Shootenanny! - Eels
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73 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

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  • Summary: The Eels fifth album finds head Eel Mark Oliver Everett (aka "E") injecting more humor into his otherwise dark alt-rock tunes.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. Filter
    88
    On Shootenanny!, they take a solid first step toward crafting their opus a la Yankee Hotel Foxtrot or Soft Bulletin. [#6, p.81]
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  2. Uncut
    80
    A 21st-century alienated soul album that slips the Eels back into your heart. [Jul 2003, p.120]
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  3. Playlouder
    60
    There are some fillers on 'Shootenanny!' like 'Rock Hard Times', which means it's never going to be an absolute classic, but it's good to hear E is suffering a little less despair than he's been forced to tolerate in the past.
  4. Pitchfork
    28
    Musically and lyrically, E is spent-- out of ideas, out of innovation, unable to cough up anything but by-the-numbers pop in the fourteen originals he wrote for this disc.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. markr
    9
    There is no 'filler' on this cd, despite what others say. Simply a brilliant piece of ART!
  2. nicoleb
    8
    This is much better than his last cd, souljacker, yet I feel nothing will come close to "Daisies of the Galaxy". This cd is definately worth purchasing and putting on high rotation… Expand
  3. davidD
    8
    Fuck you pitchfork. You guys reference electro shock blues but I know you would have given that album hell, too- if you were around.
  4. ChristopherN
    6
    Surely not E's best work, but sure a lot more entertaining than Souljacker.

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