Product Description

'Live At Town Hall' is a live album from the kings of maudlin Americana, Eels. Combining whimsy and harsh reality in equal measure, Mark 'E' Everett and his band have been connecting with and engaging audiences all over the world with their stunning live show, and this is captured perfectly on thisalbum. Includes the tracks 'I Like Birds' and 'Flyswatter'.

Track Listing

1. Blinking Lights (For Me)
2. Bride of Theme From Blinking Lights
3. Bus Stop Boxer
4. Dirty Girl
5. Trouble With Dreams
6. The Only Thing I Care About
7. My Beloved Monster
8. Pretty Ballerina
9. It's A Motherfucker
10. Flyswatter
11. Novocaine For The Soul
12. Girl From The North Country
13. Railroad Man
14. I Like Birds
15. If You See Natalie
16. Poor Side Of Town
17. Spunky
18. I'm Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart
19. Suicide Life
20. Losing Streak
21. Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)
22. Things The Grandchildren Should Know

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1481 in Music
• Released on: 2006-02-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Running time: 63 minutes

Customer Reviews

With strings would be better
I've been an Eels fan for a number of years and saw them live in Manchester on this tour. It's not Eels' best efforts and the DVD is certainly better than the CD, but as an introduction to Eels, most people should find this CD easy to listen to. E is an amazing musician and doesn't get anywhere near enough credit as he should. I prefer Eels with strings though!

E's a jolly good fellow
A highly welcome release, what's on here is good, while, frustratingly, some of what has been left off is even better, but what we are given is an hour of sheer brilliance and eccentricity from E and his ensemble. Highlights include the much-loved It's a Motherf***er, I Like Birds and covers of Pretty Ballerina and Dylan's Girl From the North Country. The audience shows its appreciation between songs and is unintrusive during them, and it's one of the more essential live albums, with many of the tracks reworked and, naturally, benefiting from the live string section. However, the DVD is a superior document of a terrific tour, and Electro-shock Blues is completely ignored, which will disappoint those who believe it to be Eels' best album.

Great live album from world's most under-rated band
Eels are a great band with a string of fine albums under their belt. Electro Shock Blues, their 2nd album, is a classic and 2005's Blinking Lights started to at last bring Eels the sort of critical acclaim they deserve. This CD is a live show from NYC on the tour that showcased the Blinking Lights release, although the songs have been re-worked with a string quartet. There is a smattering of old material, plus some new covers, and all work well with the atmospheric string and acoustic backing. Not many bands could pull this off, but with the genuis of frontman E and some fantastic musicians, the album works - it could have been a disaster in musical experimentation, but it really flies. The only warning is that if you're into Eels' livlier songs, one of the studio releases may be a better starting point, as the songs on this CD are among the more atomspheric from the Eels back catalogue and, even then, they have been slowed down somewhat (apart from a couple of exceptions, such as Hey Man!). Overall, a great combination of fine songwriting and good musicians and quite unlike any other release you'll listen to in 2006. Highly recommended.