Souljacker - Eels
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critics What's this?

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Universal acclaim- based on 14 Ratings

  • Summary: Based in Los Angeles, the Eels have had some stateside success on MTV but have perhaps found greater popularity in the UK and Europe. This new LP (their fourth) features guest appearances by Koool G Murder, John Parish (who also produces), and Joe Gore.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 16
  2. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Fresh, funny and unpredictable. [Apr 2002, p.72]
  2. More than just a sick joke, Souljacker is a rocking, thought-provoking journey.
  3. The mix of spite, beauty and pain in here is compelling and repulsive all at once.
  4. 60
    Strange stuff, but oddly appealing. [Feb/Mar 2002, p.111]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Ian
    10
    It's safe to say that nobody has created such an immediately unique sound for themselves since Shampoo were huge. At once spooky, melancholic, strange and exhilarating. It crosses genres to show everyone from pop princesses to fuck-you-metallers how their type of music should be done. With a combination like this, all infused with wit and a quality control that should make others blush, you have no excuses not to go out and buy it now. Expand
  2. OliverI.
    10
    Come ON, reviewers. Obviously the a: onslaught of teen pop and b: your rush to slobber and drool over such supposedly groundbreaking acts as Starsailor and Elbow has dulled your listening sensibilities. No other way about it, Souljacker is a masterpiece. Funkier numbers like Dog Faced Boy, Souljacker Pt 1 and Teenage Witch are great, but it is with the sublime World of Shit that the album truly rises above the stratosphere. Expand
  3. PD
    10
    Best pop album of 2001. Too bad the US had to wait 'till 2002 to hear it. E is a genius.
  4. MikeL.
    9
    lovin it

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