Earplugs 50¢

Earplugs 50¢ is the fifth album and first live album released from the band emmet swimming. It revisits more than a dozen tunes, infusing many of them with a bar band energy that seldom survived the band's studio efforts.

Earplugs 50¢
Live album by emmet swimming
Released	1999
Recorded	9:30 Club/Alley Katz
Genre	Rock, alternative rock
Length	1:00:01
Label	Screaming Goddess Records
Producer	emmet swimming
Emmet swimming chronology
Big Night Without You (1998) Earplugs 50¢ (1999) Bathing in the New Economy (EP) (2003)

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Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Stealing From the Joneses"	Todd Watts	emmet swimming	3:55
2.	"Parking Lot"	Todd Watts	emmet swimming	3:49
3.	"Fist Like a Glove"	Todd Watts	emmet swimming	4:04
4.	"Fake Wood Trim"	Todd Watts	emmet swimming	3:08
5.	"Poor Tortured Rock Star (Guru)"	Todd Watts	emmet swimming	3:46
6.	"South Bristol, ME"	Todd Watts	emmet swimming	4:45
7.	"Three and a Half on Six"	Todd Watts	emmet swimming	1:18
8.	"Arlington"	Todd Watts	emmet swimming	3:58
9.	"Levi Stubbs' Tears"	Billy Bragg	Billy Bragg	3:16
10.	"Broken Oar"	Todd Watts	emmet swimming	5:22
11.	"Playing House"	Todd Watts	emmet swimming	3:41
12.	"Sunblock"	Todd Watts	emmet swimming	4:40
13.	"Jump in the Water"	Todd Watts	emmet swimming	3:49
14.	"So Lonely/Down Under"	Sting, Colin Hay, Ron Strykert	Sting, Colin Hay, Ron Strykert	6:48
15.	"Tom Collins"	Todd Watts	emmet swimming	3:41

Personnel

• Todd Watts - Vocals, Guitar
• Erik Wenberg - Guitar, backing vocals
• Luke Michel - Bass
• Tamer Eid - Drums
• Mark Williams - Engineer