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Track Listings
| 1. Grace Kelly Blues |
| 2. Packing Blankets |
| 3. The Sound Of Fear |
| 4. I Like Birds |
| 5. Daisies Of The Galaxy |
| 6. Flyswatter |
| 7. It's A Motherf#&!@r |
| 8. Estate Sale |
| 9. Tiger In My Tank |
| 10. A Daisy Through Concrete |
| 11. Jeannie's Diary |
| 12. Wooden Nickels |
| 13. Something Is Sacred |
| 14. Selective Memory |
| 15. Mr. E's Beautiful Blues |
Product Description
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Eels burst out to prominence with 1996's witty, bold paean to geekdom Beautiful Freak, which matched black humour with bold arrangements and catchy melodies. Its follow-up, Electro Shock Blues--written against the backdrop of the suicide of frontman E's sister and the terminal disease afflicting his mother--was beautiful, but its bleak content proved too naked for fans of hits like "Novocaine For The Soul" and "Susan's House". Daisies Of The Galaxy pulls back from the abyss to which E took his music having lighter arrangements and more of his quirky lyricism. The themes are largely unchanged--his mother died during the making of the album and it opens with a track, "Grace Kelly's Blues", which recalls a New Orleans funeral--but Daisies also meditates on escape ("Packing Blankets") and desire ("Jeannie's Diary"). The pervading sense of loneliness and loss clings nevertheless, notably on the deeply moving ballad "It's A Motherfucker" ("being here without you"). It can't all be sweetness and light. --Mike Pattenden
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Listening to the unbridled grief on Electro-Shock Blues was an unsettling affair, despite the album's beautiful pop-scrim setting. So one listens to Daisies of the Galaxy for the first time with trepidation--like willfully banging on your foot with a ball-peen hammer just for the endorphin rush. But if Blues was about the descent, Daisies is about the ascension toward a fragile health. "I'm feeling pretty good now," E sings on "Grace Kelly Blues." However, the music breaks and quivers with a kind of emotional instability, undermining his assurances. It's a tender balance, and no one registers the sad-happy yin-yang of life with tenderness quite like E. Which in some ways is pretty damned unsettling. --Tod Nelson
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Life Ain't So Bad!,
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This review is from: Daisies Of The Galaxy (Audio CD)
eels' 'Electro-Shock Blues' was dark and gloomy. DotG starts with a fanfare, horns that set the stage for a happy song. And Grace Kelly blues is a happy song, though the content is a little sad. Just an acoustic guitar (mostly capoed) and sometimes a piano are the instruments mostly used. Keyboards are a favorite instrument and many organ sounds like in 'Tiger in my Tank'There has never been an eels-album that has made me happier than this one. 'God**** right it's a beautiful day'!
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6 stars if that were possible!,
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This review is from: Daisies Of The Galaxy (Audio CD)
I haven't heard shootenanny yet, but this is by far their best album. I have converted my friends to harcore Eels fans after they heard this CD. Every song on this album deserves special mention - from the lyrics to the catchy music, this is a must for all eels fans. I just hope they come to Seattle sometime soon. Can't wait to hear them live. I would also highly recommend Beautiful Freak in addition to this album.
4.0 out of 5 stars
the sound of coming down,
By BrokenNosedMogul (columbus, ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Daisies Of The Galaxy (Audio CD)
after the claustrophobia that was Electro-Shock Blues, E and Company have made the logical progression to a sense of relief. Electro was a fantastic album, boiling over with imagination and thick, gorgeous arrangements. however, the crushing sadness of it all at times threatened to overwhelm the listener. luckily, with 'Daisies' eels have made an album that is as sweet as it is bitter.
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