Earplugs 50¢
| Earplugs 50¢ | ||||
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| Live album by emmet swimming | ||||
| Released | 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 9:30 Club/Alley Katz | |||
| Genre | Rock, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 1:00:01 | |||
| Label | Screaming Goddess Records | |||
| Producer | emmet swimming | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
Earplugs 50¢ is the fifth album and first live album released from the band emmet swimming. It revisits more than a dozen tunes, infusing many of them with a bar band energy that seldom survived the band's studio efforts.[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Stealing From the Joneses" | Todd Watts | emmet swimming | 3:55 | |
| 2. | "Parking Lot" | Todd Watts | emmet swimming | 3:49 | |
| 3. | "Fist Like a Glove" | Todd Watts | emmet swimming | 4:04 | |
| 4. | "Fake Wood Trim" | Todd Watts | emmet swimming | 3:08 | |
| 5. | "Poor Tortured Rock Star (Guru)" | Todd Watts | emmet swimming | 3:46 | |
| 6. | "South Bristol, ME" | Todd Watts | emmet swimming | 4:45 | |
| 7. | "Three and a Half on Six" | Todd Watts | emmet swimming | 1:18 | |
| 8. | "Arlington" | Todd Watts | emmet swimming | 3:58 | |
| 9. | "Levi Stubbs' Tears" | Billy Bragg | Billy Bragg | 3:16 | |
| 10. | "Broken Oar" | Todd Watts | emmet swimming | 5:22 | |
| 11. | "Playing House" | Todd Watts | emmet swimming | 3:41 | |
| 12. | "Sunblock" | Todd Watts | emmet swimming | 4:40 | |
| 13. | "Jump in the Water" | Todd Watts | emmet swimming | 3:49 | |
| 14. | "So Lonely/Down Under" | Sting, Colin Hay, Ron Strykert | Sting, Colin Hay, Ron Strykert | 6:48 | |
| 15. | "Tom Collins" | Todd Watts | emmet swimming | 3:41 |
Personnel
- Todd Watts - Vocals, Guitar
- Erik Wenberg - Guitar, backing vocals
- Luke Michel - Bass
- Tamer Eid - Drums
- Mark Williams - Engineer
References
- ↑ "Earplugs 50¢ - emmet swimming". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 Oct 2013.
- ↑ Joyce, Mike (1999). "Earplugs 50 Cents". encyclopedia.com. Washington Post. Retrieved 8 October 2014.