Broken Toy Shop

E

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 7, 1993)
• Original Release Date: December 7, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001E3E
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #122,639 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Shine It All On

2. Standing at the Gate

3. Only Thing I Care About

4. Manchester Girl

5. L.A. River

6. Most Unpleasant Man

7. Mass

8. Tomorrow I'll Be Nine

9. Day I Wrote You Off

10. Someone to Break the Spell

11. She Loves a Puppet

12. My Old Raincoat

13. Permanent Broken Heart

14. Eight Lives Left

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The L.A. based singer-songwriter has lost the McCartney-cute tunefulness that undermined his promising 1992 debut and matured with a somewhat tougher, more personal sound. "Standing At The Gate" and "Most Unpleasant Man" get under the skin in short order, while a pair of Paul Buckmaster-orchestrated ballads ("Manchester Girl," "The Day I Wrote You Off") are standouts. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Impressive..., March 6, 2002

By	justyn (sometimes, New Jersey) - See all my reviews

I have listened to this whole album through a few times, and after hearing A Man Called (E), I wasn't surprised at the good quality of this one. E has a very real sense of originality to his songs...when hearing them, it's almost as if he didn't even try to play good, it just came out that way. Standout tracks are Manchester Girl, Shine It All On, A Most Unpleasant Man (the best track, in my opinion), My Old Raincoat, and The Only Thing I Care About, and although all the other tracks are good as well, some just don't measure up to the others. But I must say that I do like "A Man Called (E)" a bit more than this one, but that's the thing - a BIT more. Broken Toy Shop is a great buy and an even better listen - if you like anything EELS have put out, this one's a good record to add to your collection...quite impressive.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly underrated early work from E!, June 20, 2002

By A Customer

I see many reviewers talking about how this isn't as good as the Eels works, but I think it's just as good! As much as I like A Man Called E, I'd say that this is far better, much more internal and more rockin'. E has been a consistently remarkable artist for many years now and this overlooked gem is not one to pass up, with original, distinctive music and heartfelt lyrics that you can't get anywhere else.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars E is a very talented musician, and the tunes are catchy., August 6, 1998

By A Customer

This is E' s first of 2 cds. He is rock, not soft or hard rock, just inbetween. The tunes will get stuck in your head and you'll be playing the disk over and over. E is now a member of the Eel's. These are his solo albums. For an Eels fan or someone looking for a good rock album, this is the one.