UPC: 602547306623
Format: LP (2 disc)
Release Date: Oct 30, 2015
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Eels: E (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards); Butch (vocals, drums).
Additional personnel: Grant Lee Phillips (electric guitar, banjo, background vocals); Stuart Wylen (guitar, alto & bass flutes, Fender Rhodes); Parthenon Huxley (guitar); Lisa Germano (violin); Cynthia Merrill (cello); Jim Jacobsen (clarinet, keyboards, bass); Bill Liston (saxophone); Jon Brion (organ, Chamberlin); John Leftwich (acoustic bass); T-Bone Burnett (bass).
Producers: E., Jim Jacobsen, Mickey P., Michael Simpson, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Engineers include: Mickey P., E., Jim Jacobsen.
ELECTRO-SHOCK BLUES is the ultimate example of artistic-statement-as-therapy-session. Written and recorded in the wake of the death of family and friends, the songs here are full of sorrow and bereavement, but redeemed by a self-conscious sense of black humor. The man formerly known as "E" is first and foremost a popster though, so no matter how downhearted things get (and with song titles like "Going to Your Funeral" and "The Medication is Wearing Off," this is no day at the beach) there are enough hooks to keep it all afloat. There's a sparseness to the arrangements that suits the stark nature of the subject matter, but the intimacy thus created allows ELECTRO-SHOCK BLUES to communicate that much more directly. Check your razor blades at the door.
Additional personnel: Grant Lee Phillips (electric guitar, banjo, background vocals); Stuart Wylen (guitar, alto & bass flutes, Fender Rhodes); Parthenon Huxley (guitar); Lisa Germano (violin); Cynthia Merrill (cello); Jim Jacobsen (clarinet, keyboards, bass); Bill Liston (saxophone); Jon Brion (organ, Chamberlin); John Leftwich (acoustic bass); T-Bone Burnett (bass).
Producers: E., Jim Jacobsen, Mickey P., Michael Simpson, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Engineers include: Mickey P., E., Jim Jacobsen.
ELECTRO-SHOCK BLUES is the ultimate example of artistic-statement-as-therapy-session. Written and recorded in the wake of the death of family and friends, the songs here are full of sorrow and bereavement, but redeemed by a self-conscious sense of black humor. The man formerly known as "E" is first and foremost a popster though, so no matter how downhearted things get (and with song titles like "Going to Your Funeral" and "The Medication is Wearing Off," this is no day at the beach) there are enough hooks to keep it all afloat. There's a sparseness to the arrangements that suits the stark nature of the subject matter, but the intimacy thus created allows ELECTRO-SHOCK BLUES to communicate that much more directly. Check your razor blades at the door.
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Elizabeth on the Ballroom Floor
2 - Going to Your Funeral, Pt. 1
3 - Cancer for the Cure
4 - My Descent into Madness
5 - Three Speed
6 - Hospital Food
7 - Electro-Shock Blues
8 - Efils' God
Disc 2:
1 - Going to Your Funeral, Pt. 2
2 - Last Stop: This Town
3 - Baby Genius
4 - Climbing to the Moon
5 - Ant Farm
6 - Dead of Winter
7 - Medication Is Wearing Off
8 - P.S. You Rock My World
1 - Elizabeth on the Ballroom Floor
2 - Going to Your Funeral, Pt. 1
3 - Cancer for the Cure
4 - My Descent into Madness
5 - Three Speed
6 - Hospital Food
7 - Electro-Shock Blues
8 - Efils' God
Disc 2:
1 - Going to Your Funeral, Pt. 2
2 - Last Stop: This Town
3 - Baby Genius
4 - Climbing to the Moon
5 - Ant Farm
6 - Dead of Winter
7 - Medication Is Wearing Off
8 - P.S. You Rock My World