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Eels - Oh What a Beautiful Morning (2000)

Track listing:
  1. Feeling Good 2:32
  2. Overture 7:02
  3. Oh What a Beautiful Morning 6:02
  4. Abortion in the Sky 1:29
  5. It's a Motherfucker 2:07
  6. Fucker 2:18
  7. Ant Farm 2:08
  8. Climbing to the Moon 4:06
  9. Grace Kelly Blues 3:32
  10. Daisies of the Galaxy 4:02
  11. Flyswatter 8:07
  12. Vice President Fruitley 3:13
  13. Hot and Cold 3:10
  14. Mr. E's Beautiful Blues 2:24
  15. Not Ready Yet 4:05
  16. Susan's House 4:29
  17. Something is Sacred 2:37

Notes

An extremely limited edition CD with 17 previously unreleased tracks. OVER 60 MINUTES of "beautiful blues" from the EELS orchestra's 2000 world tour, along with additional tracks from E's solo tour with fiona apple. Captured ABSOLUTELY LIVE - no mixing, no overdubs; it's the EELS IN THE RAW, the way god intended it.

Includes eels fans' favorites like Fucker, Not Ready Yet, Climbing To The Moon and Susan's House in new, never before released versions, along with 5 titles never before released in ANY form.

Most groups would have used these 17 tracks to gouge your wallet by putting them on 17 different singles, but not the eels. A little thank you to their fans.
YOU WERE THERE.

Oh What a Beautiful Morning, Eels' only officially commissioned live disc, gives E's loyal fan base a little taste of what a concert is like, as their touring for the previous album, Daisies of the Galaxy, was very sparse. The album compiles performances from all around the world, mainly taking selections from shows in Los Angeles and Glasgow, as well as a few of E's solo dates opening up for Fionna Apple. Highlights are numerous, including several covers (as can normally be found in an Eels set) like the Rodgers & Hammerstein title track and the truly haunting version of "Feeling Good," as well as an overture of previous album favorites, including Beautiful Freak gems like "Rags to Rags," "Flower," and "Novocaine for the Soul," and songs that have previously only been available on U.K. singles. E is joined by drummer Butch Norton and Lisa Germano taking care of bass duties. Germano does an excellent job of filling the void left by Tommy Walter, who left the band after Electro-Shock Blues. This is a necessary album for any fan of the Eels, and is certainly worth the time that one would spend finding this limited-edition treasure. Butch's comical take on the U.K.'s water faucet issues on "Hot and Cold" could be worth the price of the CD alone, and certainly is indicative of the lively and lighthearted antics of the Eels concert experience.