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On his tenth album under the Eels moniker, Mark "E" Everett continues to follow his musical muse wherever it'll take him with Wonderful, Glorious. After so many records it seems like E would be well past the point of any new firsts, but this is the first album to be recorded in his expansive new studio, mysteriously named The Compound, as well as the first album written in collaboration with the rest of the band. This more open, organic process comes through on the songs, providing E and company with a refreshing amount of creative freedom after the relative confinement of doing a conceptual three-album trilogy (2009's Hombre Lobo and 2010's End Times and Tomorrow Morning). While this process and studio have made their impact musically, Eels fans can rest assured that E's melancholic, beaten-down lyricism remains intact. Proclaiming "Every time I find myself in this old bind, watching the death of all my hopes/In the ring so long gonna prove 'em wrong, I'm not knocked out but I'm on the ropes" during the sad yet hopeful "On the Ropes," the album finds Everett in a more grounded and, relatively, positive place. This feeling is reinforced on "New Alphabet," where Everett lets us know "It's looking good, I dug my way out/I'm changing up what the story's about," making it clear that this new way of making music is working for him both artistically and personally, and though there's plenty of evidence that E is still out there suffering for his art, it seems that his days are a little less dark than usual.
© Gregory Heaney /TiVo
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Ryan Boesch, MixingEngineer - Eels, MainArtist - Koool G Murder, Composer - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer, Producer - Chet Lyster, Composer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Ryan Boesch, MixingEngineer - Eels, MainArtist - Koool G Murder, Composer - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer, Producer - Chet Lyster, Composer - Mike Sawitzke, Composer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Ryan Boesch, MixingEngineer - Eels, MainArtist - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer, Producer - Mike Sawitzke, Composer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Ryan Boesch, MixingEngineer - Eels, MainArtist - Koool G Murder, Composer - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer, Producer - Chet Lyster, Composer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Eels, MainArtist - Koool G Murder, Composer - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer - Chet Lyster, Composer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Eels, MainArtist - Koool G Murder, Composer - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer, Producer - Chet Lyster, Composer - Mike Sawitzke, MixingEngineer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Eels, MainArtist - Koool G Murder, Composer - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer, Producer - Chet Lyster, Composer - Mike Sawitzke, MixingEngineer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Eels, MainArtist - Koool G Murder, Composer - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer, Producer - Derek Brown, Composer - Chet Lyster, Composer - Mike Sawitzke, Composer, MixingEngineer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Eels, MainArtist - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer, Producer - Mike Sawitzke, MixingEngineer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Ryan Boesch, MixingEngineer - Eels, MainArtist - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer, Producer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Ryan Boesch, MixingEngineer - Eels, MainArtist - Koool G Murder, Composer - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer, Producer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Ryan Boesch, MixingEngineer - Eels, MainArtist - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer, Producer - Mike Sawitzke, Composer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Ryan Boesch, MixingEngineer - Eels, MainArtist - Koool G Murder, Composer - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer, Producer - Derek Brown, Composer - Chet Lyster, Composer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
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Ryan Boesch, MixingEngineer - Eels, MainArtist - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer, Producer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Ryan Boesch, MixingEngineer - Eels, MainArtist - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer, Producer - Mike Sawitzke, Composer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Ryan Boesch, MixingEngineer - Eels, MainArtist - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer, Producer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Ryan Boesch, MixingEngineer - Eels, MainArtist - Koool G Murder, Composer - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer, Producer - Chet Lyster, Composer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Ryan Boesch, MixingEngineer - Eels, MainArtist - Koool G Murder, Composer - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer, Producer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Eels, MainArtist - John Parish, Composer - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Eels, MainArtist - Koool G Murder, Composer - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Eels, MainArtist - Koool G Murder, Composer - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Eels, MainArtist - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Eels, MainArtist - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Eels, MainArtist - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Eels, MainArtist - Mark Oliver Everett, Composer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Steve Boone, Composer - John Sebastian, Composer - Eels, MainArtist - Mark Sebastian, Composer
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Album review
On his tenth album under the Eels moniker, Mark "E" Everett continues to follow his musical muse wherever it'll take him with Wonderful, Glorious. After so many records it seems like E would be well past the point of any new firsts, but this is the first album to be recorded in his expansive new studio, mysteriously named The Compound, as well as the first album written in collaboration with the rest of the band. This more open, organic process comes through on the songs, providing E and company with a refreshing amount of creative freedom after the relative confinement of doing a conceptual three-album trilogy (2009's Hombre Lobo and 2010's End Times and Tomorrow Morning). While this process and studio have made their impact musically, Eels fans can rest assured that E's melancholic, beaten-down lyricism remains intact. Proclaiming "Every time I find myself in this old bind, watching the death of all my hopes/In the ring so long gonna prove 'em wrong, I'm not knocked out but I'm on the ropes" during the sad yet hopeful "On the Ropes," the album finds Everett in a more grounded and, relatively, positive place. This feeling is reinforced on "New Alphabet," where Everett lets us know "It's looking good, I dug my way out/I'm changing up what the story's about," making it clear that this new way of making music is working for him both artistically and personally, and though there's plenty of evidence that E is still out there suffering for his art, it seems that his days are a little less dark than usual.
© Gregory Heaney /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:30:45
- Main artists: Eels
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: [PIAS] Cooperative
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music 2012 E Works, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
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