Daisies Of The Galaxy - Eels

While Electro-shock Blues was described as the ‘funeral’ Mark Everett (E) describes the third album as the ‘wake’. The Eels have always been known to make some slightly bizarre and quirky songs and this album is no exception. However while Electro-shock Blues was a dark album, full of the subject of death and self loathing, Daisies of the Galaxy is a far more high spirited album, although a lot more well rounded than Beautiful Freak. At the time of writing this album E had already wrote enough material to make an additional three. He commented that the songs he wrote were a mixture of both dark and light hearted style. Daisies of the ...  Read the complete review

"A pessimist is never disappointed" said indie losers theaudience a few years ago and while their music may have been anonymous, the sentiment is especially true for Mark "E" Everett A.K.A "The Unluckiest Man In Pop". He isn’t unlucky in the sense that he’s missed out on the No. 1 spot or anything, but he has been the victim of countless family tragedies that taint the music of Eels. But one man’s misfortune is another man’s gain and that leads us to the wonderful "Daisies Of The Galaxy". DOTG arrived early in 2000 and is the third LP offering from Eels. E’s misfortune peaked during the ...  Read the complete review

'Daisies' is the highly-successful follow-up album from the Eels to their previous much more melancholic release of 'Electro-Shock Blues.' That album, though being fantastic, was about as down as it's possible to get and 'Daisies of the Galaxy' show's frontman E's return to a slightly happier state. This has manifested itself in some of the songs as E accepts life goes on and his change of heart as provided the basis for some exceptional music. Always lyrically obscure and intriguing, the album opens with the 'Grace Kelly Blues,' a kind of upbeat lament describing how people of all types suffer their problems. This ...  Read the complete review

Every time Eels sit down and record an album,they take a new direction. Their hugely successful first LP, Beautiful Freak, spawned a very eager fan base that almost demanded a rerun the second time around. Instead, they recorded and album so dark and inward looking that much of the Radio 1 audience dissapeared and the band became less commercially viable. That they would then record a third album so beautiful in its construction and so genuine in its feel is typical.Those who bailed out after Electro Shock Blues have really missed a gem. Daisies Of The Galaxy should be considered an antidote to the dark moody theme of the previous album. It ...  Read the complete review

After two overwhelmingly depressing records, Eels veered sharply away from death and suicide and cancer and funerals in subject matter- to this light-hearted, quirky and wholly listenable 2000 offering "Daisies of The Galaxy". Although Eels have always had a sense of humour amidst the darkness, it now feels they're a band more comfortable in their own skin, and the songs don't have any of the delirious, anxious urgency of Electro-Shock Blues or Beautiful Freak, rather being slightly more casual listening. The record doesn't sicken you with cheerfulness though, having touchingly sad and reflective acousticky tracks like "Wooden Nickels", ...  Read the complete review