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The wispy "The Good Old Days," even with its sleepier tempo, manages to lift a spirit. But the sonic guitar fest that elevates the first hit "Saturday Morning" is impossible to ignore. This is great stuff, the kind of exaggerated alt-rock achievement we've come to expect from peers Soul Coughing, Weezer, and again, Beck, but until now only hoped would ooze from an Eels outing. "Don't got a lot of time, don't give a damn. Don't tell me what to do, I am the man," Everett warns playfully on "Love of the Loveless," an ode to earlier songs like "Last Stop This Town." The drab "Restraining Order Blues" and "Fashion Awards" do little to derail this pristine endeavor, especially with intermittent dashes of brilliances like "Dirty Girl." Let's get one thing straight: Shootenanny! is less an Eels group project and more an awe-inspiring Mark Everett solo record. Semantics aside, the music holds up to any litmus test, the songwriting is unmarked and ultra-unique, and the delivery is vast. Previous Eels albums have fallen victim to having a song or two that really lit a fire, but the top-to-bottom value wasn't there. On Shootenanny! that mold gets shattered and a career gets defined. Everett has traded in his staple glass-is-half-empty perspective for a more welcomed vow, and as a result has pounded out one of 2003's paramount moments. Smile, E, or at least smirk, for you have earned it! ~Red Rocker redrocker@bullz-eye.com
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