Artist.......: Eels
Album........: Rock en Seine
Label........: PIAS
Genre........: Rock
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2014-08-09
Str.date.....: 2013-08-00
Quality......: 214kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.eelstheband.com/
track title time
1. Rock en Seine 60:05
* Cancer fot the Cure
* Kinda Fuzzy
* Open My Present
* Oh Well
* Tremendous Dynamite
* Dirty Girl
* Peach Blossom
* Prizefighter
* Fresh Feeling
* Fresh Blood
* That Cook You Give That Guy
* Let It Be
* Go Knuckles
* Souljacker, Part 1
* Wonderful Glorious
* Me Beloved Monster
* MR. R's Beautiful Blues
Runtime 60:05
Size 92.08
Release Notes:
Although Eels are often marketed as a full-fledged band, singer/songwriter E
(real name: Mark Oliver Everett) is responsible for the group's sound and
direction. Born in Virginia on April 9, 1963, Everett became interested in rock
music at an early age via his sister's record collection, and began playing
drums at the age of six, as well as tinkering on his family's piano. As the
years progressed, Everett found himself leading a troubled teenage life, which
was further complicated by his father's death. However, the turmoil led to an
even stronger interest in music, as he taught himself how to play his sister's
guitar and began writing his own original compositions. (Tragedy would later
form the catalyst for Eels' magnum opus, Electro-Shock Blues.)
Due to the fact that several of his friends were also named Mark, it was around
this time that Everett began going by his initials -- and eventually, solely by
the letter E. By his early twenties, E was recording demo material on a used
four-track cassette recorder, and eventually decided to pursue his rock & roll
dreams by relocating to Los Angeles. Due to his prolific songwriting, the
quality of his tunes naturally began to improve, which led to a recording
contract as a solo artist for Polydor Records. This was followed by a pair of
underappreciated releases, 1992's A Man Called (E) (which was supported with a
tour opening for Tori Amos) and 1993's Broken Toy Shop, before E left the label
and formed Eels along with bassist Tommy Walter and drummer Butch Norton. The
trio inked a deal with the then-newly formed Dreamworks label, which issued
Eels' debut, 1996's Beautiful Freak. The album spawned a sizable MTV/alternative
radio hit with "Novocaine for the Soul"; its promo clip received three MTV Video
Music Award nominations the following year, and the group's popularity rose in
England (resulting in a Brit Award, which was presented to the group by goof
metallists Spinal Tap).
What should have been a time of great promise for E turned out to be one of
tragedy, as both the singer's sister and mother passed away in quick succession.
This was compounded by Walter's departure from the group. The dark mood
resonated in Eels' sophomore effort, Electro-Shock Blues, which proved to be
stronger than its predecessor, yet failed to fuel much commercial success. With
new bassist Adam Siegal in tow, the group toured behind the album's release
before returning to the studio immediately afterward to work on a third album.
Issued in 2000, Daisies of the Galaxy offered a slightly brighter outlook and
featured a guest appearance from R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, who also helped
co-pen a track. Despite the album's commercial failure, E put together the Eels
Orchestra and launched an international tour in support of its release. The
six-piece band featured saxophone, trombone, trumpet, banjo, guitar, violin,
upright bass, piano, melodica, clarinet, and timpani; to make it work on-stage,
each bandmember was required to play three to four different instruments each
night.
After a live recording of the 2000 Eels Orchestra tour, Oh What a Beautiful
Morning, was issued via the group's official website, E began preparing for
Eels' fourth studio release. Instead of penning the entire album by himself (as
he'd done with the group's previous work), E turned to John Parish for help. The
two created Souljacker, which was issued throughout most of the world in
September 2001 and hit American shores early the following year (in the U.S.,
the first edition of the CD also contained a bonus four-track disc). The
resulting tour saw E and Norton joined by multi-instrumentalist Parish, as well
as new bassist/synthesizer player Koool G Murder. A live disc, Electro-Shock
Blues Show, followed soon after to promote the tour.
Spring 2003 began a flurry of Eels/E-related releases, beginning with MC Honky
and his SpinART release I Am the Messiah. While the man behind Messiah's
splattering mix of hip-hop beats, dance grooves, and kitschy samples was little
more than E in DJ drag, the album was nevertheless an enjoyable slice of
summertime fun. E's score for the indie film Levity arrived in April, and June
saw the release of Eels' fifth studio album, Shootenanny! Its follow-up, 2005's
Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, was an ambitious double album including
33 songs. Eels' With Strings: Live at Town Hall album, recorded June 30, 2005,
documented their New York Town Hall performance during their 2005 tour of the
same name, and another With Strings: Live at Town Hall edition was
simultaneously issued in February 2006 with a concert DVD.
In 2008, Eels released two CD/DVD sets, the first a best-of package and the
second a collection of odds & sods. The band's music also comprised the bulk of
the soundtrack for Yes Man, a comedy featuring Jim Carrey. E then returned to
the drawing board and emerged with Hombre Lobo, a concept album about desire
that arrived in mid-2009, followed closely by the MySpace Transmissions Session
2009 live EP.
The lo-fi End Times, which revolved around the central theme of broken love,
arrived in 2010, but was followed in August by Tomorrow Morning, a much more
polished album of upbeat optimism that relied heavily on analog electronics to
drive its songs. Eels' tenth album -- the eccentric, hard rock-focused
Wonderful, Glorious -- arrived early in 2013. The stripped-down, acoustic, and
lightly orchestrated The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett followed it
roughly a year later in 2014.