Title: Mr. E's (Formerly) Beautful Blues
Review: This is what happens when a brilliant band... gets bored. Wanting a change, Eels changes their tune. And in turn, bores their audience.Rather than build upon their past intricate-pop success, Eels decide to amp up and rock out. Unfortunetly, Eels doesn't realize they are no good at rocking out. Here, they bring aboard some guy named Kool G. Murder and the result is limp and lazy. In fact, one of the few decent songs on the album (Fresh Feeling) actually samples from a song their OWN last album. How pathetic is that?Kudos to a band for trying out a new sound. But on Souljacker, they entered a musical arena where they simply don't belong. Neither satisfying to fans of heavier rock or fans of Eels. Souljacker is stale and starved.
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