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Shootenanny!
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| Studio album by Eels | |||||
| Released | June 3, 2003 | ||||
| Recorded | November 2002 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 43:19 | ||||
| Label | Dreamworks | ||||
| Producer | E | ||||
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Shootenanny! (pronounced /ˈʃuːtən.æniː/) is a 2003 album by the band Eels. The name comes from a neologism coined by Eels frontman Mark Oliver Everett for "a social gathering at which participants engage in folk singing and sometimes dancing, but mostly the shooting of guns." "Shootenanny" comes from the similar and more familiar hootenanny, which has the same meaning except that the firing of guns is usually not involved.
The album features a considerably less experimental sound than Eels' previous effort, Souljacker. While retaining some of the band's characteristically stripped-down feel, Shootenanny! also represents a thematic return to Beautiful Freak's intensely personal introspections. Immediately apparent are many significantly stronger 'upbeat' tracks than much of Eels' work before Blinking Lights and Other Revelations. Songs such as 'Love of the Loveless', 'Rock Hard Times' and 'Wrong About Bobby' are unusual in that their musical structures evoke a cheerful mood completely different to their bleak lyrical narratives, while 'Saturday Morning' and 'Somebody Loves You' are unashamedly positive in tone. Only 'Agony' and 'Restraining Order Blues' express the pure, unambivalent melancholy more reminiscent of Electro-Shock Blues.
- "All in a Day's Work" (Mark Everett/Kelly Logsdon) – 3:24
- "Saturday Morning" (Mark Everett/Kelly Logsdon) – 2:55
- "The Good Old Days" (Mark Everett) – 3:03
- "Love of the Loveless" (Mark Everett) – 3:32
- "Dirty Girl" (Mark Everett) – 2:41
- "Agony" (Mark Everett) – 3:07
- "Rock Hard Times" (Mark Everett/Joe Gore) – 4:00
- "Restraining Order Blues" (Mark Everett) – 3:11
- "Lone Wolf" (Mark Everett) – 2:37
- "Wrong About Bobby" (Mark Everett) – 2:46
- "Numbered Days" (Mark Everett/Joe Gore) – 3:44
- "Fashion Awards" (Mark Everett) – 3:07
- "Somebody Loves You" (Mark Everett) – 3:02
- Mark Oliver Everett ("E")
- Koool G. Murder
- Butch
- Lisa Germano
- Jon Molzan
- James King
- Todd Simon
- Scott Gordon
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| Mark Oliver Everett (E) |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Beautiful Freak | Electro-Shock Blues | Daisies of the Galaxy | Souljacker | Shootenanny! | Blinking Lights and Other Revelations |
| E solo albums: A Man Called E | Broken Toy Shop | Levity | I Am the Messiah |
| Compilations & live albums: Oh, What a Beautiful Morning | Electro-Shock Blues Show | Sixteen Tons (Ten Songs) | B-Sides & Rarities 1996-2003 | Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall | Meet the Eels | Useless Trinkets |
| Singles: "Nowheresville" | "Not for Airplay" | "Novocaine for the Soul" | "Susan's House" | "Your Lucky Day in Hell" | "Last Stop: This Town" | "Cancer for the Cure" | "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" | "Flyswatter" | "Souljacker part I" | "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)" |
| Related articles |
| Hugh Everett | MC Honky | Things the Grandchildren Should Know |
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