Daisies of the Galaxy

• Artist : Eels
• Binding : Audio CD
• EAN : 0060044502182
• Format : Explicit Lyrics
• Label : Polydor Group
• Languages : Original Language: English
• Manufacturer : Polydor Group
• Number Of Discs : 1
• Package Dimensions : 0.39 inches (Height) x 5.59 inches (Length) x 0.40 pounds (Weight) x 4.88 inches (Width)
• Package Quantity : 1
• Product Group : Music
• Publisher : Polydor Group
• Release Date : 2000-02-28
• Running Time : 43
• SKU : 600445021822
• Studio : Polydor Group
• UPC : 060044502182

Eels burst out to prominence with 1996's witty, bold paean to geekdom Beautiful Freak, which matched black humour with bold arrangements and catchy melodies. Its follow-up, Electro Shock Blues--written against the backdrop of the suicide of frontman E's sister and the terminal disease afflicting his mother--was beautiful, but its bleak content proved too naked for fans of hits like "Novocaine For The Soul" and "Susan's House". Daisies Of The Galaxy pulls back from the abyss to which E took his music having lighter arrangements and more of his quirky lyricism. The themes are largely unchanged--his mother died during the making of the album and it opens with a track, "Grace Kelly's Blues", which recalls a New Orleans funeral--but Daisies also meditates on escape ("Packing Blankets") and desire ("Jeannie's Diary"). The pervading sense of loneliness and loss clings nevertheless, notably on the deeply moving ballad "It's A Motherfucker" ("being here without you"). It can't all be sweetness and light. --Mike Pattenden

- Amazon.co.uk Review

Tracks:

• Disc 1

  • 1: Grace Kelly Blues
  • 2: Packing Blankets
  • 3: The Sound Of Fear
  • 4: I Like Birds
  • 5: Daisies Of The Galaxy
  • 6: Flyswatter
  • 7: It's A Motherfucker
  • 8: Estate Sale
  • 9: Tiger In My Tank
  • 10: A Daisy Through Concrete
  • 11: Jeannie's Diary
  • 12: Wooden Nickles
  • 13: Something Is Sacred
  • 14: Selective Memory
  • 15: Mr. E's Beautiful Blues

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