EELS: ESSENTIAL EELS VOL. 1, 1996-2006 spans the first decade of the EELS with 24 selections on CD and 12 previously unreleased videos on DVD. Featuring fan favorites culled fromthe EELS critically acclaimed releases on Dreamworks and Vagrant. ESSENTIAL EELS also includes 2 previously unreleased tracks, the Jon Brion remix of "Climbing To The Moon" and a cover of Missy Elliot's "get ur freak on."General CDs
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