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"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. Live performances of the song are featured on Electro-Shock Blues Show, Sixteen Tons (Ten Songs), and Live and in Person! London 2006. The track is addressed to E's sister Elizabeth, who killed herself prior to the recording Electro-Shock Blues.^[1]

Track listing

Australia and United Kingdom

"Last Stop: This Town" (E and Mark Simpson) – 3:27
"Funeral Parlor" (E) – 2:13
"Novocaine for the Soul" by The Moog Cookbook (E and Mark Goldenberg) – 3:07

United States

"Last Stop: This Town" (Radio edit) – 3:07
"Last Stop: This Town" (Radio edit) – 3:16
"Last Stop: This Town" (Album version) – 3:27

Personnel

Eels

Butch – Drums, backing vocals on "Last Stop: This Town"
E – Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, organ

The Moog Cookbook

Brian Kehew – Synthesizer
Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. – Synthesizer

Additional musicians

Elton Jones – Backing vocals on "Last Stop: This Town"

Production

Chart performance

"Last Stop: This Town" reached #23 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1998^{[citation needed]} 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. Vinyl and cassette releases only contain the title track and "Funeral Parlor".

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	September 14, 1998 (1998-09-14)	DreamWorks/MCA	Compact Disc	DRMCD-22346
United Kingdom	September 14, 1998 (1998-09-14)	DreamWorks/MCA	Cassette tape	DRMC 22346
United Kingdom	September 14, 1998 (1998-09-14)	DreamWorks/MCA	7" single	DRMS-22346
Australia	September 1998 (1998-09)	DreamWorks	Compact Disc	DRMDM-22346
United Kingdom	1998 (1998)	DreamWorks/MCA	Compact Disc (one-track promo)	WDRMCD 22346
United States	1998 (1998)	DreamWorks	Compact Disc	PRO-CD-5112

References

^ Everett, Mark Oliver, "11 – Happy Trails", Things the Grandchildren Should Know (in English) (First ed.), New York City, New York, United States: Thomas Dunne Books, pp. 125–160, ISBN 0-312-38513-7 {{citation}}: |format= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ ""Last Stop: This Town" at Billboard.com". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-04-23. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

