Человек по имени E

"Nowheresville" перенаправляет здесь. Для определения термина «Nowheresville» см. Входную запись Wiktionary Nowheresville .

Человек по имени E
Студийный альбом от И
Выпущенный	2 февраля 1992 г. ( 1992-02-02 )
Записано	Май -июнь 1991
Студия	Ronobworld, Roman Foods, Пекарня (Южная Калифорния)
Length	32:07
Label	Polydor
Producer	E Parthenon Huxley
E chronology
A Man Called E (1992) Broken Toy Shop (1993)
Singles from A Man Called E
"Hello Cruel World" Released: 1992 "Nowheresville" Released: March 1992

Человеком по имени E является дебютный альбом Mark Oliver Everett 1992 года, и первый, на котором он использовал псевдоним «E». (Как Марк Эверетт, он ранее выпустил самостоятельный выпуск LP Bad Dude in Love в 1985 году.)

«Hello Cruel World» был выпущен в качестве сингла в 1992 году.

Фон

В 1987 году Эверетт переехал из своего семейного дома в Вирджинии и переселлся в Калифорнии . Там, в 1991 году, он подписал контракт с Polydor Records и выпустил человека по имени E под названием E год спустя. Сингл "Привет, жестокий мир" имел незначительный успех. Туре, чтобы поддержать альбом, E открылся для Тори Амос .

Everett became known as "E" because there were several people in his life at the time who had the same first name. While it may have caused some confusion in record stores and radio stations, the single-letter name gave the press a playful handle. This playfulness was evident in a review of the album by the eminent writer Daniel Levitin which began: "Excellent eponymous effort, energizingly eclectic. Early enthusiasm effectively ensures E's eminence."

Everett released one further solo album, 1993's Broken Toy Shop, before forming the band Eels in 1995.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Michael Zwirn, in Trouser Press, wrote that "the production is uncluttered, [E's] singing is unforced and the tunes are eminently hummable, with a sense of cockeyed humor and periodic wistful optimism that is noteworthy in the later context of the Eels' pronounced bitterness."

Track listing

All songs written by E, except where noted

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

• E – lead & background vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, piano, Hammond B-3, keyboards, harmonica, accordion, drums, percussion, melodica, toy piano, programming

Additional musicians

• Parthenon Huxley – acoustic & electric guitars, bass guitar, percussion, fingersnaps, programming
• Jennifer Condos – bass guitar
• Jim Lang – accordion, Hammond B-3, piano, keyboards, cuckoo clock, programming
• Eric Williams – mandolin ("Nowheresville")
• Danny Davis Jr. – electric guitar ("Are You & Me Gonna Happen")
• Rockenspiel – glockenspiel

Production

• Parthenon Huxley – co-producer
• E – co-producer
• Jim Lang – conductor (The Knobworld Symphony Orchestra), engineer, mixing
• Bill Gable – additional engineer
• Mikal Reid – additional engineer
• Fen – additional engineer
• Jesse Kanner – additional engineer
• Opie – additional engineer
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• David Lau – artwork
• Rick Dobbis – design
• Bradford Walker Evans Hitz – photography
• Thomas Nelson – photography
• Lex – pin design

Further reading

• Everett, Mark Oliver (2008). Things the Grandchildren Should Know. Little, Brown and Company.

External links

• A Man Called E at Discogs (list of releases)