Broken Toy Shop
Broken Toy Shop is the second album by American singer-songwriter E (a.k.a. Mark Oliver Everett), released in December 1993 by record label Polydor. It was his last record as a solo artist before forming the band Eels. The album is currently out of print.
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| Released | December 7, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1993, Southern California, United States | |||
| Length | 46:40 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
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| Trouser Press | mixed[2] |
Content
The overall theme of the album pertains to love and love lost.
Track listing
All songs written by E, except where noted.
- "Shine It All On" (E, Parthenon Huxley) – 4:04
- "Standing at the Gate" – 3:31
- "The Only Thing I Care About" (E, Huxley) – 2:40
- "Manchester Girl" – 3:21
- "L.A. River" (Jennifer Condos, E) – 2:28
- "A Most Unpleasant Man" – 3:18
- "Mass" (Sean Coleman, E) – 3:38
- "Tomorrow I'll Be Nine" – 2:52
- "The Day I Wrote You Off" – 3:30
- "Someone to Break the Spell" (Anderson, Condos, E, Susanna Hoffs) – 2:51
- "She Loves a Puppet" (Condos, E) – 2:46
- "My Old Raincoat" (E, Huxley) – 3:57
- "Permanent Broken Heart" – 3:28
- "Eight Lives Left" – 2:52
Personnel
- E – vocals, accordion, drums, keyboards, Hammond organ, percussion, celeste, conga, glockenspiel, guitar, sound effects, tambourine, whistling, melodica, bells, production
- Rusty Anderson – acoustic and electric guitar
- Sean Coleman – acoustic and electric guitar, piano
- Jennifer Condos – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Mark Goldenberg – bass guitar, drums, electric guitar, keyboards, production
- Richard Greene – Violin
- Parthenon Huxley – acoustic and rhythm guitar, keyboards, production
- Michael Koppelman – acoustic guitar, production
- Chris Solberg – organ, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, piano
- Patrick Warren – keyboards, Chamberlin
- Winston Watson – drums
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References
- Broken Toy Shop at AllMusic
- Zwirn, Michael. "TrouserPress.com :: Eels". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
Further reading
External links
- Broken Toy Shop at Discogs (list of releases)
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