The Complete DreamWorks Albums

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The Complete DreamWorks Albums
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Box set by
Eels
ReleasedOctober 30, 2015 (2015-10-30)
Genre Indie rock
Length297:39
LanguageEnglish
Label DreamWorks
Producer
Eels chronology
Live at Royal Albert Hall
(2015)		The Complete DreamWorks Albums
(2015)		 The Deconstruction
(2018)

The Complete DreamWorks Albums is a 2015 box set of seven albums from American indie rock band Eels, released in the 1990s and 2000s: Beautiful Freak (1996), Electro-Shock Blues (1998), Daisies of the Galaxy (2000), Souljacker (2001), Electro-Shock Blues Show (2002, recorded live in 1998), and Shootenanny! (2003). The collection has received positive reviews by critics.

Contents

Reception

In Classic Rock , Rob Hughes gave this compilation 4 out of 5 stars, praising "songs that are funny, sad, slightly surreal and sometimes harrowing, with an uncommon eye for the most telling details, however small", but noting that the high price made this "for collectors only". [1] At Louder Than War , Lee Hammond declared Eels "one of the great bands of our generation", stating that "this box set documents an incredible rise of one of the worlds[ sic ] most loved bands"; he rated this album an 8 out of 10. [2] Writing for The Line of Best Fit , Alex Lee Thomson took the box set's release to assess the band's early career at large, calling Eels "one of humanity’s greatest offerings to history", noting how Eels never fit into mainstream rock radio and continuing that "there’s so much range to their music as a whole it’s like sticking a pin in a map that expands in every direction from wherever you plot it", ending that this run of works in particular are "miraculous". [3]

Track listing

All tracks written by E, except as noted.

Beautiful Freak

  1. "Novocaine for the Soul" (E and Mark Goldenberg) – 3:08
  2. "Susan's House" (E, Jim Jacobsen, and Jim Weatherly) – 3:43
  3. "Rags to Rags" (E) – 3:53
  4. "Beautiful Freak" (E) – 3:34
  5. "Not Ready Yet" (Jon Brion and E) – 4:46
  6. "My Beloved Monster" (E) – 2:13
  7. "Flower" (E and Jacobsen) – 3:38
  8. "Guest List" (E) – 3:13
  9. "Mental" (E) – 4:01
  10. "Spunky" (E) – 3:11
  11. "Your Lucky Day in Hell" (E and Goldenberg) – 4:28
  12. "Manchild" (E and Jill Sobule) – 4:05

Electro-Shock Blues

  1. "Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor" – 2:08
  2. "Going to Your Funeral Part I" (E, Jim Jacobsen, and Parthenon Huxley) – 2:37
  3. "Cancer for the Cure" (E and Mickey Petralia) – 4:46
  4. "My Descent Into Madness" (E, Paul Houston, Dan Nakamura, and Michael Simpson) – 3:54
  5. "3 Speed" – 2:45
  6. "Hospital Food" (Butch, E, and Jim Lang) – 3:23
  7. "Electro-Shock Blues" (E and Petralia) – 2:29
  8. "Efils' God" (E and Simpson) – 3:19
  9. "Going to Your Funeral Part II" (E, Jacobsen) – 1:30
  10. "Last Stop: This Town" (E and Simpson) – 3:27
  11. "Baby Genius" (E and Lang) – 2:04
  12. "Climbing to the Moon" – 3:38
  13. "Ant Farm" – 2:11
  14. "Dead of Winter" – 2:59
  15. "The Medication Is Wearing Off" (E and Petralia) – 3:51
  16. "P.S. You Rock My World" – 3:08

