Eels With Strings - Live At Town Hall - 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. I simply do not understand why Eels are not huge!! This post accompanies my 'Eels - Beautiful Freak' studio album post and it's an excellent live recording.

Amazon.co.uk Review:
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.

Track list:
01 - Blinking Lights (For Me)
02 - Bride of Theme from Blinking Lights
03 - Bus Stop Boxer
04 - Dirty Girl
05 - Trouble With Dreams
06 - The Only Thing I Care About
07 - My Beloved Monster
08 - Pretty Ballerina
09 - 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



Also see my post of 'Eels - Beautiful Freak - 1996':
http://avaxhome.ws/music/rock/Eels_Beautiful_Freak.html
If anyone has any more Eels in lossless, please post and PM me, thanks.