Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall

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Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall
Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall cover
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 Mark Oliver Everett
Professional reviews
Eels chronology
Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
(2005)		 Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall
(2006)		 Meet the Eels / Useless Trinkets
(2008)

Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall is a live album by Eels, 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.

Contents

[edit] CD track listing

  1. "Blinking Lights (For Me)" (Everett)
  2. "Bride of Theme from Blinking Lights" (Everett)
  3. "Bus Stop Boxer" (Everett/Parish)
  4. "Dirty Girl" (Everett)
  5. "Trouble with Dreams" (Everett)
  6. "The Only Thing I Care About" (Everett/Huxley)
  7. "My Beloved Monster" (Everett)
  8. "Pretty Ballerina" (Michael Brown)
  9. "It's a Motherfucker" (Everett)
  10. "Flyswatter" (Everett)
  11. "Novocaine for the Soul" (Everett/Goldenberg)
  12. "Girl from the North Country" (Bob Dylan)
  13. "Railroad Man" (Everett)
  14. "I Like Birds" (Everett)
  15. "If You See Natalie" (Everett)
  16. "Poor Side of Town" (Johnny Rivers/Lou Adler)
  17. "Spunky" (Everett)
  18. "I'm Going to Stop Pretending that I Didn't Break Your Heart" (Everett)
  19. "Suicide Life" (Everett)
  20. "Losing Streak" (Everett)
  21. "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)" (Everett)
  22. "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)
Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall
Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall cover
Video by Eels
Released February 20, 2006 (UK); February 21, 2006 (USA)
Recorded June 30, 2005
Genre Rock
Length 1:39:00 (+ 22:00 of extras)
Label Image Entertainment
Producer Mr. Mark Oliver Everett
Professional reviews

[edit] DVD track listing

  1. I Heart NY
  2. "Theme from Blinking Lights" (Everett)
  3. "Going to Your Funeral Part 2" (Everett/Jacobsen)
  4. "Dust of Ages" (Everett/Jacobsen)
  5. "In the Yard, Behind the Church" (Everett)
  6. Ladies of EELS
  7. "Bride of Theme from Blinking Lights" (Everett)
  8. "A Magic World" (Everett)
  9. The Chet
  10. "Son of a Bitch" (Everett/Lang)
  11. "Blinking Lights (For Me)" (Everett)
  12. Big Al
  13. "Dirty Girl" (Everett)
  14. "My Beloved Monster" (Everett)
  15. On the Road
  16. "The Only Thing I Care About" (Everett/Huxley)
  17. "Bus Stop Boxer" (Everett/Parish)
  18. "Pretty Ballerina" (Michael Brown)
  19. E on the A
  20. "I Like Birds" (Everett)
  21. "Girl from the North Country" (Bob Dylan)
  22. The Late EELS
  23. "Railroad Man" (Everett)
  24. "Trouble with Dreams" (Everett)
  25. Backstage Tomfoolery
  26. "If You See Natalie" (Everett)
  27. "I'm Going to Stop Pretending that I Didn't Break Your Heart" (Everett)
  28. "Dead of Winter" (Everett)
  29. Groupies
  30. "Flyswatter" (Everett)
  31. "Novocaine for the Soul" (Everett/Goldenberg)
  32. "Losing Streak" (Everett)
  33. "The Stars Shine in the Sky Tonight" (Everett/Lang)
  34. "Souljacker Part 2" (Everett/Lang)
  35. E Is Lost
  36. "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)" (Everett)
  37. "Things the Grandchildren Should Know" (Everett)
  38. "Dog Faced Boy" (Everett/Parish)
  39. The Adulation of Thousands
  40. Emergency Commentary (played over Prince's "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man")
  41. "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" (Everett/Simpson)
  42. "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

Band members
  • 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
Album
  • Mixing - Douglas Trantow
  • Mastering - Dan Hersch, Digiprep
  • Cover photo - Wendy Peyton
  • Still photography - Niels Alpert
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
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

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