Broken Toy Shop
Studio album by E
Released	December 7, 1993 (1993-12-07)
Recorded	January–October 1993
Studio	Sunset Sound Factory (Hollywood)
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 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)