The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett

Studio album by Eels

Released

April 21, 2014

Eels chronology

Wonderful, Glorious
(2013)

The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett
(2014)

Live at Royal Albert Hall
(2015)

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	^[2]
Consequence of Sound	D+^[3]
The Guardian	^[4]
The Independent	^[5]
NME	7/10^[6]
The Observer	^[7]
Paste	8.9/10^[8]
PopMatters	6/10^[9]
Slant	^[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)
1.	"Where I'm At"	E, arr. by The Chet and P-Boo
2.	"Parallels"
3.	"Lockdown Hurricane"	E; arr. by P-Boo
4.	"Agatha Chang"	E; arr.t by P-Boo
5.	"A Swallow in the Sun"	E, The Chet; arr. by The Chet
6.	"Where I'm From"	E, P-Boo
7.	"Series of Misunderstandings"
8.	"Kindred Spirit"	E, P-Boo
9.	"Gentlemen's Choice"	E, P-Boo; arr. by P-Boo
10.	"Dead Reckoning"	E, P-Boo; arr. by P-Boo
11.	"Answers"	E; arr. by P-Boo
12.	"Mistakes of My Youth"	E, The Chet; arr. by The Chet
13.	"Where I'm Going"	E; arr. by The Chet

Deluxe Edition bonus disc
No.	Title	Length
1.	"To Dig It"
2.	"Lonely Lockdown Hurricane"
3.	"Bow Out"
4.	"A Good Deal"
5.	"Good Morning Bright Eyes"
6.	"Millicent Don't Blame Yourself"
7.	"Thanks I Guess"
8.	"On the Ropes (Live WNYC)"
9.	"Accident Prone (Live WNYC)"
10.	"I'm Your Brave Little Soldier (Live WNYC)"
11.	"Fresh Feeling (Live KCRW)"
12.	"Trouble with Dreams (Live KCRW)"
13.	"Oh Well (Live KCRW)"

Personnel

Eels

E
The Chet
Koool G Murder
P-Boo
Knuckles

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

↑ "The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett – Eels". Metacritic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
↑ Leggett, Steve. "The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett – Eels". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
↑ Phillips, Lior (April 23, 2014). "Eels – The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
↑ Jonze, Tim (April 17, 2014). "Eels: The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett Review – 'Familiarly Bleak Ground' (E Works Pias)". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
↑ Gill, Andy (April 19, 2014). "Album Reviews: Damon Albarn, Eels, Iggy Azalea, Miles Davis, Burt Bacharach, Eliza Gilkyson". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
↑ Beaumont, Mark (April 17, 2014). "Eels – The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett". NME. Inspire. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
1 2 Mongredien, Phil (April 19, 2014). "The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett Review – Eels in Confessional Mood (E Works)". The Observer. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
↑ Gleason, Holly (April 22, 2014). "Eels: The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett Review". Paste. Wolfgang's Vault. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
↑ Smith, Robin (April 23, 2014). "Eels: The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett". PopMatters. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
↑ Sweeney, Joe (April 1, 2014). "Eels: The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett". Slant. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
↑ Hamilton, Billy (April 21, 2014). "Eels: The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett (E Works/[PIAS] America)". Under the Radar. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
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↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 17, 2014". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
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↑ "Eels | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved October 10, 2014.
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↑ "Eels – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Eels. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
↑ "Eels – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Eels. Retrieved October 10, 2014.

External links

The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett at Eels' official website

Eels

E Other members: Orest Balaban Wayne Bergeron Big/Krazy Al Bobby, Jr. Jon Brion Peter Buck T-Bone Burnett Butch The Chet Chris Bleth Jennifer Condos Amanda Course Steve Crum Matt DeMerritt Wally Gagel Lisa Germano David Girdland Mark Goldenberg Goldenboy Scott Gordon Joe Gore Probyn Gregory David Hlebo Parthenon Huxley Jim Jacobsen James King Koool G Murder Knuckles Julie Jim Lang Ana Lenchantin Bill Liston Heather Lockie Andy Martin Joe Meyer Mickey P. Dick Mitchell Jon Molzan P-Boo John Parish Grant-Lee Phillips Puddin' John Sebastian Adam Siegel Todd Simon Michael Simpson Aysa and Chloe of Smoosh Chris Solberg Spider Gerri Sutyak Tiny Al Paloma Udovic Michael Valerio Tommy Walter Stuart Wylen

Studio albums	Beautiful Freak Electro-Shock Blues Daisies of the Galaxy Souljacker Shootenanny! Blinking Lights and Other Revelations Hombre Lobo End Times Tomorrow Morning Wonderful, Glorious The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett

Live albums	Oh What a Beautiful Morning Electro-Shock Blues Show Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall The Myspace Transmissions Session 2009 Live at Royal Albert Hall

Compilations	Meet the Eels: Essential Eels, Vol. 1 (1996–2006) Useless Trinkets

Singles	"Novocaine for the Soul" "Susan's House" "Your Lucky Day in Hell" "Last Stop: This Town" "Cancer for the Cure" "Flyswatter" "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" "Souljacker Part I" "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)" "I Want to Protect You" "My Timing Is Off"/"Fresh Blood" "A Line in the Dirt" "Cold Dead Hand"

Related articles	Discography Hugh Everett III E Works MC Honky Things the Grandchildren Should Know Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives

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