Blinking Lights And Other Revelations
by Eels
  • Record Label: Vagrant
  • Release Date: Apr 26, 2005
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 121 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 106 out of 121
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 121
  3. Negative: 6 out of 121

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  1. DAVE
    Apr 27, 2005
    10
    This album is absolutely amazing. I would give anything to see the live show with an orchestra.
  2. JamieS
    May 1, 2005
    10
    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
  3. DaveJ
    May 5, 2005
    10
    A beautiful album.....this really is a stunner
  4. RobertC
    May 9, 2005
    10
    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.
  5. buzz
    Jun 9, 2006
    10
    i've always like beautiful freak the best, but this one may surpass that on my personal scale...
  6. PaulPaul
    Apr 26, 2005
    10
    The best one.
  7. eelpie
    Apr 26, 2005
    10
    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.
  8. MathijsB
    Apr 27, 2005
    10
    The Best Eels-album!
  9. BuckC
    Apr 28, 2005
    10
    Album of the year.
  10. LaurensH
    Apr 30, 2005
    10
    Great Album!
  11. chrisb
    Apr 30, 2005
    10
    Simply astonishing.
  12. DerekC
    May 2, 2005
    10
    One of the most beautiful albums of the last 20 years.
  13. KristofM
    May 29, 2005
    10
    Great album from a brilliant artist. Except for maybe Antony and the Johnsons and Arcade Fire, my album of the year so far!
  14. ReneeH
    May 6, 2005
    10
    This is my favorite band of all time, producing their best work yet. Sublimtely beautiful and heart-rending.
  15. AriGunnarT
    May 6, 2005
    10
    utterly amazing... jaw droppingly brilliant
  16. Bat
    May 6, 2005
    10
    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.
  17. Gnarles
    Jun 13, 2005
    10
    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.
  18. DarrenS
    Jun 13, 2005
    10
    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.
  19. AndrewD
    Jun 14, 2005
    10
    Heartbreaking in the best meaning album! Can't stop listening to it.
  20. ThomasS
    Jun 4, 2005
    10
    Pop music doesn't get better then this. His third masterpiece after Daisies and Electro-shock. I also love the 'Eels with strings' tour.
  21. MarkP
    Feb 2, 2006
    10
    Always thought "electro-shock" blues was their masterpiece but have had to reconsider. Like all double albums it takes time to sink in but patience is rewarded. Like the best of Eels music their is an ugly beauty to the songs that is haunting. This is one perfectly paced double LP that doesn't require one of those "this would've made a great single LP" conversations.
  22. RichardH
    May 4, 2007
    10
    This sprawling double album is fantastic. I haven't heard anything by the Eels since Novocaine, so my experience with E's writing style is horribly limited, but I was struck numb by the beauty and emotion that ooze from every second of this disk. Emo bands needs to take notes on how to 'emote' without sounding like a complete jackass. I loved this album so much that This sprawling double album is fantastic. I haven't heard anything by the Eels since Novocaine, so my experience with E's writing style is horribly limited, but I was struck numb by the beauty and emotion that ooze from every second of this disk. Emo bands needs to take notes on how to 'emote' without sounding like a complete jackass. I loved this album so much that Electro-Shock Blues is now on it's way from Amazon. Highly recommended.… Expand
  23. RobustoG
    Oct 10, 2005
    10
    Impossible to pidgeon-hole beauty in every tune.
  24. EddieB
    Apr 26, 2005
    10
    Double album of Eels goodness! This album gets in your head and doesn't leave, but in a good way. Lots of great cameos on this as well...thanks E!
  25. MelS
    Apr 26, 2005
    10
    A masterpiece. An album about the small things in life that make it worth living. I don't know if there'll be a better album this year.
  26. JeffS
    Apr 27, 2005
    10
    Just a beautiful record. Puts to shame the majority of what is being released nowadays.
  27. kyle
    Apr 27, 2005
    10
    Amazing, I never thought another Eels album could come close to Electro-Shock Blues, but it appears I was wrong.
  28. NikP
    Apr 28, 2005
    10
    Stunning album. A mix between Electro-shock Blues & Daisies OF The Galaxy. E's most personal album for a wile. Stand out tracks Hey Man Ugly Love Going Fetal
  29. RyanH
    Apr 30, 2005
    10
    This album is one of the best I hae ever heard. E really put his heart into this one. There are the usualy downer eels songs and there are a lot of happy ones on this one to.
  30. JoeB
    May 3, 2005
    10
    Simply stunning. It has been a long time since I have heard a double CD with such excellent material throughout. Way to go, E! It is music like this that makes life worth living.
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#23 Best Album of 2005
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Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. Alternative Press
    100
    A devastatingly beautiful collection of songs, and in some circles, it could be the best album released this year. [May 2005, p.124]
  2. Q Magazine
    80
    A calmer work than its harrowing semi-classic prequel, Blinking Lights... is also less startling or focussed. [May 2005, p.109]
  3. Under The Radar
    90
    Some of the best-written songs of this new century. [#9]
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