Sixteen Tons is a live album

Live album

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 recorded by Eels

Eels (band)

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. It was recorded live on Eels' 2003 Tour of Duty at a KCRW

KCRW

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 Morning Becomes Eclectic

Morning Becomes Eclectic

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session. The album was self-released on the Eels with Strings tour and sold at their performances; it is no longer available, but was, for a time, exclusively sold on Eels official website.

Track listing

All songs written by , except where noted:

1. "I'm a Loser
   I'm a Loser
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   " (Lennon/McCartney
   Lennon/McCartney
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   ) – 2:40
2. "Packing Blankets" (E
   Mark Oliver Everett
   Mark Oliver Everett is the lead singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist and sometime drummer of the independent rock band Eels...
   
   ) – 2:02
3. "Saturday Morning" (E and Koool G Murder) – 2:47
4. "Lone Wolf" (E) – 3:25
5. "Numbered Days" (E and Joe Gore) – 3:37
6. "Last Stop: This Town
   Last Stop: This Town
   "Last Stop: This Town" is a 1998 single from the album Electro-Shock Blues by Eels. The song was released commercially in Australia and the United Kingdom and as a promo only in the United States. It was produced and co-written by Michael Simpson of the Dust Brothers and Eels frontman E...
   
   " (E and Mike Simpson) – 3:00
7. "Rock Hard Times" (E and Gore) – 3:43
8. "Sixteen Tons
   Sixteen Tons
   "Sixteen Tons" is a song about the life of a coal miner, first recorded in 1946 by American country singer Merle Travis and released on his box set album Folk Songs of the Hills the following year...
   
   " (Merle Travis
   Merle Travis
   Merle Robert Travis was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the life and exploitation of coal miners. Among his many well-known songs are "Sixteen Tons", "Re-Enlistment Blues" and "Dark as a Dungeon"...
   
   ) – 2:55
9. "Grace Kelly
   Grace Kelly
   Grace Patricia Kelly was an American actress who, in April 1956, married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, to become Princess consort of Monaco, styled as Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, and commonly referred to as Princess Grace.After embarking on an acting career in 1950, at the age of...
   
    Blues" (E) – 2:41
10. "My Beloved Monster" (E) – 5:13

Personnel

Eels

• E
  Mark Oliver Everett
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   – Vocals
  Singing
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   and guitar
  Guitar
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• Goldenboy
  Shon Sullivan
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   – Guitar
• Koool G Murder – Bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Puddin' – Drums
  Drum kit
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Production

• E – Production
  Record producer
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• Ray Guarana – Editing
• Dan Hersch – Mastering
  Audio mastering
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• Peter Keppler – Mixing
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• Jared Nugent – Mixing
• Jeff Robinett – Mixing

External links

• Eels' official site on Sixteen Tons (Ten Songs)