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9.0
103498
9.0 |
American Songwriter
It’s not always an easy listen but anything worthwhile generally isn’t and kudos to Everett for having the guts and musical fortitude to pull it off … as he always has
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8.0
103504
8.0 |
The Independent
Guilt, sickness, depression and death have their haunting power acknowledged. The optimism of a songwriter who sees the world’s love and beauty through his own sometimes deep pain rarely falters
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8.0
103559
8.0 |
A.V. Club
The livelier moments on his 12th album include Bone Dry, a clanking rocker dominated by twanging Tarantino-esque guitar, and Today Is the Day, a fast-riffing pop tune
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8.0
103483
8.0 |
Record Collector
A very welcome return
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8.0
103484
8.0 |
Mojo
Another Eels album - the 12th! - to treasure. Print edition only
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8.0
103485
8.0 |
Q
Doesn't deviate wildly from his trusty blueprint, being a mix of rattling '60s-ish pop songs and lovely, aching ballads. As ever, these sweeten the sadness and hard truths of the lyrics. Print edition only
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8.0
103486
8.0 |
Uncut
Predictably overwhelming. Print edition only
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8.0
103494
8.0 |
The Skinny
More staggering works of heartbreaking genius from E and his team. It's all in a day's work, you know...
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7.5
103895
7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
His choice to put the spotlight on soul-baring and letting his feelings take center stage in such a raw, unaffected way shows how powerful a hold he can have on the listener even when he’s not being eclectic
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7.0
104134
7.0 |
Clash
Feels like a career-straddling greatest hits collection in which all the ‘hits’ are brand new
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7.0
103840
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Whilst it’s not the most accessible or immediate of their many studio albums, it boasts an intriguingly open humanity that’s hard to ignore
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7.0
103567
7.0 |
musicOMH
Musically, sparse orchestration is the dominant sound here, but more contemporary influences are never far away
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6.0
103652
6.0 |
The 405
The pop-rock side of things will appeal to Eels’ fans, while the instrumental depth adds a certain complexity and demonstrates E’s artistic ambition, but the combination of both entails a project that on the whole feels less eccentric and more of a hashed mess
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6.0
103526
6.0 |
Exclaim
Everett has always been loathe to stand in one place for too long so it's quite possible that we'll see yet another side of him in a matter of months. For now, The Deconstruction is a rather rote and lacklustre return
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6.0
103479
6.0 |
The Music
Mark Oliver Everett and his ragtag band of Eels are finally back, and they've got quite a lot to say about the universe, God, death and all that other noise
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6.0
103481
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
The Deconstruction perhaps won’t be quite as inspiring as Eels might have hoped.
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5.5
103480
5.5 |
Under The Radar
Ultimately there's too many tracks that don't rock, so it falls a bit short of what Eels are capable of
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5.1
103653
5.1 |
Earbuddy
Bone dry with new ideas
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4.0
103534
4.0 |
The Irish Times
The Deconstruction is as well-worn as the dead grass on a makeshift path
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4.0
103482
4.0 |
Slant Magazine
The Deconstruction reduces the complex spectrum of human emotions to mere binaries
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3.0
103715
3.0 |
Pitchfork
Mark Everett trots out his reflexive self-loathing and elementary rhyme schemes one more time, with no clear reason why
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