Electro Shock Blues Show

Recording

The fifteen tracks on this album were recorded at six different venues. According to the album's liner notes, the first ten tracks were recorded "somewhere in England" during December 1998 while the Eels were a support act for the band Pulp. The other five tracks are brought in from selected performances from around Europe and the United States:

Track listing

1. "Cancer for the Cure" (E and Mickey Petralia) – 5:16
2. "Fingertips Part III" (Paul Clarence and Henry Cosby) – 1:20
3. "Going to Your Funeral Part I" (E, Parthenon Huxley, and Jim Jacobsen) – 3:14
4. "Efil's God" (E and Mike Simpson) – 3:10
5. "Souljacker part I" (Butch, E, and Adam Siegel) – 4:30
6. "My Beloved Monster" (E) – 2:32
7. "Novocaine for the Soul" (E and Mark Goldenberg) – 4:22
8. "Not Ready Yet" (Jon Brion and E) – 12:58
9. "Last Stop: This Town" (E and Simpson) – 2:52
10. "Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas" (E) – 3:00
11. "Flower" (E and Jim Jacobsen) – 3:26
12. "Dead of Winter" (E) – 3:21
13. "Electro-Shock Blues" (E and Petralia) – 3:35
14. "The Medication Is Wearing Off" (E and Petralia) – 4:14
15. "Climbing to the Moon"/"My Beloved Monster"/"My Girl" (E/E/Smokey Robinson and Ronald White) – 15:05

The last track features a hidden bonus song, another version of "My Beloved Monster", which follows a long silence after the end of "Climbing to the Moon"; the track then segues into The Temptations' classic soul hit "My Girl". However, during the chorus, E replaces the words "My girl" with "My beloved monster". The rhythm to the other recording of "My Beloved Monster" is from The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

Personnel