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 (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.

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, 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)