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Track Listings
| 1. All in a Day's Work |
| 2. Saturday Morning |
| 3. The Good Old Days |
| 4. Love of the Loveless |
| 5. Dirty Girl |
| 6. Agony |
| 7. Rock Hard Times |
| 8. Restraining Order Blues |
| 9. Lone Wolf |
| 10. Wrong About Bobby |
| 11. Numbered Days |
| 12. Fashion Awards |
| 13. Somebody Loves You |
Product Description
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Head Eel Mark "E" Everett purges his soul with a smile on Shootenanny!, as he delivers bursts of bittersweet wit and lighthearted 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 like "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 out of a convertible on a sunny day or playing in the background on a rainy night. --Matthew Cooke
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UK Version with Exclusive Enhanced Studio Footage and Performance.
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I liked the song Saturday Morning, and I read a couple of great reviews of this CD. But I hated this CD. The lyrics are bland and uninpiring, the music is equally boring, and the vocals are sub-par.
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The songs are great, the lyrics are great, the album is great... just not as great as the others. All of their albums so far have received 5 stars by me, until this one. Some of the songs seem out of place. It was refreshing to see some of the songs recapture the sound that was discovered on E's solo albums, but even this can't bump it up to a five.
Format:Audio CD
With Shootenanny, E seems to have moved away from some of the tinker toy sound effects found on the first 3 albums and gone for what is essentially a bluesy rock vibe. I love the earlier albums, but the more you listen to Shootenanny the more you appreciate it. The catchy melodies are there with a darker edge. And some of the usual lyrical humor as well. This album needs to be listened to 20 times before the true beauty shines through. Unfortunately in this day 'n' age few people (or critics?) are willing to give an album time to work its magic. Shootenanny may not be immediately catchy. But it ranks as one of their best albums if not THE best. Cheers...
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5.0 out of 5 stars
yee-haw
I don't think America has ever fully understood Mark Oliver Everett (aka E or Mr. E) and the music he's made as part of the EELS. Shootenanny! Read more
Published on Mar 15 2004 by "superball9"
2.0 out of 5 stars
Too Bad
I actually caught these guys singing live at a small, local bar. Kind of a shame. I mean everything from this album was pretty blah imo. Read more
Published on Feb 8 2004 by Chris H
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gets better with every listen
This is a rare artist where it's best not to decide which single album is best. Doing so only helps those unfamiliar with the artist decide which ONE album to buy. Read more
Published on Aug 29 2003 by EBHP
4.0 out of 5 stars
Who's Going To Play With Me?
I hate this type of comparison, but here goes: if you took Wilco, made a young Tom Waits their singer, and forced them to stick to more traditional Blues-based forms, you'd have... Read more
Published on Aug 25 2003 by David Bradley
5.0 out of 5 stars
what more do you want?
Is it the Eels' best? No.
So what? It's still great.
It's loose, it's fun, it still has plenty of moments of darkness .... Read more
Published on Aug 17 2003 by Matthew B
2.0 out of 5 stars
Blah
I love the Eels and just cant get into this one. Verse-chorus-verse-chorus-chorus blah blah. I am not sure what happened here, but after the Souljacker master stroke, either the... Read more
Published on Aug 14 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars
E's best yet
Every review I've read of this disc has either lambasted it or lavished it with praise. Myself, I don't understand where the controversy is coming from; this is clearly the Eels'... Read more
Published on Aug 11 2003 by J Penslar
2.0 out of 5 stars
ugh.
i'm admittedly biased towards eels songs that are quirky (eg-novacaine for the soul, i like birds, etc. Read more
Published on July 22 2003 by matthew hook
2.0 out of 5 stars
A Step Backwards
Through thier first four studio releases the listener can chart musical (and perhaps emotional) growth in the Eels music. Read more
Published on July 15 2003 by Matty N
5.0 out of 5 stars
Don't miss out
First of all I can't believe this cd has been out for a month and I'm the first person to review it. Read more
Published on July 15 2003 by Chris Conley
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