Last Stop: This Town

"Last Stop: This Town"

Cover by Seth
Single by Eels
from the album Electro-Shock Blues
B-side "Funeral Parlor"
"Novocaine for the Soul" by The Moog Cookbook
Released September 14, 1998 (1998-09-14)
Format Compact Disc, 7", and cassette
Recorded 1998
Genre Rock
Length 3:27
Label DreamWorks
Writer(s) E and Michael Simpson
Producer(s) E and Michael Simpson
Eels singles chronology
"Your Lucky Day in Hell"
(1997)		 "Last Stop: This Town"
(1998)		 "Cancer for the Cure"
(1998)
E sings along with a carrot clone of himself in the music video for "Last Stop: This Town".

"Last Stop: This Town" is a song by American rock band Eels. It was released as a single from their 1998 album Electro-Shock Blues. 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.

Content

The song is about E's sister Elizabeth, who committed suicide prior to the recording of Electro-Shock Blues.[1]

Music video

The music video for "Last Stop: This Town" features E singing to the audience with various vegetables strewn around him. As the video progresses, a carrot is slowly turned into a clone of E. Interspersed throughout is a performance video of Eels performing the song on a multiple rotating platforms that move up and down. Near the end of the video, the carrot clone is strapped into a toy robot and walks away.

Track listing

Australia and United Kingdom
  1. "Last Stop: This Town" (E and Michael Simpson) – 3:27
  2. "Funeral Parlor" (E) – 2:13
  3. "Novocaine for the Soul" by The Moog Cookbook (E and Mark Goldenberg) – 3:07
United States
  1. "Last Stop: This Town" (Radio edit) – 3:07
  2. "Last Stop: This Town" (Radio edit) – 3:16
  3. "Last Stop: This Town" (Album version) – 3:27

Personnel

Eels
The Moog Cookbook
Additional musicians
Production

Sales chart performance

"Last Stop: This Town" reached #23 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1998 and spent four weeks at #40 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks from November 14–December 26, 1998.[2]

Release history

The song and its music video appear on the CD/DVD Meet The Eels: Essential Eels, Vol. 1 (1996–2006). The B-sides would later be collected on B-Sides & Rarities 1996–2003 and Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996–2006.

Live performances of the song are featured on Oh What a Beautiful Morning, Electro-Shock Blues Show, Sixteen Tons (Ten Songs), and Live and in Person! London 2006. In 2007, a performance for the Bridge School Benefit from October 18, 1998 was released on The Bridge School Collection, Vol. 3, released exclusively through the iTunes Store.

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom September 14, 1998 DreamWorks/MCA Compact Disc DRMCD-22346
United Kingdom September 14, 1998 DreamWorks/MCA Cassette tape DRMC 22346
United Kingdom September 14, 1998 DreamWorks/MCA 7" single DRMS-22346
Australia September 1998 DreamWorks Compact Disc DRMDM-22346
United Kingdom 1998 DreamWorks/MCA Compact Disc (one-track promo) WDRMCD 22346
United States 1998 DreamWorks Compact Disc PRO-CD-5112

Vinyl and cassette releases only contain the title track and "Funeral Parlor".

References

  1. ↑ Everett, Mark Oliver (2008). "11 – Happy Trails". Things the Grandchildren Should Know (Hardback) (First ed.). New York City, New York, United States: Thomas Dunne Books. pp. 125–160. ISBN 0-312-38513-7.
  2. ↑ "'Last Stop: This Town' at Billboard.com". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved 2009-04-23.

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