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Shootenanny!

by Eels

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All Time

of 455,735

8,147
2000's

of 265,982

996
2003

of 34,566

146

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 2.7926 Shootenanny! is ranked overall as 2.7926 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.7414 Shootenanny! has an avg. critic score of 2.7414 out of 4 stars

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Entertainment Weekly

It offers the Eels' usual twisted take on California pop-rock, with more prominent blues voicings to complement the scrappy guitars and narcotized atmospherics

PopMatters

Just another chapter of the Eels sound constantly in flux. ...more

Rolling Stone

Lighter and more laid-back, with breezy melodies and fuzzy guitar-and-keyboard arrangements that sound built for a summer night's drive. ...more

Rolling Stone

Mark Oliver Everett, otherwise known as E, has made a career writing songs about two basic themes: his life falling apart and the world falling apart around him. He's at his best, though, when he takes a deep breath and lets himself have some fun. ...more

All Music Guide

It's not as poppy as some of his other albums, but it is more focused and appealing, and one of the stronger testaments to his ornery talents. ...more

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On Shootenanny!, they take a solid first step toward crafting their opus a la Yankee Hotel Foxtrot or Soft...read the complete review at Filter

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ShakingThrough.net

Largely tosses out the loopy musical excursions and surrealistic pillow fights of past albums for a tighter, sparer approach....read the complete review at ShakingThrough.net

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Blender

Combines guitar-driven, slightly Weezer-esque songs with the odd moment of touching musical...read the complete review at Blender

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Pitchfork

Musically and lyrically, E is spent-- out of ideas, out of innovation, unable to cough up anything but by-the-numbers pop in the fourteen originals he wrote for this disc....read the complete review at Pitchfork

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The Austin Chronicle

The Eels craft the sort of dormitory melancholy you would use to cry yourself to sleep if you weren't too busy musing at how clever it all is. Five albums into their career, this outlet for perpetually depressed singer-songwriter E has developed a smart...read the complete review at The Austin Chronicle

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