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10.0
7999
10.0 |
The Sunday Times
One broken heart follows another; and, in E’s case, another masterpiece emerges from the wreckage
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8.0
8168
8.0 |
musicOMH
In the course of the break-up album, the record one might have dreaded Everett having to make, he finds an unique form of peace
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8.0
8263
8.0 |
No Ripcord
If ever there was an artist that embodied the notion of saying difficult things in a simple manner then its E: much like Bukowski, he is the master of sentiment over wordplay
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8.0
8504
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
...an honest, revealing look at a broken-down man who, despite his intense pain, still has the strength to write poignant songs that serve as beacons of light amidst the darkness of his soul
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8.0
7605
8.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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8.0
7751
8.0 |
Uncut
End Times is not merely Eels' best album yet, but in the highest rank of breakup albums, seething with the anguished fury of Ryan Adams' Heartbreaker, sighing with the stoic resignation of Bruce Springsteen's Tunnel Of Love
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8.0
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8.0 |
NME
...you’ll find Eels’ most revealing, autobiographical work-to-date to be the most beautiful break-up record since Beck’s ‘Sea Change’
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8.0
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Drowned In Sound
A break-up album that lashes relationship breakdown onto societal collapse, and rarely has Everett sounded so plaintive, so utterly broken down
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8.0
7948
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The Guardian
End Times sounds like a record that could, maybe should, be performed from a psychologist's couch. But it's an intriguing dialogue nevertheless
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8.0
7951
8.0 |
The Independent
As ever with Eels, it's a hard road to follow, albeit one subtly surfaced with arrangements comprised of guitar or keyboards adorned with occasional tender, lilting hints of cello, flugelhorn and ambient sounds
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8.0
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8.0 |
Evening Standard
His personal disappointment has only enhanced his creativity and he’s never been a more masterly observer of the human condition
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Scotsman
E ponders the big depressing questions in this "mad mad mad mad mad mad world", not so we don't have to but so that we at least have an eloquent, emotional and empathetic soundtrack to turn to in our hour of need
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8.0
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8.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
Yes folks, it is a break-up album, but not one of relentless suffering and caterwauling self-pity. This is of the "don't get mad but instead get gradually even" school of thought
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8.0
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8.0 |
Clash
End Times’ may be a tunnel with no light at the end of it, but the bleakness is beautiful
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8.0
8127
8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
...these simple songs are beautiful tear-jerkers
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7.0
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7.0 |
Spin
May be his most universal work, and it's heartfelt and true
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7.0
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7.0 |
The Observer
End Times is really a classic break-up album....It is no faint praise to say that Everett lays his blues out like a taxidermist, his words direct and concise
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7.0
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7.0 |
PopMatters
Aanother fine chapter of music you may find yourself listening to in times less fortunate than now
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7.0
8396
7.0 |
Rave Magazine
For an Eels album a break-up seems almost too minor a subject to bother with, so E exaggerates it into a fantasy of dying alone
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6.0
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6.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
End Times approaches Everett’s best work yet, but due to its narrow focus and exhausting reliance on theme, it falls just short of it
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6.0
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6.0 |
Independent on Sunday
The converted will take End Times as vindication of their faith. The rest of the world will shrug
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6.0
8144
6.0 |
The Quietus
E can dash off slowies like 'Nowadays' and 'On My Feet' in his sleep; there are moments when you can't help pining for something a bit more inventive
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6.0
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6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Everett keeps these ballads and rockers short, spare and pretty; his sad reportage is straightforward to the point of being guileless
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Irish Times
From the first ominous chords of The Beginning , you just know it’s all going to end in tears and much more besides
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6.0
7820
6.0 |
The Skinny
End Times is a satisfying return to E’s beautiful blues, and it’s good to have him back
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Times
...everything you need to know about E’s eighth album is detailed on the opening line of Gone Man. “She used to love me but it’s over now
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3.9
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3.9 |
Pitchfork
By the end, he's left singing to the "only friend [he] has in the world," the little bird on the back porch- just in case you were wondering how sucky this thing could truly get
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