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Universal acclaim- based on 121 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 106 out of 121
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Mixed: 9 out of 121
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Negative: 6 out of 121
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DAVEApr 27, 2005This album is absolutely amazing. I would give anything to see the live show with an orchestra.
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JamieSMay 1, 2005just 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
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PeterGMay 20, 2005Great 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.
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DavisWMay 4, 2005E captures the best elements of his past albums and gives us 2 discs of it. Simply beautiful.
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DaveJMay 5, 2005A beautiful album.....this really is a stunner
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RobertCMay 9, 2005The 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.
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LarsGJan 10, 2006Beautiful melancolical songs.
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buzzJun 9, 2006i've always like beautiful freak the best, but this one may surpass that on my personal scale...
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PaulPaulApr 26, 2005The best one.
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eelpieApr 26, 2005Spanning 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.
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MathijsBApr 27, 2005The Best Eels-album!
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BuckCApr 28, 2005Album of the year.
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BrandonSApr 28, 2005
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LaurensHApr 30, 2005Great Album!
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chrisbApr 30, 2005Simply astonishing.
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GuyEMay 10, 2005
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DerekCMay 2, 2005One of the most beautiful albums of the last 20 years.
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KristofMMay 29, 2005Great album from a brilliant artist. Except for maybe Antony and the Johnsons and Arcade Fire, my album of the year so far!
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ReneeHMay 6, 2005This is my favorite band of all time, producing their best work yet. Sublimtely beautiful and heart-rending.
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AriGunnarTMay 6, 2005utterly amazing... jaw droppingly brilliant
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BatMay 6, 2005Is 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.
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GnarlesJun 13, 2005I 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.
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DarrenSJun 13, 2005An 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.
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AndrewDJun 14, 2005Heartbreaking in the best meaning album! Can't stop listening to it.
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ThomasSJun 4, 2005Pop music doesn't get better then this. His third masterpiece after Daisies and Electro-shock. I also love the 'Eels with strings' tour.
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MarcDJun 5, 2005'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.
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petergJul 14, 2005Masterpice... Railroad Man one of the best songs this century.
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DaveVJul 2, 2005I consider myself a big Eels fan, having most of their/E's CDs, but I have to add my voice to those who were underwhelmed by Blinking Lights and feel it's way overrated. If you made one CD of the best tracks from this doublet, it would rank somewhere in the middle of all Eels CDs. Maybe below the middle.
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DavidMAug 19, 2005A sprawling collection of consistently good but almost never great songs. Those who like E's wimp-pop sound and emotional nakedness will adore it...those who don't will find little to convert them here. Disc 2 is far better than Disc 1.
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AlanLAug 19, 2005Fantastic! E is one of the few artists to have the ability to attempt such a vast concept, a whole life spanning an album. Wow, the guy is a genius. He can make the mundane seem beautiful.
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Awards & Rankings
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Alternative PressA devastatingly beautiful collection of songs, and in some circles, it could be the best album released this year. [May 2005, p.124]
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Q MagazineA calmer work than its harrowing semi-classic prequel, Blinking Lights... is also less startling or focussed. [May 2005, p.109]
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Under The RadarSome of the best-written songs of this new century. [#9]