Eels: Electro-Shock Blues (180g) Vinyl 2LP

Sophomore studio album from California’s Eels. Electro-Shock Blues was originally recorded in 1998 and was written largely in response to front man Mark Oliver Everett’s (aka E) sister’s suicide and his mother’s terminal lung cancer. Includes the songs: “Last Stop: This Town,” “Cancer for the Cure,” “Climbing to the Moon,” and “3 Speed.” Sixteen tracks in all. Released by Geffen Records on 180 gram double vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve.

• 180 gram double vinyl pressing
• gatefold sleeve
• music label: DreamWorks Records 1998 / Geffen Records 2015

reviewed by Hank Ohs 11/2015

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