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Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Rock · 2005 · 33 tracks

Blinking Lights and Other Revelations

EELS

A sprawling 33-track double album of dusty toy-box pop and skeletal folk. A deeply personal, weary, yet ultimately resilient inventory of a life lived.

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It's like reading someone's secret diary while a toy orchestra plays in the background.

A weary but resilient journey through personal history, ending in a quiet, hopeful peace.

Blinking Lights and Other Revelations · vs · EELS
Bittersweet+1.4σ

Bittersweet saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 33 Tracks
01
Theme From Blinking Lights
1:44
02
From Which I Came / A Magic World
3:14
03
Son of a Bitch
2:27
04
Blinking Lights (For Me)
2:01
05
Trouble With Dreams
4:33
06
Marie Floating Over the Backyard
2:04
07
Suicide Life
2:42
08
In the Yard, Behind the Church
4:06
09
Railroad Man
4:17
10
The Other Shoe
2:32
11
Last Time We Spoke
2:23
12
Mother Mary
3:22
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
18
Dust of Ages
2:21
19
Old Shit/New Shit
3:17
20
Bride of Theme From Blinking Lights
1:53
21
Hey Man (Now You’re Really Living)
3:03
22
I’m Going to Stop Pretending That I Didn’t Break Your Heart
3:57
23
To Lick Your Boots
3:30
24
If You See Natalie
3:42
25
Sweet Li’l Thing
3:27
26
Dusk: A Peach in the Orchard
1:17
27
Whatever Happened to Soy Bomb
2:26
28
Ugly Love
2:58
29
God’s Silence
1:26
30
Losing Streak
2:52
31
Last Days of My Bitter Heart
1:35
32
The Stars Shine in the Sky Tonight
3:31
33
Things the Grandchildren Should Know
5:22
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the haunting piano theme into the wide-eyed innocence of track 2
The sudden, jarring distorted vocal filter that breaks the intimacy of Son of a Bitch
The way the final track strips away all artifice for a plain-spoken six-minute autobiography
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