Broken Toy Shop
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Broken Toy Shop (1993) is singer/songwriter E's second album, and his last as a solo artist before forming the band Eels. According to Everett's official website,[2] this album's cover is his least favorite of any of his releases. The album is currently out of print.
The overall theme of E's second solo 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
- Musicians
- Rusty Anderson – Acoustic and electric guitar
- Sean Coleman – Acoustic and electric guitar, piano
- Jennifer Condos – Bass guitar, backing vocals
- E – Vocals, accordion, drums, keyboards, Hammond organ, percussion, celeste, conga, glockenspiel, electric guitar, sound effects, tambourine, whistling, melodica, bells
- Mark Goldenberg – Bass guitar, drums, electric guitar, keyboards
- Richard Greene – Violin
- Parthenon Huxley – Acoustic and rhythm guitar, keyboards
- Michael Koppelman – Acoustic guitar
- Chris Solberg – Organ, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, piano
- Patrick Warren – Keyboards, Chamberlin
- Winston Watson – Drums
- Production
- E – Production
- Mark Goldenberg – Production
- Parthenon Huxley – Production
- Michael Koppelman – Production
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