Track Listing

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 Motherf#&!@r
8. Estate Sale
9. Tiger In My Tank
10. A Daisy Through Concrete
11. Jeannie's Diary
12. Wooden Nickels
13. Something Is Sacred
14. Selective Memory
15. Mr. E's Beautiful Blues

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23921 in Music
• Released on: 2000-03-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .18 pounds

From Amazon.co.uk
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

Un Essentiel amazon.fr
Leur premier single, "Novocaine For The Soul" avait converti la planète au culte des Eels, trois petits génies aussi inclassables que talentueux. Quatre ans après ce premier coup d'éclat, en 2000, sort "Daisies Of The Galaxy", qui confirme toutes les promesses des deux albums précédents. S'il ne reste de la formation d'origine que Mark Oliver Everett, alias E, chanteur et parolier futé, et le batteur Butch, l'inspiration demeure. "I Like Birds" est une comptine farfelue et savoureuse, "Flyswatter" plonge l'auditeur dans un climat irréel grâce à sa mélodie de boîte à musique aigrelette et ses choeurs hantés, "Daisy Through Concrete" flirte avec le jazz acrobate de Gershwin... En résumé, les ambiances se suivent sans jamais se ressembler  ; chaque chanson tire le portrait, avec humour, d'une Amérique pittoresque et le son mal léché préserve les Eels de trop de virtuosité. On pourra donc classer "Daisies Of The Galaxy" à côté de sa collection d'albums de Beck, dans la catégorie bricoleurs géniaux. -- Isabelle Chelley

Album Details
Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: Birdgirl on a Cellphone.