Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (Violet vinyl 3LP) (Reissue)

Featuring Tom Waits, Peter Buck & John Sebastian. The 2005 album Blinking Lights and Other Revelations is about "God and all the questions related to the subject of God," says it's creator, Mark Oliver Everett, also known as Eels leader E. "It's also about hanging on to my remaining shreds of sanity and the blue sky that comes the day after a terrible storm," he adds, "and it's a love letter to life itself, in all it's beautiful, horrible glory." The album is full of unusual instrumentation and some notable guest stars. One song (Last Time We Spoke) features Everett's hound dog, Bobby, Jr., howling a lonesome solo. A few songs later, Eels-fan-turned-collaborator Tom Waits cries a solo - literally - (Going Fetal). Later on, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck (making his second appearance on an Eels album) plays dobro, guitar and bass (the Buck co-written To Lick Your Boots), and on an album that prominently features the autoharp on several songs, it's exciting to know that the king of rock & roll autoharp, The Lovin' Spoonful's John Sebastian, makes a rare appearance, playing autoharp on one track (Dusk: A Peach in the Orchard, co-written by Sebastian).

Tracklisting:

1. Theme From Blinking Lights
2. From Which I Came / A Magic World
3. Son Of A Bitch
4. Blinking Lights (For Me) 
5. Trouble With Dreams 
6. Marie Floating Over The Backyard 
7. Suicide Life 
8. In The Yard, Behind The Church 
9. Railroad Man
10. The Other Shoe
11. Last Time We Spoke 
12. Mother Mary
13. Going Fetal 
14. Understanding Salesman 
15. Theme For A Pretty Girl That Makes You Believe God Exists 
16. Checkout Blues
17. Blinking Lights (For You) 
18. Dust Of Ages
19. Old Shit / New Shit 
20. Bride Of Theme From Blinking Lights
21. Hey Man (Now You're Really Living) 
22. I'm Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart 
23. To Lick Your Boots 
24. If You See Natalie
25. Sweet Li'l Thing
26. Dusk: A Peach In The Orchard 
27. Whatever Happened To Soy Bomb
28. Ugly Love 
29. God's Silence 
30. Losing Streak 
31. Last Days Of My Bitter Heart
32. The Stars Shine In The Sky Tonight
33. Things The Grandchildren Should Know