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This is a document -- nothing more, nothing less -- and as such it's charming, beautiful, ragged, and honest.
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So go ahead and grant the Eels an exemption for going the orchestra tour route; the additional personnel justifies their paychecks by saving this live album from being a rote greatest-hits-with-crowd-noise exercise.
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UncutBeneath their limpid surfaces, Mark "E" Everett's songs are volatile dollops of emotional explosive. [Mar 2006, p.98]
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Q MagazineEverett comes on here like a less grizzled Tom Waits with a side order of Kurt Weill. [Apr 2006, p.113]
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Alternative PressFinds the outfit in fine form, but it seems unlikely that the casual fan will fully appreciate what Everett has done with his songs here. [Apr 2006, p.214]
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E... rearranges his work, often to brilliant results, by first embellishing his lesser known songs and then subverting his already sparse collection of pseudo-hits.
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BillboardThanks to the stellar backup band, E's husky voice and sad stories become all the more desperately lovely. [25 Feb 2006]
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The performances are all good, but E’s voice is alarmingly scratchy.
User score distribution:
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BenH.Jul 18, 2007
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JohnFDec 5, 2006
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BrettNJul 21, 2006