A Man Called E

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Recorded May–June 1991 Producer E Parthenon Huxley Artist Mark Oliver Everett Label Polydor Records		Length 32:07 A Man Called E (1992) Broken Toy Shop (1993) Release date 4 February 1992 Genres Rock music, Indie rock

Released February 2, 1992 (1992-02-02) Similar Bad Dude in Love, Levity, Broken Toy Shop

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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.)

"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 written by E, except as noted.

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

Songs

1Hello Cruel World3:53
2Fitting In With the Misfits3:11
3Are You & Me Gonna Happen3:03

References

A Man Called E Wikipedia

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Contents

Track listing

Personnel

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