Souljacker

Souljacker is a studio album from Eels released on September 19, 2001 in Japan, September 24, 2001 in the United Kingdom, and March 12, 2002 in the United States. The American release was delayed due to the lack of "radio-friendly singles" record companies wanted.

Unlike some of Everett's other albums, most notably Electro-Shock Blues, Souljacker is mostly based on stories of outsiders rather than on Everett's own life.^[5] Characters were inspired from various sources, including circus freaks ("Dog Faced Boy") and a recording engineer with an abusive past ("Bus Stop Boxer"). German director Wim Wenders called "Woman Driving, Man Sleeping" his favorite Eels song and he used it in the segment he directed for Ten Minutes Older. Wenders directed the video for "Souljacker part I", which reached #30 in the UK Singles Chart. The second track on the album, "That's Not Really Funny", was used as the theme tune to all three series of the BBC's animated comedy, Monkey Dust.

The strings used in the song "Fresh Feeling" were sampled from another Eels song, "Selective Memory" from Daisies of the Galaxy.

"Fresh Feeling" was featured in season 1, episode 8 of the NBC show Chuck.

Track listing

All songs written by E; additional writers in brackets.

1. "Dog Faced Boy" (John Parish) – 3:17
2. "That's Not Really Funny" (Parish) – 3:19
3. "Fresh Feeling" (Koool G Murder) – 3:37
4. "Woman Driving, Man Sleeping" (Parish) – 3:30
5. "Souljacker part I" (Butch and Adam Siegel) – 3:15
6. "Friendly Ghost"  – 3:22
7. "Teenage Witch" (Parish) – 4:44
8. "Bus Stop Boxer" (Parish) – 3:42
9. "Jungle Telegraph"  – 3:39
10. "World of Shit" (Parish) – 3:29
11. "Souljacker part II"  – 1:58
12. "What Is This Note?" (Parish) – 2:28

Bonus discs

22 Miles of Hard Road

Released in the United Kingdom

1. "I Write the B-Sides" – 3:55
2. "Hidden Track" – 4:25
3. "Jehovah's Witness" – 3:39
4. "Mr. E's Beautiful Remix" (Butch 'n' Joey Remix) – 3:53

Rotten World Blues

Released in the United States

1. "I Write the B-Sides" – 3:55
2. "Hidden Track" – 4:25
3. "Jehovah's Witness" – 3:39
4. "Rotten World Blues" – 2:44

Personnel

Eels

• Butch – Drums and percussion
• E – Vocals, guitar, baritone guitar, piano, clavinet, Mellotron, and Wurlitzer organ
• Joe Gore – Guitar
• Koool G Murder – Synthesizer, bass guitar, guitar, clavinet
• John Parish – Guitar, percussion, drums, keyboards, melodica, and stylophone
• Adam Siegel – Bass guitar

Production

• Ryan Boesch – Programming, engineering, and mixing
• Greg Collins – Tape transfer
• DJ Killingspree – Liner notes
• E – Production, art direction, and mixing
• Wally Gagel – Programming, engineering, and mixing
• Brian Gardner – Mastering
• Chris Justice – Engineering
• Koool G Murder – Engineering
• Jim Lang – sting arrangements
• John Parish – Programming, production, engineering, and mixing
• Dan Pinder – Technical assistance
• Francesca Restrepo – Art direction
• Rocky Schenck – Photography

External links

• Souljacker at MusicBrainz
• 22 Miles of Hard Road at MusicBrainz
• Rotten World Blues EP at MusicBrainz