Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996–2006
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Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996–2006 | ||||
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Compilation album by | ||||
Released | January 15, 2008 | |||
Recorded | 1996–2006 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 149:11 | |||
Label | DreamWorks/Universal | |||
Producer | E | |||
Eels chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Crawdaddy! | favorable[2] |
Pitchfork Media | 5.5/10[3] |
Tiny Mix Tapes | [4] |
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.[5] 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.[citation needed]
It was released in conjunction with the greatest hits collection Meet the Eels: Essential Eels, Vol. 1 (1996–2006).
Track listing[edit]
All tracks are written by E unless otherwise stated
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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1. | "Novocaine for the Soul" (Live from Hell) | E and Mark Goldenberg | "Rags to Rags" single (1997( | 3:18 |
2. | "Fucker" | "Novocaine for the Soul" single (1996) | 2:17 | |
3. | "My Beloved Monster" (Live from Tennessee) | "Novocaine for the Soul" single | 2:32 | |
4. | "Dog's Life" | Welcome to Woop Woop soundtrack (1998) | 3:59 | |
5. | "Susan's Apartment" | E, Jim Jacobsen, and Jim Weatherly | "Beautiful Freak" single (1997) | 3:29 |
6. | "Manchester Girl" (Live at the BBC) | Beautiful Freak (1997) [Germany exclusive] | 3:21 | |
7. | "Flower" (Live at the BBC) | Beautiful Freak [Germany exclusive] | 3:17 | |
8. | "My Beloved Mad Monster Party" (Live at the BBC) | Beautiful Freak [Germany exclusive] | 2:33 | |
9. | "Animal" | E and Jim Lang | "Rags to Rags" single (1996) | 2:39 |
10. | "Stepmother" | "Susan's House" single (1997) | 2:51 | |
11. | "Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas" | "Cancer for the Cure" single (1998) | 2:51 | |
12. | "Your Lucky Day in Hell" (Michael Simpson remix) | E and Goldenberg | Promotional single (1998) | 3:57 |
13. | "Altar Boy" (Rickie Lee Jones cover) | Jones | "Beautiful Freak" single | 2:14 |
14. | "Novocaine for the Soul" (The Moog Cookbook remix) | E and Goldenberg | "Last Stop: This Town" single (1998) | 3:10 |
15. | "If I Was Your Girlfriend" (Live; Prince cover) | Prince | Previously unreleased | 4:34 |
16. | "Bad News" | Sally Dworsky and E | The End of Violence soundtrack (1997) | 2:56 |
17. | "Funeral Parlor" | "Last Stop: This Town" single | 2:12 | |
18. | "Hospital Food" (Live at the BBC) | Butch, E, and Lang | "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" single (2000) | 3:24 |
19. | "Open the Door" (Live at the BBC; Magnapop cover) | Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris | "Flyswatter" single (2000) | 3:04 |
20. | "Birdgirl on a Cell Phone" ("Flyswatter" single (2000)) | "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" single | 3:08 | |
21. | "Vice President Fruitley" | Butch, E, and Lisa Germano | "Flyswatter" single | 2:17 |
22. | "My Beloved Monstrosity" | 2:13 | "Souljacker part I" single (2001) | |
23. | "The Dark End of the Street" (Live; James Carr cover) | Dan Penn and Chips Moman | Previously unreleased | 2:35 |
24. | "The Cheater's Guide to Your Heart" (Live) | Previously unreleased | 2:39 | |
25. | "Useless Trinkets" | Previously unreleased | 2:22 | |
Total length: | 73:52 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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1. | "Mr. E's Beautiful Remix" | E and Simpson | 22 Miles of Hard Road EP (2001) | 3:54 |
2. | "Souljacker part I" (Alternate version) | Butch, E, and Adam Siegel | Previously unreleased | 3:04 |
3. | "Dog Faced Boy" (Alternate version) | E and John Parish | Previously unreleased | 2:54 |
4. | "Jennifer Eccles" (The Hollies cover) | Allan Clarke and Graham Nash | Sing Hollies in Reverse tribute album (1995 – as E);"Souljacker part I" single (2001) | 3:20 |
5. | "Rotten World Blues" | Rotten World Blues EP (2001) | 2:45 | |
6. | "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Elvis Presley cover) | Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, and George David Weiss | "Souljacker part I" single | 2:08 |
7. | "Christmas Is Going to the Dogs" | How the Grinch Stole Christmas soundtrack (2000) | 2:58 | |
8. | "Mighty Fine Blues" | Holes soundtrack (2003) | 3:26 | |
9. | "Eyes Down" | Holes soundtrack | 3:32 | |
10. | "Skywriting" | Levity soundtrack (2003) | 2:07 | |
11. | "Taking a Bath in Rust" | Levity soundtrack | 2:28 | |
12. | "Estranged Friends" | E and Koool G Murder | Previously unreleased | 3:21 |
13. | "Her" | "Saturday Morning" single (2003) | 2:48 | |
14. | "Waltz of the Naked Clowns" | "Saturday Morning" single | 2:47 | |
15. | "I Like Birds" (Live) | Previously unreleased | 2:36 | |
16. | "Sad Foot Sign" | "Saturday Morning" single | 2:19 | |
17. | "Living Life" (Daniel Johnston cover) | Daniel Johnston | The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered tribute (2004) | 2:49 |
18. | "The Bright Side" | Peter Buck and E | "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)" single (2005) | 3:42 |
19. | "After the Operation" | "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)" single | 1:55 | |
20. | "Jelly Dancers" (Bruce Haack and Esther Nelson cover) | Haack and Nelson | Dimension Mix compilation (2005) | 4:38 |
21. | "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" (Live at Town Hall; Prince cover) | Prince | Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall (2006) [iTunes exclusive] | 3:37 |
22. | "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" (Live at Town Hall) | E and Simpson | Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall (iTunes exclusive) | 3:04 |
23. | "I Want to Protect You" | Non-album single (2006) | 3:09 | |
24. | "I Put a Spell on You" (Live; Screamin' Jay Hawkins cover) | Hawkins | Previously unreleased | 2:21 |
25. | "Saw a UFO" | Previously unreleased | 4:37 | |
Total length: | 76:19 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Saturday Morning" | |
2. | "Eyes Down" | |
3. | "My Beloved Monster" | |
4. | "From Which I Came/A Magic World" | |
5. | "Not Ready Yet" | |
6. | "Souljacker, part I" |
Advertisement controversy[edit]
Eels attempted to run a one-second edit[6] of their seven-second ad[7] during the television broadcast of the 2008 Super Bowl to promote Useless Trinkets, but were denied by the National Football League.[8]
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."[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Crawdaddy! review
- ^ "Pitchfork Media review". Archived from the original on 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
- ^ Tiny Mix Tapes review
- ^ Eels homepage
- ^ The one-second spot
- ^ The seven-second spot
- ^ Eels gatecrash Super Bowl
- ^ Eels' homepage accessed 2008-02-02