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- Summary: The latest release for Mark Oliver Everett is what he calls his "divorce album."
- Record Label: Vagrant
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Crazy guy with a matted beard Standing on the corner Shouting out "end times are near" And nobody noticed him But I can hear him loud and clear She... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 25
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Mixed: 4 out of 25
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Negative: 2 out of 25
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Under The RadarThis may not be Elels' best record, but it's damn close to it, and a uniquely idiosyncratic deposit in an increasingly diverse discography that's getting harder and harder to ignore. [Holiday 2009, p.76]
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The album rewards those who listen with songs that are confessional but also insightful.
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Alternative PressEnd Times is easily one of Eels' finest achievements. [Feb 2010, p.93]
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So in a sense the imperfections are actually its perfections because it represents E’s state of mind purely: his every whimsical thought, his waking up and not knowing how he’s going to feel that day and his whole-hearted honesty to allow every fucking shred of it be put to record because he has the audacity, intensity and conviction to do so.
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The album was recorded on a 4-track in the singer’s basement, and the lo-fi treatment certainly suits his grizzly voice. In fact, the downtrodden lyrics on the yelping stomper “Paradise Blues’’ and the jangly “Gone Man’’ are more or less redeemed by the songs’ sparsely elegant arrangements.
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End Times is a kind of breakup album with Everett's youth that's both shimmering yet emotionally ransacked, and an affecting entry to his long catalog.
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Unfortunately, End Times comes off as impersonal and flat.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 5
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Mixed: 0 out of 5
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Negative: 1 out of 5
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NikoBJan 22, 2010I seriously love this album. It is his first that I could ever listen to the full album without skipping a song. Oh, and up yours Onion club.
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CodyTJan 25, 2010
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StevenM.Jan 20, 2010
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Aug 19, 2020
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GuyJan 22, 2010
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