Beautiful Freak by Eels

Pros: Susan's House, My Beautiful Monster, Flower, Your Lucky Day in Hell, Spunky
Cons: Rags to Rags, Not Ready Yet, Guest List, Mental.

There are innumerable things about the Eels that I adore. Sadly debut album Beautiful Freak isn’t one of them.

Beautiful Freak was released when it was assumed that the “band” was indeed band. Of course...

Pros: Extremely witty and rocking, for the most part
Cons: The odd duffer, occasionally whiny

The Eels are undoubtedly a bit of an odd band. With their first two albums being written in response to a close relative’s death from cancer and another close relative’s suicide, you would not win any awards for guessing that they’re not exactly chipper ...

Pros: Well-written, beautiful sound
Cons: Don't listen if you've forgotten to take your lithium

One thing is made clear on the Eels' Beautiful Freak: Front man and songwriter E (yes, his name is E) is a profoundly unhappy individual. But that unhappiness is tinged with sweetness and sensual depth, and so beautifully expressed that you...

Pros: not for everyone
Cons: the CD may wear out

This collection of songs is not exactly targeted my generation, as I am from the early Steely Dan era, but I instantly connected to it. Was it the lyrics, the rhythms, the instrumentation? At first I wasn't so sure. I found "Beautiful Freaks"...

Pros: great stories, fantastic melodies, E's unique voice
Cons: would be great if it had a couple more songs

In my opinion, Eels’ Beautiful Freak is the second best album of 1996 {the first being Nico by Blind Melon.} At this time Eels had three band members E (Guitar, wurlitzer, lead vocals,) Butch (drums, vocals,) and Tommy (bass, vocals) ; Tommy left the...

Pros: E is a creative genius
Cons: not long enough of an album

This album is one of the very few albums that I can listen to from start to finish and like every track. There is only one song(Novocaine for the Soul) that got radio play, though this album has a such a broad range of musical styles, you really need to...