A Man Called E
A Man Called E is Mark Oliver Everett's 1992 major-label debut album, and the first on which he used the pseudonym "E". (As Mark Everett, he had previously self-released the limited edition LP Bad Dude in Love in 1985.)
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| Released | February 2, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | May–June 1991 | |||
| Length | 32:07 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
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| Singles from A Man Called E | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Trouser Press | favorable[2] |
"Hello Cruel World" was released as a one-track single in 1992 on CD on Polydor Records. "Nowheresville"/"Strawberry Blonde" in March of that year.
Track listing
All tracks are written by E, except as noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hello Cruel World" | E, Parthenon Huxley | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Fitting in With the Misfits" | 3:09 | |
| 3. | "Are You & Me Gonna Happen" | 3:00 | |
| 4. | "Looking Out the Window With a Blue Hat On" | 2:17 | |
| 5. | "Nowheresville" | E, Huxley | 3:21 |
| 6. | "Symphony for Toy Piano in G Minor" | 0:34 | |
| 7. | "Mockingbird Franklin" | 3:03 | |
| 8. | "I've Been Kicked Around" | 3:24 | |
| 9. | "Pray" | 2:46 | |
| 10. | "E's Tune" | 2:53 | |
| 11. | "You'll Be the Scarecrow" | 3:21 |
Personnel
- Musicians
- E – Lead & background vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, piano, Hammond B-3, keyboards, harmonica, accordion, drums, percussion, melodica, toy piano, programming
- Parthenon Huxley – acoustic and electric guitars, bass, percussion, fingersnaps, programming. sound effects
- Jennifer Condos – bass
- Jim Lang – accordion, Hammond B-3, piano, keyboards, cuckoo clock, programming
- Eric Williams – mandolin on "Nowheresville"
- Danny Davis Jr. – electric guitar on "Are you & me gonna happen"
- Rockenspiel – glockenspiel
- The Knobworld Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jim Lang
- Production
- Rick Dobbis – design
- E – production
- Bill Gable – engineering
- Parthenon Huxley – programming, production
- Jim Lang – conducting, programming, engineering, mixing
- Jesse Kanner – engineering
- David Lau – artwork
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Mikal Reid – engineering
References
- A Man Called E at AllMusic
- Zwirn, Michael. "TrouserPress.com :: Eels". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
Further reading
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