Broken Toy Shop

Broken Toy Shop
Studio album by E
Released	December 7, 1993 (1993-12-07)
Recorded	1993, Southern California, United States
Length	46:40
Label	Polydor
Producer	E Mark Goldenberg Parthenon Huxley Michael Koppelman
E chronology
A Man Called E (1992) Broken Toy Shop (1993) Beautiful Freak (1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Trouser Press	mixed[2]

Broken Toy Shop is the second album by American singer-songwriter E (aka Mark Oliver Everett), released in December 1993 by record label Polydor. It his last record as a solo artist before forming the band Eels. The album is currently out of print.

Content

The overall theme of the album pertains to love and love lost.

Track listing

All songs written by E, except where noted.

1. "Shine It All On" (E, Parthenon Huxley) – 4:04
2. "Standing at the Gate" – 3:31
3. "The Only Thing I Care About" (E, Huxley) – 2:40
4. "Manchester Girl" – 3:21
5. "L.A. River" (Jennifer Condos, E) – 2:28
6. "A Most Unpleasant Man" – 3:18
7. "Mass" (Sean Coleman, E) – 3:38
8. "Tomorrow I'll Be Nine" – 2:52
9. "The Day I Wrote You Off" – 3:30
10. "Someone to Break the Spell" (Anderson, Condos, E, Susanna Hoffs) – 2:51
11. "She Loves a Puppet" (Condos, E) – 2:46
12. "My Old Raincoat" (E, Huxley) – 3:57
13. "Permanent Broken Heart" – 3:28
14. "Eight Lives Left" – 2:52

Personnel

• E – vocals, accordion, drums, keyboards, Hammond organ, percussion, celeste, conga, glockenspiel, electric 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

References

Further reading

• Everett, Mark Oliver (2008). Things the Grandchildren Should Know. Little, Brown and Company. 

External links

• Broken Toy Shop at Discogs (list of releases)