2002 Album Reissued On 180g Vinyl LP!
Recorded in bits and pieces, some dating back to 1998, the bulk of the Souljacker album was recorded in the early part of 2001 and co-written and co-produced by E and John Parish, whom E met while EELS were appearing on the same 1998 taping of the British TV show, "Top Of The Pops," that PJ Harvey, the band Parish is often a member of, was also appearing on. E & Parish hit it off immediately, bonding over a mutual love of croquet and rock music.
The album's inspiration came when E was taking a break from the recording of Electro-Shock Blues at a meditation retreat, deep in the woods of central California. While thinking about a story he had recently heard about a California serial killer called the Soul Jacker, who claimed to take not only the lives of his victims, but the souls as well, E broke the retreat's rules of not reading, writing or speaking by writing the song "Souljacker Part II" on a roll of toilet paper.
The Souljacker album was released internationally in September of 2001. In an unfortunate case of timing, E's new short hair and long beard made a lot of people at the airports EELS were frequenting at the time of the September 11 tragedy nervous. Therefore, the US release of the album was delayed until March, 2002.
Features:
180g Vinyl LP
Selections:
Side One:
1. Dog Faced Boy
2. That's Not Really Funny
3. Fresh Feeling
4. Woman Driving, Man Sleeping
5. Souljacker Part I
6. Friendly Ghost
Side Two:
7. Teenage Witch
8. Bus Stop Boxer
9. Jungle Telegraph
10. World of Shit
11. Souljacker Part II
12. What Is This Note?
Recorded in bits and pieces, some dating back to 1998, the bulk of the Souljacker album was recorded in the early part of 2001 and co-written and co-produced by E and John Parish, whom E met while EELS were appearing on the same 1998 taping of the British TV show, "Top Of The Pops," that PJ Harvey, the band Parish is often a member of, was also appearing on. E & Parish hit it off immediately, bonding over a mutual love of croquet and rock music.
The album's inspiration came when E was taking a break from the recording of Electro-Shock Blues at a meditation retreat, deep in the woods of central California. While thinking about a story he had recently heard about a California serial killer called the Soul Jacker, who claimed to take not only the lives of his victims, but the souls as well, E broke the retreat's rules of not reading, writing or speaking by writing the song "Souljacker Part II" on a roll of toilet paper.
The Souljacker album was released internationally in September of 2001. In an unfortunate case of timing, E's new short hair and long beard made a lot of people at the airports EELS were frequenting at the time of the September 11 tragedy nervous. Therefore, the US release of the album was delayed until March, 2002.
Features:
180g Vinyl LP
Selections:
Side One:
1. Dog Faced Boy
2. That's Not Really Funny
3. Fresh Feeling
4. Woman Driving, Man Sleeping
5. Souljacker Part I
6. Friendly Ghost
Side Two:
7. Teenage Witch
8. Bus Stop Boxer
9. Jungle Telegraph
10. World of Shit
11. Souljacker Part II
12. What Is This Note?
