Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996–2006


Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996–2006 is a rarities compilation to celebrate the tenth anniversary of rock band Eels, featuring a live performance DVD from Lollapalooza 2006, behind-the-scenes photos, and commentary by lead singer Mark Oliver Everett. It was released on January 15, 2008 in the United States and on January 21, 2008 in the United Kingdom, where it debuted on the UK Album Chart at #69.
It was released in conjunction with the greatest hits collection Eels, Vol. 1 (1996–2006)">Eels (band)">Eels, Vol. 1 (1996–2006).

Track listing

CDs

All songs written by E, except where noted:
;CD 1
  1. "Novocaine for the Soul" – 3:18
  2. * Originally from "Rags to Rags" single
  3. "Fucker" – 2:17
  4. * Originally from "Novocaine for the Soul" single
  5. "My Beloved Monster" – 2:32
  6. * Originally from "Novocaine for the Soul" single
  7. "Dog's Life" – 3:59
  8. * Originally from Welcome to Woop Woop soundtrack
  9. "Susan's Apartment" – 3:29
  10. * Originally from "Beautiful Freak" single
  11. "Manchester Girl" – 3:21
  12. * Originally from Beautiful Freak
  13. "Flower" – 3:17
  14. * Originally from Beautiful Freak
  15. "My Beloved Mad Monster Party" – 2:33
  16. * Originally from Beautiful Freak
  17. "Animal" – 2:39
  18. * Originally from "Rags to Rags" single
  19. "Stepmother" – 2:51
  20. * Originally from "Susan's House" single
  21. "Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas" – 2:51
  22. * Originally from "Cancer for the Cure" single
  23. "Your Lucky Day in Hell" – 3:57
  24. * Originally a Promotional single, released 1998
  25. "Altar Boy" – 2:14
  26. * Originally from "Beautiful Freak" single
  27. "Novocaine for the Soul" – 3:10
  28. * Originally from "Last Stop: This Town" single
  29. "If I Was Your Girlfriend" – 4:34
  30. * Previously unreleased
  31. "Bad News" – 2:56
  32. * Originally from The End of Violence soundtrack
  33. "Funeral Parlor" – 2:12
  34. * Originally from "Last Stop: This Town" single
  35. "Hospital Food" – 3:24
  36. * Originally from "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" single
  37. "Open the Door" – 3:04
  38. * Originally from "Flyswatter" single
  39. "Birdgirl on a Cell Phone" – 3:08
  40. * Originally from "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" single
  41. "Vice President Fruitley" – 2:17
  42. * Originally from "Flyswatter" single
  43. "My Beloved Monstrosity" – 2:13
  44. * Originally from "Souljacker part I" single
  45. "The Dark End of the Street" – 2:35
  46. * Previously unreleased
  47. "The Cheater's Guide to Your Heart" – 2:39
  48. * Previously unreleased
  49. "Useless Trinkets" – 2:22
  50. * Previously unreleased
;CD 2
  1. "Mr. E's Beautiful Remix" – 3:54
  2. * Originally from 22 Miles of Hard Road EP
  3. "Souljacker part I" – 3:04
  4. * Previously unreleased
  5. "Dog Faced Boy" – 2:54
  6. * Previously unreleased
  7. "Jennifer Eccles" – 3:20
  8. * Originally from Sing Hollies in Reverse tribute album and "Souljacker part I" single
  9. "Rotten World Blues" – 2:45
  10. * Originally from Rotten World Blues EP
  11. "Can't Help Falling in Love" – 2:08
  12. * Originally from "Souljacker part I" single
  13. "Christmas Is Going to the Dogs" – 2:58
  14. * Originally from How the Grinch Stole Christmas soundtrack
  15. "Mighty Fine Blues" – 3:26
  16. * Originally from Holes soundtrack
  17. "Eyes Down" – 3:32
  18. * Originally from Holes soundtrack
  19. "Skywriting" – 2:07
  20. * Originally from Levity soundtrack
  21. "Taking a Bath in Rust" – 2:28
  22. * Originally from Levity soundtrack
  23. "Estranged Friends" – 3:21
  24. * Previously unreleased
  25. "Her" – 2:48
  26. * Originally from "Saturday Morning" single
  27. "Waltz of the Naked Clowns" – 2:47
  28. * Originally from "Saturday Morning" single
  29. "I Like Birds" – 2:36
  30. * Previously unreleased
  31. "Sad Foot Sign" – 2:19
  32. * Originally from "Saturday Morning" single
  33. "Living Life" – 2:49
  34. * Originally from The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered tribute
  35. "The Bright Side" – 3:42
  36. * Originally from "Hey Man " single
  37. "After the Operation" – 1:55
  38. * Originally from "Hey Man " single
  39. "Jelly Dancers" – 4:38
  40. * Originally from Dimension Mix compilation
  41. "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" – 3:37
  42. * Originally from Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall
  43. "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" – 3:04
  44. * Originally from Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall
  45. "I Want to Protect You" – 3:09
  46. * Originally from "I Want to Protect You" single
  47. "I Put a Spell on You" – 2:21
  48. * Previously unreleased
  49. "Saw a UFO" – 4:37
  50. * Previously unreleased

    DVD

  51. "Saturday Morning"
  52. "Eyes Down"
  53. "My Beloved Monster"
  54. "From Which I Came/A Magic World"
  55. "Not Ready Yet"
  56. "Souljacker part I"

    Advertisement controversy

Eels attempted to run a one-second edit of their seven-second ad during the television broadcast of the 2008 Super Bowl to promote Useless Trinkets, but were denied by the National Football League.
Lead singer E reported: "In the end we were told that the NFL would have to find 29 other advertisers to buy 1 second spots to fill a standard 30 second advertising slot and that they do not sell advertising time by the second. They also noted that a rapid fire 30 second segment of thirty 1 second commercials could cause people with certain medical conditions to have seizures and that it was against network regulations."