Eels So Good: Essential Eels, Vol. 2 (2007β2020) | ||||
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Released | December 15, 2023 | |||
Recorded | 2007β2020 | |||
Genre | Indie rock [1] | |||
Length | 71:13 | |||
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βEveryone should have at least three Christmas songs in their catalog. Iβm sorry it took me so long.β
β E on lead single "Christmas, Why You Gotta Do Me Like This?" [2]
Eels So Good: Essential Eels, Vol. 2 (2007β2020) is a 2023 greatest hits album for American indie rock band Eels. It follows 2008's Meet the Eels: Essential Eels, Vol. 1 (1996β2006) and received positive reviews from critics.
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing that " Mark Oliver Everett is a man capable of writing an irresistible pop tune when he feels like it. He also seems to think that's a rather empty pursuit, and he prefers to twist his melodies and production into more challenging forms as he ponders his neuroses in song." and that on this compilation, "Everett sets aside his essential duality and shares 20 tracks that, for the most part, focus on the gentler and more engaging side of his personality". [3] In American Songwriter, Hal Horowitz scored this a 3.5 out of 5, calling it a "generous 72-minute compilation", with "plenty of compelling indie pop/rock". [1] In The Irish Times, Tony Clayton-Lea scored this release 3.5 out of 5 stars, writing that "although it might not have the cumulative punch of their first [greatest hits compilation], no one could deny that the songs are anything less than their usual eerily charming selves" and summed up "amid the unforced individualism are measures of poignancy and emotional depth that make Everettβs songs a trove to repeatedly dig your hands into". [4]
All songs written by E, except where noted.
Hombre Lobo
Eels
Technical personnel
End Times
Eels
Technical personnel
Tomorrow Morning
Wonderful, Glorious
Eels
The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett
Eels
with Professor Snatchmo
The Deconstruction
Eels
Earth to Dora
Eels
The band is accompanied by the Earth to Dora Orchestra & Choir, made up of unnamed musicians.
Technical personnel
Compilation personnel
Eels So Good: Essential Eels, Vol. 2 (2007β2020) | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | December 15, 2023 | |||
Recorded | 2007β2020 | |||
Genre | Indie rock [1] | |||
Length | 71:13 | |||
Label | ||||
Producer |
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Eels chronology | ||||
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βEveryone should have at least three Christmas songs in their catalog. Iβm sorry it took me so long.β
β E on lead single "Christmas, Why You Gotta Do Me Like This?" [2]
Eels So Good: Essential Eels, Vol. 2 (2007β2020) is a 2023 greatest hits album for American indie rock band Eels. It follows 2008's Meet the Eels: Essential Eels, Vol. 1 (1996β2006) and received positive reviews from critics.
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing that " Mark Oliver Everett is a man capable of writing an irresistible pop tune when he feels like it. He also seems to think that's a rather empty pursuit, and he prefers to twist his melodies and production into more challenging forms as he ponders his neuroses in song." and that on this compilation, "Everett sets aside his essential duality and shares 20 tracks that, for the most part, focus on the gentler and more engaging side of his personality". [3] In American Songwriter, Hal Horowitz scored this a 3.5 out of 5, calling it a "generous 72-minute compilation", with "plenty of compelling indie pop/rock". [1] In The Irish Times, Tony Clayton-Lea scored this release 3.5 out of 5 stars, writing that "although it might not have the cumulative punch of their first [greatest hits compilation], no one could deny that the songs are anything less than their usual eerily charming selves" and summed up "amid the unforced individualism are measures of poignancy and emotional depth that make Everettβs songs a trove to repeatedly dig your hands into". [4]
All songs written by E, except where noted.
Hombre Lobo
Eels
Technical personnel
End Times
Eels
Technical personnel
Tomorrow Morning
Wonderful, Glorious
Eels
The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett
Eels
with Professor Snatchmo
The Deconstruction
Eels
Earth to Dora
Eels
The band is accompanied by the Earth to Dora Orchestra & Choir, made up of unnamed musicians.
Technical personnel
Compilation personnel