Last Stop: This Town ⚠ "mbid" is missing! at MusicBrainz

[liz-1] Everett, Mark Oliver, "11 – Happy Trails", Things the Grandchildren Should Know (in English) (First ed.), New York City, New York, United States: Thomas Dunne Books, pp. 125–160, ISBN 0-312-38513-7 {{citation}}: |format= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[billboard-2] ""Last Stop: This Town" at Billboard.com". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-04-23. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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-{{Infobox Single  <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
+{{Infobox Single
+| Name           = Last Stop: This Town
-|
-|  Name           = Last Stop: This Town
+| Cover          = Eels-LastStopThisTown.jpg
-|  Cover          = Eels-LastStopThisTown.jpg
+| Caption        = Cover by [[Adrian Tomine]]
-|  Artist         = [[Eels (band)|Eels]]
+| Artist         = [[Eels (band)|Eels]]
-|  from Album     = [[Electro-Shock Blues]]
+| Album          = [[Electro-Shock Blues]]
+| B-side         = "Funeral Parlor"<br />"[[Novocaine for the Soul]]" by [[The Moog Cookbook]]
-|  Released       = [[14 September]] [[1998]] <small>(UK)</small>
-|  Format         = CD / 7" / cassette
+| Released       = {{Startdate|1998|09|14}}
+| Format         = [[Compact Disc|CD]] / [[Gramophone record|7"]] / [[Cassette tape|cassette]]
-|  Genre          = Rock
-|  Length         =
+| Recorded       = 1998
-|  Label          = [[DreamWorks]]
+| Genre          = [[Indie rock]]
-|  Producer       =
+| Length         = 3:27
+| Label          = [[DreamWorks Records|DreamWorks]]
-|  Chart position =
+| Writer         = [[Mark Oliver Everett|E]] and [[Michael Simpson (producer)|Michael Simpson]]
-* #23 <small>([[UK Singles Chart|UK]])</small>
-|  Last single    = "[[Your Lucky Day in Hell]]"<br />(1997)
+| Producer       = E and Michael Simpson
+| Last single    = "[[Your Lucky Day in Hell]]"<br />(1997)
-|  This single    = "'''Last Stop: This Town'''"<br />(1998)
+| This single    = "'''Last Stop: This Town'''"<br />(1998)
-|  Next single    = "[[Cancer for the Cure]]"<br />(1998)
+| Next single    = "[[Cancer for the Cure]]"<br />(1998)
 }}
+[[File:Eels - Last Stop- This Town video.jpg|thumb|250px|E sings along with a carrot [[clone]] of himself in the [[music video]] for "Last Stop: This Town".]]
-"'''Last Stop: This Town'''" is the name of a 1998 song and single from the album ''[[Electro-Shock Blues]]'' by the band [[Eels (band)|Eels]]. It was Produced and co-written by ([[Michael Simpson (producer)|Michael Simpson]]) [[http://mikesimpson.com]]of the Dust Brothers.  It reached #23 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in September, 1998. A short sample of the song has been used in several adverts on the [[BBC]].
+"'''Last Stop: This Town'''" is a 1998 single from the album ''[[Electro-Shock Blues]]'' by [[Eels (band)|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 (producer)|Michael Simpson]] of the [[Dust Brothers]] and Eels frontman [[Mark Oliver Everett|E]]. Live performances of the song are featured on ''[[Electro-Shock Blues Show]]'', ''[[Sixteen Tons (Ten Songs)]]'', and ''[[Live and in Person! London 2006]]''. The track is addressed to E's sister Elizabeth, who [[Suicide|killed herself]] prior to the recording ''Electro-Shock Blues''.<ref name="liz">{{citation |last=Everett |first=Mark Oliver |title=[[Things the Grandchildren Should Know]] |format=Hardback |edition=First |origyear=2008 |publisher=[[Thomas Dunne Books]] |location=[[New York City]], [[New York]], [[United States]] |language=[[English language|English]] |isbn=0-312-38513-7 |pages=125–160 |chapter=11 – Happy Trails}}</ref>
 ==Track listing==
+;Australia and United Kingdom
-#"Last Stop: This Town"
+#"Last Stop: This Town" (E and Mark Simpson)&nbsp;– 3:27
-#"Funeral Parlor"
+#"Funeral Parlor" (E)&nbsp;– 2:13
-#"[[Novocaine for the Soul]]" by [[The Moog Cookbook]]
+#"[[Novocaine for the Soul]]" by [[The Moog Cookbook]] (E and [[Mark Goldenberg]])&nbsp;– 3:07
+;United States
+#"Last Stop: This Town" (Radio edit)&nbsp;– 3:07
+#"Last Stop: This Town" (Radio edit)&nbsp;– 3:16
+#"Last Stop: This Town" (Album version)&nbsp;– 3:27
+==Personnel==
+;Eels
+*[[Jonathan Norton|Butch]]&nbsp;– [[Drum kit|Drums]], [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]] on "Last Stop: This Town"
+*[[Mark Oliver Everett|E]]&nbsp;– [[Singing|Vocals]], [[guitar]], [[bass guitar]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[Organ (music)|organ]]
+;The Moog Cookbook
+*[[Brian Kehew]]&nbsp;– [[Synthesizer]]
+*[[Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.]]&nbsp;– Synthesizer
+;Additional musicians
+*[[Elton Jones]]&nbsp;– Backing vocals on "Last Stop: This Town"
+;Production
+*E&nbsp;– [[Record producer|Producer]]
+*[[Stephen Marcussen]]&nbsp;– [[Audio mastering|Mastering]]
+*[[Michael Simpson (producer)|Michael Simpson]]&nbsp;– Producer
+==Chart performance==
+"Last Stop: This Town" reached #23 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in September 1998{{Fact|date=April 2009}} and spent four weeks at #40 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Hot Modern Rock Tracks from November 14–December 26, 1998.<ref name="billboard">{{Cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp?tp=singles&pid=155175&aid=331966 |title="Last Stop: This Town" at Billboard.com |publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' |accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref>
+==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]]''. Vinyl and cassette releases only contain the title track and "Funeral Parlor".
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+! Date
+! Label
+! Format
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+|{{Startdate|1998|09|14}}
+|[[DreamWorks Records|DreamWorks]]/[[MCA International|MCA]]
+|[[Compact Disc]]
+|DRMCD-22346
+|-
+|United Kingdom
+|{{Startdate|1998|09|14}}
+|DreamWorks/MCA
+|[[Cassette tape]]
+|DRMC 22346
+|-
+|United Kingdom
+|{{Startdate|1998|09|14}}
+|DreamWorks/MCA
+|[[Gramophone record|7" single]]
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+|-
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+|DreamWorks
+|Compact Disc
+|DRMDM-22346
+|-
+|United Kingdom
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+|DreamWorks/MCA
+|Compact Disc (one-track promo)
+|WDRMCD 22346
+|-
+|United States
+|{{Startdate|1998}}
+|DreamWorks
+|Compact Disc
+|PRO-CD-5112
+|}
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
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+*{{MusicBrainz release|id=0d32cfaa-a7d0-4bc0-9862-843df0dcb86f|name=Last Stop: This Town}}
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