Daisies of the Galaxy

  1. "Grace Kelly Blues" – 3:38
  2. "Packing Blankets" – 2:07
  3. "The Sound of Fear" – 3:33
  4. "I Like Birds" – 2:35
  5. "Daisies of the Galaxy" – 3:27
  6. "Flyswatter" – 3:20
  7. "It's a Motherfucker" – 2:14
  8. "Estate Sale" (E and Peter Buck) – 1:36
  9. "Tiger in My Tank" – 3:07
  10. "A Daisy Through Concrete" – 2:26
  11. "Jeannie's Diary" – 3:37
  12. "Wooden Nickels" – 2:55
  13. "Something Is Sacred" – 2:52
  14. "Selective Memory" – 2:44
  15. "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" (E and Michael Simpson) – 3:58

Souljacker

  1. "Dog Faced Boy" (E, John Parish) – 3:17
  2. "That's Not Really Funny" (E, Parish) – 3:19
  3. "Fresh Feeling" (E, Koool G Murder) – 3:37
  4. "Woman Driving, Man Sleeping" (E, Parish) – 3:30
  5. "Souljacker Part I" (Butch, E, Adam Siegel) – 3:15
  6. "Friendly Ghost" – 3:22
  7. "Teenage Witch" (E, Parish) – 4:44
  8. "Bus Stop Boxer" (E, Parish) – 3:42
  9. "Jungle Telegraph" – 3:39
  10. "World of Shit" (E, Parish) – 3:29
  11. "Souljacker Part II" – 1:58
  12. "What Is This Note?" (E, Parish) – 2:28

Electro-Shock Blues Show

  1. "Cancer for the Cure" (E, Mickey Petralia) – 5:16
  2. "Fingertips Part III" (Paul Clarence, Henry Cosby) – 1:20
  3. "Going to Your Funeral Part I" (E, Parthenon Huxley, Jim Jacobsen) – 3:14
  4. "Efil's God" (E, Mike Simpson) – 3:10
  5. "Souljacker part I" (Butch, E, Adam Siegel) – 4:30
  6. "My Beloved Monster" (E) – 2:32
  7. "Novocaine for the Soul" (E, Mark Goldenberg) – 4:22
  8. "Not Ready Yet" (Jon Brion, E) – 12:58
  9. "Last Stop: This Town" (E, Mike Simpson) – 2:52
  10. "Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas" (E) – 3:00
  11. "Flower" (E, Jim Jacobsen) – 3:26
  12. "Dead of Winter" (E) – 3:21
  13. "Electro-Shock Blues" (E, Petralia) – 3:35
  14. "The Medication Is Wearing Off" (E, Petralia) – 4:14
  15. "Climbing to the Moon"/"My Beloved Monster"/"My Girl" (E/E/Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) – 15:05

Shootenanny!

  1. "All in a Day's Work" (E, Koool G Murder) – 3:24
  2. "Saturday Morning" (E, Koool G Murder) – 2:55
  3. "The Good Old Days" – 3:03
  4. "Love of the Loveless" – 3:32
  5. "Dirty Girl" – 2:41
  6. "Agony" – 3:07
  7. "Rock Hard Times" (E, Joe Gore) – 4:00
  8. "Restraining Order Blues" – 3:11
  9. "Lone Wolf" – 2:37
  10. "Wrong About Bobby" – 2:46
  11. "Numbered Days" (E, Gore) – 3:44
  12. "Fashion Awards" – 3:07
  13. "Somebody Loves You" – 3:02

Personnel

Beautiful Freak
Eels

Additional musicians

Technical


Electro-Shock Blues
Eels

Additional musicians

Technical


Daisies of the Galaxy
Eels

Additional musicians

Technical


Souljacker
Eels

Production


Electro-Shock Blues Show
Eels

Additional musicians

Technical personnel


Shootenanny!
Eels

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Hughes, Rob (October 30, 2015). "Eels: The Complete DreamWorks Albums". Reviews > Classic Rock. Classic Rock . ISSN   1464-7834 . Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  2. ↑ Hammond, Lee (November 8, 2015). "Eels: The Complete DreamWorks Collection". Album Reviews. Louder Than War . Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  3. ↑ Thomson, Alex Lee (December 21, 2015). "Goddamn right it's a beautiful day: Eels' Dreamworks back catalogue reassessed". Album Reviews. The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved March 25, 2024.
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