Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996–2006
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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Crawdaddy! | favorable[2] |
Pitchfork Media | 5.5/10[3] |
Tiny Mix Tapes | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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]CDs
[edit]All songs written by E, except where noted:
- CD 1
- "Novocaine for the Soul" (Live from Hell) (E and Mark Goldenberg) – 3:18
- Originally from "Rags to Rags" single (1997)
- "Fucker" – 2:17
- Originally from "Novocaine for the Soul" single (1996)
- "My Beloved Monster" (Live from Tennessee) – 2:32
- Originally from "Novocaine for the Soul" single
- "Dog's Life" – 3:59
- Originally from Welcome to Woop Woop soundtrack (1998)
- "Susan's Apartment" (E, Jim Jacobsen, and Jim Weatherly) – 3:29
- Originally from "Beautiful Freak" single (1997)
- "Manchester Girl" (Live on the BBC) – 3:21
- Originally from Beautiful Freak (1997) [Germany exclusive]
- "Flower" (Live on the BBC) – 3:17
- Originally from Beautiful Freak [Germany exclusive]
- "My Beloved Mad Monster Party" (Live on the BBC) – 2:33
- Originally from Beautiful Freak [Germany exclusive]
- "Animal" (E and Jim Lang) – 2:39
- Originally from "Rags to Rags" single (1996)
- "Stepmother" – 2:51
- Originally from "Susan's House" single (1997)
- "Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas" – 2:51
- Originally from "Cancer for the Cure" single (1998)
- "Your Lucky Day in Hell" (Michael Simpson remix) (E and Goldenberg) – 3:57
- Originally a Promotional single, released 1998
- "Altar Boy" (Rickie Lee Jones) – 2:14
- Originally from "Beautiful Freak" single
- "Novocaine for the Soul" (The Moog Cookbook remix) (E and Goldenberg) – 3:10
- Originally from "Last Stop: This Town" single (1998)
- "If I Was Your Girlfriend" (Live) (Prince) – 4:34
- Previously unreleased
- "Bad News" (Sally Dworsky and E) – 2:56
- Originally from The End of Violence soundtrack (1997)
- "Funeral Parlor" – 2:12
- Originally from "Last Stop: This Town" single
- "Hospital Food" (Live on the BBC) (Butch, E, and Lang) – 3:24
- Originally from "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" single (2000)
- "Open the Door" (BBC) (Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris) – 3:04
- Originally from "Flyswatter" single (2000)
- "Birdgirl on a Cell Phone" – 3:08
- Originally from "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" single
- "Vice President Fruitley" (Butch, E, and Lisa Germano) – 2:17
- Originally from "Flyswatter" single
- "My Beloved Monstrosity" – 2:13
- Originally from "Souljacker part I" single (2001)
- "The Dark End of the Street" (Live) (Dan Penn and Chips Moman) – 2:35
- Previously unreleased
- "The Cheater's Guide to Your Heart" (Live) – 2:39
- Previously unreleased
- "Useless Trinkets" – 2:22
- Previously unreleased
- CD 2
- "Mr. E's Beautiful Remix" (E and Simpson) – 3:54
- Originally from 22 Miles of Hard Road EP (2001)
- "Souljacker part I" (Alternate version) (Butch, E, and Adam Siegel) – 3:04
- Previously unreleased
- "Dog Faced Boy" (Alternate version) (E and John Parish) – 2:54
- Previously unreleased
- "Jennifer Eccles" (Allan Clarke and Graham Nash) – 3:20
- Originally from Sing Hollies in Reverse tribute album (1995 – as E) and "Souljacker part I" single (2001)
- "Rotten World Blues" – 2:45
- Originally from Rotten World Blues EP (2001)
- "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, and George David Weiss) – 2:08
- Originally from "Souljacker part I" single
- "Christmas Is Going to the Dogs" – 2:58
- Originally from How the Grinch Stole Christmas soundtrack (2000)
- "Mighty Fine Blues" – 3:26
- Originally from Holes soundtrack (2003)
- "Eyes Down" – 3:32
- Originally from Holes soundtrack
- "Skywriting" – 2:07
- Originally from Levity soundtrack (2003)
- "Taking a Bath in Rust" – 2:28
- Originally from Levity soundtrack
- "Estranged Friends" (E and Koool G Murder) – 3:21
- Previously unreleased
- "Her" – 2:48
- Originally from "Saturday Morning" single (2003)
- "Waltz of the Naked Clowns" – 2:47
- Originally from "Saturday Morning" single
- "I Like Birds" (Live) – 2:36
- Previously unreleased
- "Sad Foot Sign" – 2:19
- Originally from "Saturday Morning" single
- "Living Life" (Daniel Johnston) – 2:49
- Originally from The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered tribute (2004)
- "The Bright Side" (Peter Buck and E) – 3:42
- Originally from "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)" single (2005)
- "After the Operation" – 1:55
- Originally from "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)" single
- "Jelly Dancers" (Bruce Haack and Esther Nelson) – 4:38
- Originally from Dimension Mix compilation (2005)
- "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" (Live at Town Hall) (Prince) – 3:37
- Originally from Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall (2006) [iTunes exclusive]
- "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" (Live at Town Hall) (E and Simpson) – 3:04
- Originally from Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall (iTunes exclusive)
- "I Want to Protect You" – 3:09
- Originally from "I Want to Protect You" single (2006)
- "I Put a Spell on You" (Live) (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) – 2:21
- Previously unreleased
- "Saw a UFO" – 4:37
- Previously unreleased
DVD
[edit]- "Saturday Morning"
- "Eyes Down"
- "My Beloved Monster"
- "From Which I Came/A Magic World"
- "Not Ready Yet"
- "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