Broken Toy Shop

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

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 (includes unlisted track "Hello Are You There?")
 * 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, piano (tracks 1, 4, 6, 9), screaming (1) , Hammond B-3 organ (1–3, 6, 8, 9, 14) , keyboards (1–3, 6, 9, 12, 13) , percussion (1, 8) , electric guitar (2, 4, 9, 13, 14) , drums (2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 13) , glockenspiel (3, 4) , tambourine (3, 5, 6, 8–10, 12) , melodica (4, 6, 7a) , Fender Rhodes (4) , Bit One (4) , whistle (5) , congas (5) , slingshot (5) , sleigh bells (5) , fingersnaps (5) , guitar (7b) , baby (7b) , lead guitar (8) , acoustic guitar (14) , harmonica (14) , accordion (14) , celeste (14)


 * Additional musicians
 * Parthenon Huxley – electric guitar (1, 3, 9, 12), acoustic guitar (1, 3, 12) , keyboards (1) , background vocals (3) , rhythm guitar (9) , bass guitar (12) , Hammond B-3 (12)
 * Paul Martinez – bass guitar (1)
 * Winston Watson – drums (1, 8–10)
 * Patrick Warren – Chamberlin (1, 5, 7a, 10, 14), keyboards (1)
 * Chris Solberg – bass guitar (3, 5–7a, 8, 9, 14), organ hi note (3, 8) , acoustic guitar (5) , electric guitar (5) , Hammond B-3 (5, 10) , piano (5) , fingersnaps (5) , glockenspiel (8)
 * Michael Koppelman – fingersnaps (5), acoustic guitar (14)
 * Sean Coleman – acoustic guitar (7a), electric guitar (7a) , piano (7a)
 * Richard Greene – violin (7a)
 * Jeff Swartz – trombone (7a)
 * Rusty Anderson – acoustic guitar (10), electric guitar (10)
 * Jennifer Condos – bass guitar (10, 11), background vocals (11)
 * Mark Goldenberg – electric guitars (11), keyboards (11) , drums (11) , 6 string bass solo (11)


 * Technical
 * E – co-producer, string co-arrangements (2, 6, 12, 13), orchestral co-arranger (9) , inlay painting, shoe photo
 * Michael Koppelman – co-producer, engineer, mixing; additional recording (1)
 * Chris Solberg – assistant producer
 * Stephen Marcussen – mastering
 * Parthenon Huxley – co-producer (1)
 * Mike Fennel – engineer (1)
 * Mark Goldenberg – co-producer, engineer, mixing (11)
 * Brian Soucy – assistant engineer (11)
 * Brandon Harris – assistant engineer (11)
 * John Philip Shenale – string co-arranger, co-orchestrator (2, 6, 12, 13)
 * Scott Smalley – co-orchestrator (2, 6, 12, 13)
 * John Carter – orchestral engineer (2, 6, 12, 13)
 * Paul Buckmaster – orchestral arranger, conductor (4) ; orchestral co-arranger, conductor (9)
 * David Schoeber – orchestral engineer (9)
 * Marvin Sanders – MIDI
 * Mick Haggerty – art direction, design
 * Greg Allen – cover photo
 * Steve Samiof – cover photo manipulation
 * Terri Phillips – back cover photo
 * Hugh Everett III – CD photo