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The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett

The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett
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Studio album by Eels
Released April 21, 2014 (2014-04-21)
Genre Indie rock
Length 40:25
Label E Works
Producer E
Eels chronology
Wonderful, Glorious
(2013)
The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett
(2014)
Live at Royal Albert Hall
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 70/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars
Consequence of Sound D+
The Guardian 2/5 stars
The Independent 3/5 stars
NME 7/10
The Observer 4/5 stars
Paste 8.9/10
PopMatters 6/10
Slant 2.5/5 stars
Under the Radar 5.5/10

The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett is the eleventh studio album by American indie pop band Eels, released in 2014 by record label E Works. The album was produced by frontman Mark Oliver Everett.

Phil Mongredien of The Observer wrote: "The subject matter may not be as harrowing as the real-life inspiration for some of his earlier work (most notably Electro-Shock Blues), but this is still a powerful and emotionally coherent set." Lior Phillips of Consequence of Sound was unfavorable, writing: "What The Cautionary Tales needs is a prudent pruning. This album struggles to appear deeper than a common puddle, and while E's previous penchant for sharing has given him a brilliant book of songs from which to draw, I wonder how long he'll stay floating on the surface"

All tracks written by E, except as noted.


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