Album Rating: 3.5

Initial impression:



-Good music, I like the frequent mismatched intros/outros, nothing too daring endures, but that's okay since it's clearly a lyrics-focused album

-Vocals are unique and often good due to resonant emotion, but when he pushes them too hard they sound terrible. He really should stay in his range

-"Spunky" is one of the worst alternative rock songs I've ever heard and should be destroyed

-The songs I knew beforehand ("Novocaine for the Soul" and "Your Lucky Day in Hell") both hold up great

-"Flower" and "Guest List" are also quite good, in fact, "Flower" might be my favorite on here



Overall 3.5/5, could grow if his voice irritates me less on some tracks (it's at its worst on "Mental" for sure)

Album Rating: 4.5

Nice impression Arse.

Eels have always been a few great songs, couple of shitty ones and some fillers on most albums.

At the time when this came out, the alternative rock wasn't oversaturated, so felt pretty fresh.

Album Rating: 4.0

I thought it was an almighty Beck rip off at the time.

Loved it though, it left an imprint on me

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah there’s definitely similarities to Beck though I guess less fun and more depressive

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah there’s definitely similarities to Beck though I guess less fun and more depressive

Album Rating: 3.5

EDIT: How the hell did I triple post lol

Album Rating: 4.0

some absolute classics on here

Album Rating: 4.0

^ Yeah. One of best of its era.