Blinking Lights and Other Revelations

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Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Blinking Lights and Other Revelations cover
Studio album by Eels
Released April 19, 2005 (iTunes)
April 25, 2005 (UK)
April 26, 2005 (U.S.)
Recorded 1998–2004 in E's basement in L.A.
Genre Rock
Length 93:28
Label Vagrant Records
Producer E
Professional reviews
Eels chronology
B-Sides & Rarities
(2003)		 Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
(2005)		 Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall
(2006)

Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (2005) is a double album by the band Eels. It was described by E on the official website as an album about "God and all the questions related to the subject of God. It's also about hanging on to my remaining shreds of sanity and the blue sky that comes the day after a terrible storm, and it's a love letter to life itself, in all its beautiful, horrible glory." Blinking Lights is a compilation of songs recorded with a variety of Eels lineups in E's home over a span of seven years. These include some intensely personal songs, instrumental pastiches, and straightforward pop, which results in a broad, if sometimes uneven album. The sleeve and liner notes are composed of typewritten lyrics and family photos, implying the personal nature of the album.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Mark Everett, except where indicated.

[edit] Disc one

  1. "Theme from Blinking Lights" – 1:44
  2. "From Which I Came/A Magic World" – 3:13
  3. "Son of a Bitch" (Everett, Jim Lang) – 2:27
  4. "Blinking Lights (For Me)" – 2:01
  5. "Trouble with Dreams" – 4:33
  6. "Marie Floating Over the Backyard" – 2:03
  7. "Suicide Life" – 2:41
  8. "In the Yard, Behind the Church" – 4:05
  9. "Railroad Man" – 4:16
  10. "The Other Shoe" – 2:32
  11. "Last Time We Spoke" – 2:22
  12. "Mother Mary" – 3:21
  13. "Going Fetal" – 2:21
  14. "Understanding Salesmen" – 2:43
  15. "Theme for a Pretty Girl That Makes You Believe God Exists" – 2:06
  16. "Checkout Blues" – 2:27
  17. "Blinking Lights (For You)" – 2:00

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Dust of Ages" (Everett, Jim Jacobsen) – 2:21
  2. "Old Shit/New Shit" – 3:17
  3. "Bride of Theme from Blinking Lights" – 1:52
  4. "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)" – 3:02
  5. "I'm Going to Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart" – 3:56
  6. "To Lick Your Boots" (Everett, Peter Buck) – 3:30
  7. "If You See Natalie" – 3:41
  8. "Sweet Li'l Thing" – 3:27
  9. "Dusk: A Peach in the Orchard" (Everett, John Sebastian) – 1:17
  10. "Whatever Happened to Soy Bomb" – 2:26
  11. "Ugly Love" – 2:58
  12. "God's Silence" – 1:26
  13. "Losing Streak" – 2:52
  14. "Last Days of My Bitter Heart" – 1:35
  15. "The Stars Shine in the Sky Tonight" (Everett, Lang) – 3:31
  16. "Things the Grandchildren Should Know" – 5:22

[edit] Personnel

  • Mark Oliver Everett (more commonly known as E)
  • Koool G. Murder
  • Chet
  • Puddin'
  • Butch
  • Bobby Jr.
  • Tom Waits
  • John Sebastian
  • Peter Buck
  • Todd Simon
  • Matt DeMerritt
  • Probyn Gregory
  • David Hlebo
  • Jim Lang
  • Jim Jacobsen
  • Joe Gore
  • Wally Gagel
  • Gerri Sutyak
  • Ludvig Girdland
  • Michael Valerio
  • Wayne Bergeron
  • Andy Martin
  • Joe Meyer
  • Bill Liston
  • Dick Mitchell
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Beautiful Freak · Electro-Shock Blues · Daisies of the Galaxy · Souljacker · Shootenanny! · Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
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Bad Dude in Love (as Mark Everett) · A Man Called E · Broken Toy Shop · Levity (as Mark Oliver Everett) · I Am the Messiah (as MC Honky)
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