Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall
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| Live album & DVD by Eels | ||
| Released | February 20, 2006 (UK); February 21, 2006 (US) | |
| Recorded | June 30, 2005 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 1:03:05 | |
| Label | Vagrant Records | |
| Producer(s) | Mark Oliver Everett | |
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| Eels chronology | ||
| Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (2005) |
Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall (2006) |
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Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall is a live album released on CD and DVD on February 21, 2006. The recording is from New York City's Town Hall, June 30, 2005. It is the first live Eels album with a general release, and the first Eels DVD.
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[edit] CD tracklisting
- "Blinking Lights (For Me)" (Everett)
- "Bride of Theme from Blinking Lights" (Everett)
- "Bus Stop Boxer" (Everett/Parish)
- "Dirty Girl" (Everett)
- "Trouble with Dreams" (Everett)
- "The Only Thing I Care About" (Everett/Huxley)
- "My Beloved Monster" (Everett)
- "Pretty Ballerina" (Michael Brown)
- "It's a Motherfucker" (Everett)
- "Flyswatter" (Everett)
- "Novocaine for the Soul" (Everett/Goldenberg)
- "Girl from the North Country" (Bob Dylan)
- "Railroad Man" (Everett)
- "I Like Birds" (Everett)
- "If You See Natalie" (Everett)
- "Poor Side of Town" (Johnny Rivers/Lou Adler)
- "Spunky" (Everett)
- "I'm Going to Stop Pretending that I Didn't Break Your Heart" (Everett)
- "Suicide Life" (Everett)
- "Losing Streak" (Everett)
- "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)" (Everett)
- "Things the Grandchildren Should Know" (Everett)
[edit] iTunes release
The Internet-only release on iTunes also includes three bonus tracks:
- "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" (Everett) (also on DVD)
- "Living Life" (Daniel Johnston)
- "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" (Prince)
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| Released | February 20, 2006 (UK); February 21, 2006 (US) | |
| Recorded | June 30, 2005 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 1:39:00 (+ 22:00 of extras) | |
| Label | Image Entertainment | |
| Producer(s) | Mr. Mark Oliver Everett | |
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[edit] DVD tracklisting
- I Heart NY
- "Theme from Blinking Lights" (Everett)
- "Going to Your Funeral Part 2" (Everett/Jacobsen)
- "Dust of Ages" (Everett/Jacobsen)
- "In the Yard, Behind the Church" (Everett)
- Ladies of EELS
- "Bride of Theme from Blinking Lights" (Everett)
- "A Magic World" (Everett)
- The Chet
- "Son of a Bitch" (Everett/Lang)
- "Blinking Lights (For Me)" (Everett)
- Big Al
- "Dirty Girl" (Everett)
- "My Beloved Monster" (Everett)
- On the Road
- "The Only Thing I Care About" (Everett/Huxley)
- "Bus Stop Boxer" (Everett/Parish)
- "Pretty Ballerina" (Michael Brown)
- E on the A
- "I Like Birds" (Everett)
- "Girl from the North Country" (Bob Dylan)
- The Late EELS
- "Railroad Man" (Everett)
- "Trouble with Dreams" (Everett)
- Backstage Tomfoolery
- "If You See Natalie" (Everett)
- "I'm Going to Stop Pretending that I Didn't Break Your Heart" (Everett)
- "Dead of Winter" (Everett)
- Groupies
- "Flyswatter" (Everett)
- "Novocaine for the Soul" (Everett/Goldenberg)
- "Losing Streak" (Everett)
- "The Stars Shine in the Sky Tonight" (Everett/Lang)
- "Souljacker Part 2" (Everett/Lang)
- E Is Lost
- "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)" (Everett)
- "Things the Grandchildren Should Know" (Everett)
- "Dog Faced Boy" (Everett/Parish)
- The Adulation of Thousands
- Emergency Commentary (played over Prince's "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man")
- "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" (Everett/Simpson)
- "Blinking Lights (For You)" (Everett)
[edit] Bonus features
Four behind-the-scenes documentary segments (Cribs, Bobby, Jr., Boring, and Another Day at the Office), music videos for "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)", and "Trouble with Dreams."
[edit] Personnel
[edit] The band
- E - Guitar, keyboards
- The Chet - Trash can, suitcase, saw, lap steel, guitar, mandolin, melodica, keyboards, upright bass, etc.
- Big Al - Upright bass, autoharp, keyboards, melodica, etc.
- Paloma Udovic - Violin, percussion
- Julie - Violin, mandolin, percussion
- Heather Lockie - Viola, percussion
- Ana Lenchantin - Cello, percussion, vibrator
[edit] The album
- Mixing - Douglas Trantow
- Mastering - Dan Hersch, Digiprep
- Cover photo - Wendy Peyton
- Still photography - Niels Alpert
[edit] The DVD
- Direction and photography - Niels Alpert
- Production - John Chaisson
- Editing - Jake Oelman, Niels Alpert
- Production coordination - Lucy DiLorenzo
- Location sound mixing - Caleb Heineman
- Music mixing - Douglas Trantow
- Audio mixing - Josh Levy
- Direction on "Trouble with Dreams" - Jesse Dylan
- Puklepop clip - Adamocrea
- Cover photo - Wendy Peyton
- Still photography - Niels Alpert
[edit] Eels road crew
- Tour manager - Iain Waddell
- Front of house - Joshua "Princess" Paul
- Monitors - Kevin Madigan
- Stage manager - Joseph "Wolfie" Gormal
- Lighting director - John Harvey "Bling" Broms
- String arrangement - Paul Brainard, Koool G Murder, Jim Lang
- Management - Benchmark Entertainment
[edit] External links
- Official web site
- Vagrant Records' promotional mini-site for the album
- Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall at the Internet Movie Database
| EELS |
| Mark Oliver Everett (E) |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Beautiful Freak | Electro-Shock Blues | Daisies of the Galaxy | Souljacker | Shootenanny! | Blinking Lights and Other Revelations |
| E solo albums: A Man Called E | Broken Toy Shop | Levity | I Am the Messiah |
| Compilations & live albums: Oh, What a Beautiful Morning | Electro-Shock Blues Show | Sixteen Tons (Ten Songs) | B-Sides & Rarities 1996-2003 | Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall |
| Singles: "Novocaine for the Soul" | "Susan's House" | "Your Lucky Day in Hell" | "Last Stop: This Town" | "Cancer for the Cure" | "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" | "Flyswatter" | "Souljacker part I" | "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)" |
| Related articles |
| MC Honky | Hugh Everett III |
