Jo ShieldsI liked a band in high school, and kept listening through college. Bought all six albums.
Turns out I missed them releasing NINE MORE while I wasn't paying attention.
Turns out I'm old.
This post was specific about the band Eels, which you definitely know from “My Beloved Monster” in Shrek.
Of the nine missing albums I bought five so far, and ONE of them is worthy of “can’t get out of my head” status, with one track on repeat
Honestly for how rare that is for me, it’s an okay success rate
11 Eels albums, reviewed in Emoji
Beautiful Freak: 
Electro-Shock Blues: 
Daisies of the Galaxy: 😻
Souljacker: 🧔
Shootenanny!: 
Blinking Lights and Other Revelations: 
Tomorrow Morning: 
The Deconstruction: 
Earth to Dora: 
Extreme Witchcraft: 
Eels Time!: 
Clifton RoystonDang, I only know a few of these.
Souljacker (Aw yeah) and Blinking Lights are both great, and I think I remember Beautiful Freak but it's been a long time.
@CliftonR I don't think there was any great decision that caused me to drop off after Blinking Lights. I just kinda... forgot? Maybe I assumed they were over, since so many of the formative bands I listened to in my teens in the mid 90s ended
Beautiful Freak is one of the first three albums I listen to loads, on vacation with my extended family. It's one of the three CDs my cousin Jean-Francois owned so it got a lot of play (along with Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, and Garbage)
Same here, pretty much.
Getting reminded this way of a band I used to like is always a good push to go and buy some newer music from them.