just so much better than all the other completely average rubbish that gets released. and from first listen it might even be the best eels album, which is a pretty extreme thing to say. just GREAT. and no real filler. certainly better than the 2 bright albums put together Jamie

Great songs & instrumentals even if the best of them borrow heavily from Van Morrison, Paul Westerberg and, yes, Outkast. I've also heard that Soybomb tune somewhere before but can't place it.

E captures the best elements of his past albums and gives us 2 discs of it. Simply beautiful.

A beautiful album.....this really is a stunner

The kind of album that reminds you what music can be. Far from the anodyne nonsense that fills most radios, we fine E: a man with plenty to tell us and its worth listening to every lyric and note. Surprisingly joyful at times, this album is a tour de force.

Beautiful melancolical songs.

i've always like beautiful freak the best, but this one may surpass that on my personal scale...

Although I tried, I wasn't able to enjoy this album as much as the other Eels albums I own (Beautiful Freak, Electroshock Blue, Daisies of the Galaxy). I feel that this album is bloated and disjointed; and a bit self-indulgent at times.

I've been a fan since "Electroshock Blues," but I feel pretty ashamed of it after listening to this album. This seems like a best of album in which all of the songs have been rewritten so that they are far more boring than the originals. If this actually is E's magnus opus, I'm afraid that they are finally revealing themselves as a less than mediocre band.

The best one.

Spanning the spectrum of emotions from suicidal to merely downbeat, via some cracking beatbox pop tunes, the depth of this album is awesome. E is in fine, fine voice throughout. Transcends the sum of its many, many wonderous parts.

The Best Eels-album!

Album of the year.

It's great to see that Eels are finally getting the critical acclaim they deserve, and I'm glad that E is showing no signs of letting up. This is an excellent album, but suffers only from the fact that it doesn't quite feel new. Stepping back to the electro-shock blues (still his masterpiece) and daisies of the galaxy sound, I don't have that feeling of forward motion that I got from each of the previous albums as they came out. I adore this band, but for the songs to focus again and again on the same two subjects (death and coming to terms) might result in some stagnation. So, a great double album, but not really a step forward.… Expand

Great Album!

Simply astonishing.

There's one perfect album here - too much one dimensional filler on the second album, it could have been 25 minutes shorter. But the good bits - sublime! Nods to Eno, The Doors, Velvets (Beck goes without saying, oops!) and Tindersticks. The first album is so directed, flowing and captivating. Worth the entrance price on its own - and without the second album could have scored a 10. Hmm, go on then, call it a 10 anyway.… Expand

One of the most beautiful albums of the last 20 years.

Great album from a brilliant artist. Except for maybe Antony and the Johnsons and Arcade Fire, my album of the year so far!

everett's not an important songwriter; he's from the post-grunge era and has been a one-hit wonder with "novacaine for the soul"... he's since trying to gain notoriety.

This is my favorite band of all time, producing their best work yet. Sublimtely beautiful and heart-rending.

utterly amazing... jaw droppingly brilliant

Is a strange, hypnotic and full of gems album. It's the first Eeels album that i truly love and one of the best album i heard this year. It's just unbelieable touchy: funny at times, shocking or plain sad.

I almost never give things a 10, but "Blinking Lights" is the kind of album that breaks rules like little twigs. Moving, witty, staggering, almost incomprehensibly ambitious, it's simply an astounding piece of work. Repeat listens are required, but it's worth the effort for the committed. Incredible, and a bracing remember of the power that pop music can hold.

An absolute masterpiece, a MUST BUY, everyone on the face of the planet should hear this. out of 33 tracks - all 33 are superb, surprising and often amusing.

Heartbreaking in the best meaning album! Can't stop listening to it.

Pop music doesn't get better then this. His third masterpiece after Daisies and Electro-shock. I also love the 'Eels with strings' tour.

'Beautiful Freak' is a classic that still stand the test of time. This new release...not quite there. But, it certainly will bring a smile/tear to a fan of the Eels.