# Live at Royal Albert Hall (Eels album)

Eels: Royal Albert Hall is a live album by Eels, released as a 2-Disc CD, 3-Disc clear purple vinyl and a DVD on April 14, 2015. The recording is from London's Royal Albert Hall, June 30, 2014. It is the third Eels live DVD.

## Reception

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Thom Jurek writing this recording is "a musical tour through the band's catalog" and a "guided tour through the dark, often heartbreakingly honest complexities of [band leader Mark Oliver Everett] played with mostly sparse elegance by the Eels", wrapping that "most of these interpretations are essential". At Drowned in Sound, Joe Goggins scored this release an 8 out of 10 and stated that this recording "is bursting at the seams with superb reinterpretations of some real classics". A brief review in Mojo by John Bungey called Live at Royal Albert Hall "two CDs plus a DVD of Mark Everett’s quietly thrilling pop noir" and recommended the DVD release, rating it 3 out of 5 stars. Writing at PopMatters, Matt James rated this album an 8 out of 10, calling it a "soul-stirring" work and praises Everett's ability to mix sadness and joy, summing up that "many will find it a richly rewarding, comforting, and quietly triumphant celebration from one of America’s finest underdog songwriters". Jake Kennedy of Record Collector stated that the "consummate musicians" manage to "avoiding potential cliché throughout".

## CD track listing

All songs written by E, except where noted.
* "Where I'm At" – 2:22
* "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 1:55
* "The Morning" – 1:49
* "Parallels" – 3:07
* "Addressing the Royal Audience" – 3:32
* "Mansions of Los Feliz" – 2:55
* "My Timing Is Off" – 2:58
* "A Line in the Dirt" – 3:34
* "Where I'm From" (E, P-Boo) – 3:17
* "It's a Motherfucker" – 2:24
* "Lockdown Hurricane" – 3:33
* "A Daisy Through Concrete" – 3:15
* Introducing the band – 3:25
* "Grace Kelly Blues" – 3:09
* "Fresh Feeling" – 3:29
* "I Like Birds" – 2:33
* "My Beloved Monster" – 3:10
* "Gentlemen's Choice" (E, P-Boo) – 2:49
* "Mistakes of My Youth"/"Wonderful, Glorious" (The Chet, E, Knuckles) – 6:01
* "Where I'm Going" – 4:08
First Encore
* "I Like The Way This Is Going" – 2:50
* "Blinking Lights (For Me)" – 2:11
* "Last Stop: This Town" – 4:01
Second Encore
* "The Beginning" – 2:39
* "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss) – 2:34
* "Turn On Your Radio" (Harry Nilsson) – 3:24
"Phantom" Encore (Played using Royal Albert Hall's pipe organ)
* "Flyswatter" – 1:10
* "The Sound of Fear" – 1:20

## DVD track listing

* "Where I'm At"
* "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington)
* "The Morning"
* "Parallels"
* "Addressing the Royal Audience"
* "Mansions of Los Feliz"
* "My Timing Is Off"
* "A Line in the Dirt"
* "Where I'm From"
* "It's a Motherfucker"
* "Lockdown Hurricane"
* "A Daisy Through Concrete"
* "Introducing the Band"
* "Grace Kelly Blues"
* "Fresh Feeling"
* "I Like Birds"
* "My Beloved Monster"
* "Gentlemen's Choice"
* "Mistakes of My Youth"/"Wonderful, Glorious"
* "Where I'm Going"

### First Encore

* "I Like The Way This Is Going"
* "Blinking Lights (For Me)"
* "Last Stop: This Town"

### Second Encore

* "The Beginning"
* "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss)
* "Turn On Your Radio" (Harry Nilsson)

### "Phantom" Encore (Played using Royal Albert Hall's pipe organ)

* "Flyswatter"
* "The Sound of Fear"

## Personnel

Eels
* E – vocals, guitar, and keyboards
* The Chet – pedal steel guitar, guitar, melodica
* P-Boo – guitar, trumpet, piano
* Royal Al – upright bass, bowed bass
* Knuckles – percussion
Production
* Recording Engineer: Kevin Vanbergen
DVD
* Charlie Lightening – direction
* Alejandro Reyes-Knight – creative production

## Charts
### Weekly

Weekly chart performance for Live at Royal Albert Hall :
| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) | 48 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) | 7 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) | 63 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) | 29 |
| French Albums (SNEP) | 88 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 38 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA) | 48 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) | 94 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 36 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 40 |

### Year-end

Annual chart performance for Live at Royal Albert Hall :
| Chart (2015) | Position |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) | 135 |