The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett

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The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett
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Studio album by
Eels
ReleasedApril 21, 2014 (2014-04-21)
RecordedAugust 2013 – February 2014
Genre Indie rock
Length40:25
Label E Works
Producer E
Eels chronology
Wonderful, Glorious
(2013)		The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett
(2014)		 Live at Royal Albert Hall
(2015)

The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett is the eleventh studio album by American indie rock band Eels, released on April 21, 2014 by record label E Works. The album was produced by frontman Mark Oliver Everett.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Consequence of Sound D+ [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME 7/10 [6]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Paste 8.9/10 [8]
PopMatters 6/10 [9]
Slant Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Under the Radar 5.5/10 [11]

The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett received generally positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100 based on 23 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Phil Mongredien of The Observer wrote: "The subject matter may not be as harrowing as the real-life inspiration for some of his earlier work (most notably Electro-Shock Blues ), but this is still a powerful and emotionally coherent set." [7] Lior Phillips of Consequence of Sound was unfavorable, writing: "What The Cautionary Tales needs is a prudent pruning. This album struggles to appear deeper than a common puddle, and while E's previous penchant for sharing has given him a brilliant book of songs from which to draw, I wonder how long he'll stay floating on the surface."

Track listing

Written by E, except as noted

  1. "Where I'm At" (E, arr. by The Chet and P-Boo) – 1:42
  2. "Parallels" – 3:16
  3. "Lockdown Hurricane" (E; arr. by P-Boo) – 3:30
  4. "Agatha Chang" (E; arr. by P-Boo) – 3:28
  5. "A Swallow in the Sun" (E, The Chet; arr. by The Chet) – 3:37
  6. "Where I'm From" (E, P-Boo) – 2:49
  7. "Series of Misunderstandings" – 3:23
  8. "Kindred Spirit" (E, P-Boo) – 2:54
  9. "Gentlemen's Choice" (E, P-Boo; arr. by P-Boo) – 2:36
  10. "Dead Reckoning" (E, P-Boo; arr. by P-Boo) – 2:29
  11. "Answers" (E; arr. by P-Boo) – 2:39
  12. "Mistakes of My Youth" (E, The Chet; arr. by The Chet) – 4:57
  13. "Where I'm Going" (E; arr. by The Chet) – 3:04

Deluxe Edition bonus disc

  1. "To Dig It"
  2. "Lonely Lockdown Hurricane" (E; orchestral arrangement by P-Boo)
  3. "Bow Out" (E, P-Boo)
  4. "A Good Deal"
  5. "Good Morning Bright Eyes"
  6. "Millicent Don't Blame Yourself" (E, Koool G Murder)
  7. "Thanks I Guess" (E, P-Boo)
  8. "On the Ropes" (Live WNYC) (E, The Chet, Koool G Murder)
  9. "Accident Prone" (Live WNYC) (E, P-Boo)
  10. "I'm Your Brave Little Soldier (Live WNYC)
  11. "Fresh Feeling" (Live KCRW) (E, Koool G Murder)
  12. "Trouble with Dreams" (Live KCRW)
  13. "Oh Well" (Live KCRW) (Peter Green)

Personnel

Eels

Charts

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