Blinking Lights and Other Revelations

by Eels

Blinking Lights and Other Revelations cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 April 2005
  • Label: Vagrant
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:33:07
  • Community rating: 4.03/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Mark Oliver Everett, Jim Lang

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Mark Oliver Everett's magnum opus is a sprawling double album about family, loss, and hope. 'Blinking Lights' balances quirky pop songs with devastatingly sad ballads. It is a deeply personal, ambitious work of autobiography.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, orchestral, storytelling, lo-fi, witty

Tracklist

  1. Theme from Blinking Lights (01:44)
  2. From Which I Came / A Magic World (03:13)
  3. Son of a Bitch (02:27)
  4. Blinking Lights (For Me) (02:00)
  5. Trouble with Dreams (04:33)
  6. Marie Floating over the Backyard (02:02)
  7. Suicide Life (02:41)
  8. In the Yard, Behind the Church (04:05)
  9. Railroad Man (04:16)
  10. The Other Shoe (02:32)
  11. Last Time We Spoke (02:22)
  12. Mother Mary (03:21)
  13. Going Fetal (02:19)
  14. Understanding Salesman (02:43)
  15. Theme for a Pretty Girl That Makes You Believe God Exists (02:05)
  16. Checkout Blues (02:25)
  17. Blinking Lights (For You) (01:59)
  18. Dust of Ages (02:20)
  19. Old Shit / New Shit (03:15)
  20. Bride of Theme from Blinking Lights (01:50)
  21. Hey Man (Now You're Really Living) (03:02)
  22. I'm Going to Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart (03:54)
  23. To Lick Your Boots (03:30)
  24. If You See Natalie (03:39)
  25. Sweet Li'l Thing (03:27)
  26. Dusk: A Peach in the Orchard (01:17)
  27. Whatever Happened to Soy Bomb (02:26)
  28. Ugly Love (02:56)
  29. God's Silence (01:26)
  30. Losing Streak (02:50)
  31. Last Days of My Bitter Heart (01:35)
  32. The Stars Shine in the Sky Tonight (03:31)
  33. Things the Grandchildren Should Know (05:22)

Credits

  • David Hlebo - arranged by [horns], arranged by [strings]
  • Gerri Sutyak - arranged by [horns], arranged by [strings]
  • Jim Jacobsen - arranged by [horns], arranged by [strings]
  • Koool G Murder - arranged by [horns], arranged by [strings]
  • Probyn Gregory - arranged by [horns], arranged by [strings]
  • Jim Lang - conductor, arranged by [horns], arranged by [strings], arranged by [winds]
  • Francesca Restrepo - design
  • Bobby, Jr. - featuring
  • John Sebastian - featuring
  • Peter Buck - featuring
  • Tom Waits - featuring
  • Andy Martin - featuring [as well as]
  • Bill Liston - featuring [as well as]
  • Dick Mitchell - featuring [as well as]
  • Joe Gore - featuring [as well as]
  • Joe Meyer - featuring [as well as]
  • Ludvig Girdland - featuring [as well as]
  • Matt DeMerritt - featuring [as well as]
  • Mike Valerio - featuring [as well as]
  • Todd Simon - featuring [as well as]
  • Wally Gagel - featuring [as well as]
  • Wayne Bergeron - featuring [as well as]
  • Butch Norton - featuring [performed with]
  • Puddin' - featuring [performed with]
  • The Chet - featuring [performed with]
  • Benchmark Entertainment - management
  • Dan Hersch - mastered by
  • Brendan Willard - mixed by [additional], recorded by [additional]
  • Dan Pinder - mixed by [additional], recorded by [additional]
  • Greg Collins - mixed by [additional], recorded by [additional]
  • Mike Aarvold - mixed by [additional], recorded by [additional]
  • Robert Carranza - mixed by [additional], recorded by [additional]
  • Adam Olmstead - mixed by [assistant], recorded by [assistant]
  • Ryan Boesch - mixed by, recorded by, programmed by
  • Sean Coleman - photography by [e photo]
  • Everett Family Archives - photography by [photographs]
  • Mark Oliver Everett - producer

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