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8.5
50550
8.5 |
Under The Radar
This is the first record to come out of E's new L.A. recording studio and it's arguably the most collaborative
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8.3
50534
8.3 |
A.V. Club
Everett and his band mix jagged alt-rock and murky swamp-pop with bluesy shuffles and fractured art-rock
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8.0
50600
8.0 |
musicOMH
Mark Everett and Eels re-define themselves here with exhilarating success, putting all associations with misery out of mind with a compelling finality
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8.0
50652
8.0 |
Blurt
A journey rife with smart songcraft, confident performances and a fertile musical imagination
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8.0
50867
8.0 |
Art Rocker
This is one of Eels best offerings to date
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8.0
50283
8.0 |
BBC
An album in which Eels followers will find much to enjoy. It continues the band’s long-running, idiosyncratic and distinctively creative career path
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8.0
50284
8.0 |
The Skinny
A notch above Eels’ batting average, and a work few contemporary indie rock bands could better
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8.0
50289
8.0 |
Mojo
Listener as shrink? A bit, but you'll be happy to attend E's chaise longue. Print edition only
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8.0
50360
8.0 |
NME
This is Eels at their most visceral. Print edition only
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8.0
50368
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The band handle everything he throws at them with aplomb, and it’s all served up with E’s wonderfully grizzled vocals sounding like some kind of Johnny Cash for the modern-day
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8.0
50401
8.0 |
Uncut
Yet another Eels album about desire and death - but what else is there?
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8.0
50412
8.0 |
The Guardian
Everett executes his old tricks with electrifying verve
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8.0
50441
8.0 |
The Irish Times
You’re really not supposed to sound this possessed and so wildly adventurous on your 10th release
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8.0
50444
8.0 |
DIY
One of the consistently brilliant musicians working today hasn't let us down yet. Which is pretty wonderful, and - yeah - glorious
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8.0
50456
8.0 |
The Independent
Unlike most emotional battlegrounds traversed in pop, these songs leave scars
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8.0
50497
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
Unashamedly retro but also distinctly offbeat
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7.5
50309
7.5 |
The 405
While not as strong a collection as Hombre Lobo, or any of the first three or four albums, Wonderful, Glorious boasts at least one nailed-on Greatest Hits contender ('True Original') and has very few actual low points
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7.5
51219
7.5 |
Tone Deaf
In the end, the title of Eel’s tenth album sums up exactly what it’s trying to be, and for the most part, it triumphantly succeeds
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7.0
50552
7.0 |
All Music
Though there's plenty of evidence that E is still out there suffering for his art, it seems that his days are a little less dark than usual
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7.0
50507
7.0 |
Clash
Everett has fought his well-documented trails and tribulations tooth and nail, and this gritty but ultimately joyous album stands as testament to that
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7.0
50527
7.0 |
No Ripcord
A solid Eels record, with some of the best arrangements they have ever written
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7.0
50530
7.0 |
PopMatters
Eels’ albums, by and large, fall into two categories. The good and the great. Wonderful, Glorious sits comfortably and contentedly in the former
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7.0
50462
7.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Alternates between distorted rock and freewheeling country-pop interludes
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6.0
50468
6.0 |
The Observer
The high quality isn't sustained throughout, but this is another solidly impressive outing
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6.0
50478
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Not all of the tracks hit their mark, and this is a far cry from the standard of much of E's earlier material. But it is nonetheless a good record
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6.0
50287
6.0 |
Q
The mix of delicate ballads with rambunctious blues-rock will be familiar to Ells Fans but it rarely tires. Print edition only
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6.0
50433
6.0 |
Evening Standard
Wonderful, Glorious is too muffled of sound and too short of Everett’s trademark breathtaking moments of beauty or power to rank alongside his best work
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6.0
50645
6.0 |
Paste Magazine
The carpe diem spirit feels awkwardly forced
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6.0
50938
6.0 |
God Is In The TV
It does have more to offer than the previous LPs as well as being a touch more diverse, but it’s still not up to the standard of ‘Electro Shock Blues’ or ‘Daisies Of The Galaxy
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6.0
51033
6.0 |
The Quietus
Unlike previous and successful meditations, their tenth album frequently feels like well-honed schtick rather than a worthwhile insight
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6.0
50709
6.0 |
State
Perhaps not wonderful, glorious, but definitely nice, good
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5.0
50719
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Isn’t the sort of reinvention that Everett wants it to be. It’s just another loop around the road that E and his pathos have been treading for years
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