Electro-Shock Blues
by Eels

Electro-Shock Blues by Eels
Year: 1998
Release date: 1998-10-20
Overall rank: 706th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 481 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1998 (10th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (120th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (706th)

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Electro-Shock Blues is ranked as the best album by Eels.

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This album (706th)
Electro-Shock Blues
Lower ranked (850th) »
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Electro-Shock Blues track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Electro-Shock Blues rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 706th | 1990s rank: 120th | 1998 rank: 10th
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2026Rm12398Top 26 Music Albums of 19983/265
2026djironsTop 100 Greatest Music Albums52/10049
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 199834/1003
2026lanadeleswiftTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s72/1006
2026 eclabTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s43/10012
2026LittleM1971Top 94 Music Albums of 199868/941
2026lanadeleswiftTop 46 Music Albums of 19988/464
2026 PurplepashTop 48 Music Albums of 19989/484
2026Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s27/10015
2026matterhornriderTop 40 Music Albums of 199826/402
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 19984/1005
2026 paladisiactop 65r albums (64), #0501-060091/100 -
2026 JMGL95Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s57/1009
2026 RhynerTop 30 Music Albums of 199811/303
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 80 Music Albums of 199821/804
2026UntitledTop 17 Music Albums of 199813/171
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s77/1005
2026 TamthebamTop 83 Music Albums of 19986/835
2026 DommeDamianTop 30 Music Albums of 19982/305
2026 melisandreTop 54 Music Albums of the 1990s25/5411
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 382
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 2,449
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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 481 votes)
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5 days ago melisandre  Ratings distribution  22581/100
 
75/100
 
02/28/2026 15:46 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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02/25/2026 19:57 Map  Ratings distribution  49981/100
 
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02/07/2026 19:11 Martini  Ratings distribution  75095/100
 
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02/02/2026 00:21 Charlesd  Ratings distribution  6283/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.7/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.

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70/100
From 10/26/2023 22:21 | #299644
Best track for me: The Medication Is Wearing Off.
By far...
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Rating:  
80/100
From 06/18/2023 12:26 | #297667
Apesar de longo não é cansativo.
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70/100
From 01/11/2023 23:58 | #292732
I think this is a huge step down in terms of quality in comparison to Beautiful Freak. The music seems so empty at times and l found myself not being able to focus on the album. The sound is quite disinteresting and the instrumentation is bland for the majority of the record leaving us to just lull through the release. There are obviously glimpses of quality which show us they can still make exciting and vibrant music but it doesn't take that long to go back to being slow again. Overall, I was majorly disappointed when revisiting this album as I loved it when I first heard it but now it seems to have lost that spark and I am noticing a lot more flaws in the music.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 08/27/2021 17:50 | #272941
I changed my mind. This album is great in a wholly unique way.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 02/05/2021 01:53 | #265789
The notion that tragedy will immediately equal artistic brilliance is immediately disproven by this album. The music is fine enough, nothing super interesting. The background for this album is significantly more interesting than the music itself.
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Rating:  
75/100
From 11/02/2018 16:08 | #223733
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Rating:  
70/100
From 03/17/2018 13:37 | #211099
This is a great album about tragic life events. Consistently good throughout with a generally sombre tone to match the events. But he bears his soul bravely here and shares his pain but you don't feel that he is seeking our sympathy, he just wishes to express these events and thoughts for himself and perhaps they will help others deal with similar situations
Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor, Electro Shop Blues, Baby Genius, Climbing To The Moon, The Medication Is Wearing Off and P.S. You Rock My World all stand out tracks with all others still good although not too keen on Hospital Food
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Rating:  
70/100
From 02/04/2018 01:58 | #207113
If you've never heard this album I would strongly recommend to first have a listen , then jump on line & learn about the tragic real life circumstances behind this album & then go back and have a second listen . Trust me you will get the most from this album following this method.

Sad , sad album that is consistently good rather than brilliant ( IMHO there is no one killer diller track/ tracks) .

Quite rightly sits within the BEA overall top 500 ( as of February 2017).
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85/100
From 11/05/2017 22:20 | #200817
Best Tracks: Hospital Food, Ant Farm
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90/100
From 06/22/2017 16:52 | #193021
If you don't cry during Climbing up to the Moon I don't know what to say to you.
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