The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett

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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)Wonderful, Glorious2013		 The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett
(2014)		 Live at Royal Albert Hall
(2015)Live at Royal Albert Hall2015

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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 70/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[2]
Consequence of Sound D+[3]
The Guardian 2/5 stars[4]
The Independent 3/5 stars[5]
NME 7/10[6]
The Observer 4/5 stars[7]
Paste 8.9/10[8]
PopMatters 6/10[9]
Slant 2.5/5 stars[10]
Under the Radar 5.5/10[11]

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."[7] 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"

Track listing

All songs written and composed by E, except as noted. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Where I'm At"   E, arr. by The Chet and P-Boo 1:42
2. "Parallels"     3:16
3. "Lockdown Hurricane"   E; arr. by P-Boo 3:30
4. "Agatha Chang"   E; arr.t by P-Boo 3:28
5. "A Swallow in the Sun"   E, The Chet; arr. by The Chet 3:37
6. "Where I'm From"   E, P-Boo 2:49
7. "Series of Misunderstandings"     3:23
8. "Kindred Spirit"   E, P-Boo 2:54
9. "Gentlemen's Choice"   E, P-Boo; arr. by P-Boo 2:36
10. "Dead Reckoning"   E, P-Boo; arr. by P-Boo 2:29
11. "Answers"   E; arr. by P-Boo 2:39
12. "Mistakes of My Youth"   E, The Chet; arr. by The Chet 4:57
13. "Where I'm Going"   E; arr. by The Chet 3:04

Personnel

Eels

Chart positions

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 12
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[15] 8
French Albums (SNEP)[16] 21
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17] 10
Irish Albums (IRMA)[18] 8
Scottish Albums (OCC)[19] 8
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[20] 33
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 5
UK Albums (OCC)[22] 7
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[23] 1
US Billboard 200[24] 96
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[25] 17
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[26] 24

References

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  12. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Eels – The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Eels – The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Eels – The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
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  17. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Eels – The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  18. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 17, 2014". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Eels – The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Eels – The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Eels | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Eels – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Eels. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  25. ↑ "Eels – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Eels. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Eels – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Eels. Retrieved October 10, 2014.

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