Electro-Shock Blues

by Eels

Electro-Shock Blues cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 September 1998
  • Label: DreamWorks
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 48:16
  • Community rating: 4.12/5 from 10 ratings

Artists on this release: Dan Nakamura, Parthenon Huxley, Grant Lee Phillips, John Leftwich, Lisa Germano, Butch Norton, Bill Liston, Paul Huston

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Written in the tragic aftermath of multiple family deaths, 'Electro-Shock Blues' is a profoundly sad, deeply depressive exploration of grief and survival. E seamlessly balances heavy, melancholic lyricism with surprisingly eclectic, bittersweet indie pop and trip-hop arrangements.

Genres

Descriptors: death, suicide, conceptual, depressing, confessional, male-vocals, lo-fi, witty, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Elizabeth On The Bathroom Floor (2:08)
  2. Going To Your Funeral Part I (2:37)
  3. Cancer For The Cure (4:46)
  4. My Descent Into Madness (3:54)
  5. 3 Speed (2:45)
  6. Hospital Food (3:23)
  7. Electro-Shock Blues (2:29)
  8. Efils' God (3:19)
  9. Going to Your Funeral Part II (1:30)
  10. Last Stop: This Town (3:27)
  11. Baby Genius (2:03)
  12. Climbing To The Moon (3:38)
  13. Ant Farm (2:11)
  14. Dead Of Winter (2:59)
  15. The Medication Is Wearing Off (3:51)
  16. P.S. You Rock My World (3:08)

Credits

  • Eels - primary artist
  • E - art direction, producer, vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, written-by, recorded by, mixed by, recorded by, mixed by, conductor
  • Francesca Restrepo - art direction, design
  • Butch Norton - drums, vocals, written-by, featuring
  • Mike Simpson - edited by [digital editing], a&r, recorded by, mixed by, written-by, producer
  • Stephen Marcussen - mastered by
  • Fiona Hinckley Jr. - painting [cover painting]
  • Parthenon Huxley - guitar, written-by
  • Jim Jacobsen - keyboards, bass, producer, recorded by, mixed by, written-by, clarinet, recorded by, mixed by, conductor
  • Mickey Petralia - producer, recorded by, mixed by, written-by
  • Volker Masthoff - other [king of the road]
  • Dan Nakamura - written-by
  • Paul Huston - written-by
  • Jim Lang - arranged by [saxophones], recorded by, mixed by, written-by, recorded by, mixed by, conductor
  • Bill Liston - saxophone
  • Cynthia Merrill - cello [backwards cello]
  • Jon Brion - recorded by [backwards recording], other [inspiration], keyboards [chamberlin], organ
  • Elton Jones - featuring
  • T-Bone Burnett - bass [danelectro-shock bass]
  • Grant Lee Phillips - guitar, banjo, harmony vocals
  • Greg Collins - recorded by, mixed by
  • John Leftwich - double bass, double bass, bass [bowed]
  • Lisa Germano - violin
  • Stuart Wylen - electric piano [half rhodes], guitar, flute [alto & bass]

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