Broken Toy Shop


Broken Toy Shop is the second album by American singer-songwriter E, released in December 1993 by Polydor Records. It was his last record as a solo artist before forming the band Eels.

Reception

of Allmusic gave the album three stars, finding it to be "more of the same highly crafted pop-rock that graced his debut; although the overall quality of songs is just a notch lower than his first album, Broken Toy Shop nevertheless features many delightful pop gems." Michael Zwirn of Trouser Press also found it to be inferior to its predecessor, feeling the album "is longer, but less memorable overall, although “The Only Thing I Care About” and “Shine It All On” are finger-snappable pop hits that weren't."

Track listing

All songs written by E, except where noted.
  1. "Shine It All On" – 4:04
  2. "Standing at the Gate" – 3:31
  3. "The Only Thing I Care About" – 2:40
  4. "Manchester Girl" – 3:21
  5. "L.A. River" – 2:28
  6. "A Most Unpleasant Man" – 3:18
  7. "Mass" – 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" – 2:51
  11. "She Loves a Puppet" – 2:46
  12. "My Old Raincoat" – 3:57
  13. "Permanent Broken Heart" – 3:28
  14. "Eight Lives Left" – 2:52

Personnel

;Additional musicians
;Technical