On the album are:
Live versions that differ in part from the extreme music versions, z. B. I like Birds "at least twice as fast and very guitar-heavy, or Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" from the Eels With Strings tour with an orchestra in the background.
Remix versions that are even further away than the live interpretations by Orignal (z. B. Novocaine for the Soul "with a funky electronic voice)
Cover versions, such. As the famous Elvis Can not Help Falling in Love "and the already much praised in reviews Prince Cover I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" and If I Was Your Girlfriend ", and the delightfully carefree Jennifer Eccles "the Hollies and Screamin Jay Hawkins` I Put A Spell On You" with scary manic vocals and choppy inclined instruments. E pushes the covers on his typical wehmühtigen stamp, which gives the songs a whole new charm.
Treat unreleased songs that typical among others Eels issues like being alone (F # &!R "), Bittersweet heartache (Her"), and the ubiquitous in E's life death (skywriting ").
This unreleased songs are in my opinion the heart of this compilation. They are in no way inferior to the songs on the albums published until 2005 and I do not understand sometimes why have these songs failed to albums since they both musically and lyrically wonderful in the different phases of Mark Everett'schen creative fit.
The DVD I see as optical Bonus, here it is unusual rock hard and punky quickly to the point, what the songs are a very different dynamic. The abnd wearing uniform a labor Overall, I seemed a bit absent and almost unapproachable with welding glasses, beard and headscarf, plays guitar and organ, The Chet on second guitar is very playful and has a lot fun and Knuckles thrashes Teilwiese a on the drums like there there is no tomorrow, while wearing a hardhat, sunglasses and more powerful than E. Beard as a kind Pausenclown acts between Krazy Al, clad with all kinds of macho martial arts show acts as a security guard. Worth mentioning here is the almost 20 minute version of Not Ready Yet "with a typical Eels yard long improvisation Saves in the middle.
In conclusion, I would recommend this box anyone who does not yet know the Eels, but anyone who likes the Eels and has already dealt with them.
There is a partly quite wild assortment of ups and downs. Especially the remix versions are a bit disturbing "in the overall picture, since they are not typical of the Eels, but not without interest from the sound. For the fan who has everything the Eels here are a few real gems of unreleased material gathered that it together would create an entirely new Eels album, like the Eels were just in time to 1996 to 2005.
