Eels - Meet the Eels Vol. 1 1996-2006 (Yellow Coloured 2LP Compilation Vinyl)

Eels - Meet the Eels: Essential Eels - Vol. 1 1996-2006 (Yellow Coloured 2LP Vinyl)

The EELS are one of music's most acclaimed and idiosyncratic enterprises, accomplishing what The New Yorker calls "that rarest thing in contemporary pop: a unique sound." The ever-changing lineup of musicians that play the songs of singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Mark Oliver Everett (aka E), unveils both its first best of compilation, Meet The EELS: Essential EELS Vol. 1

Meet The EELS: Essential EELS Vol. 1 spans the first decade of the EELS with 24 selections. The LP opens with four tracks from the band's 1996 debut Beautiful Freak, two tracks from the Eels' highly acclaimed second album 1998's Electro-shock Blues follow plus a previously unreleased Jon Brion remix of "Climbing to The Moon." 

Four songs from 2000's Daisies Of The Galaxy, which NME dubbed "a masterpiece in almost every way," are represented on the Essentials album plus three tracks from 2001's Souljacker, which Time Magazine crowned as one of the best albums of the year, was acclaimed overseas with NME calling it "downright brilliant" and the London Sunday Times named it Album Of The Year, writing that "the conventional wisdom that (the earlier album} Electro-shock Blues was E's masterpiece will have to be reassessed: it was clearly just one of his masterpieces."

Tracklisting:

1. Novocaine For The Soul  
2. Susan's House  
3. My Beloved Monster  
4. Your Lucky Day In Hell
5. 3 Speed  
6. Last Stop: This Town  
7. Climbing To The Moon (Jon Brion Remix)  
8. Flyswatter   
9. I Like Birds 
10. Mr. E's Beautiful Blues
11. It's Motherf#&!@r
12. Souljacker Part 1  
13. That's Not Really Funny 
14. Fresh Feeling  
15. Get Ur Freak On
16. Saturday Morning 
17. Love Of The Loveless 
18. Dirty Girl (Live At Town Hall)
19. I Need Some Sleep 
20. Hey Man (Now You're Really Living) 
21. I'm Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart 
22. Trouble With Dreams 
23. Railroad Man 
24. Losing Streak