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Blinking Lights and Other Revelations

by Eels

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Overall Rating: 3.2392 Blinking Lights and Other Revelations is ranked overall as 3.2392 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.1357 Blinking Lights and Other Revelations has an avg. critic score of 3.1357 out of 4 stars

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Drowned In Sound

It's an absolute must-buy release. ...more

ShakingThrough.net

Blinking Lights is an astonishing mélange of life and sound cycles, as much about the ghosts of the past as it is an optimistic hedge toward a pensioner’s age bracket Everett clearly endeavors to appreciate. ...more

Stylus Magazine

Yes, this may well be the best of the Eels, his greatest achievement to date, because he reaches so far on nearly every track, and yet still finds something to grab on to. ...more

Lost At Sea

A masterpiece that celebrates life, in all of its horrific, painful, magical and wondrous glory. ...more

PopMatters

E is one of the best songwriters America has to offer, and he has made as personal, poignant, and ultimately redeeming an album that you are ever going to hear. ...more

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Playlouder

Dicing with folly at every stage and coming out victorious, 'Blinking Lights...' is sprawling, galling and downright enthralling. ...more

Playlouder

sample: Trouble With Dreams It's curious to note that at a time when everyone in the UK, and The Killers, is trying to recall the early days of Britpop, our Stateside counterparts are continually harking back to the curse that did so much damage ...more

PopMatters

A Very Thankful Man According to Mark "E" Everett, there are two kinds of Christmas people: those who like their lights to stay solid, and those who like them to blink at random. Blinking Lights and Other Revelations , the new album from ...more

The Austin Chronicle

Could mopey folkie Mark Oliver Everett (aka "E") of the Eels finally be content? For a man who spent the last decade winning fans by dealing "Novocaine for the Soul" and "Cancer for the Cure," his latest work sounds like relief for the masses. ...more

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