Beautiful Freak (album)

Beautiful Freak is a 1996 studio album recorded by Mark Oliver Everett and the first under the band name eels. Released under the DreamWorks label the original release features twelve tracks including the band's first two singles "Novocaine for the Soul" and "Susan's House" and the song "My Beloved Monster" which appeared on the soundtrack for the original Shrek movie.

Running for 43 minutes and 53 seconds the album was produced by Jon Brion, Mark Goldenberg, Mike Simpson and Mark Oliver Everett himself. A later German re-issue (1997) of the album also included a bonus disc adding four tracks from a live BBC recording session. Three of these bonus tracks were later released on the Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996–2006 album, released in 2008.

Track Listing

 * 1) "Novocaine for the Soul" - (E and Mark Goldenberg) - 3:08
 * 2) "Susan's House" - (E, Jim Jacobsen and Jim Weatherly) - 3:43
 * 3) "Rags to Rags" - (E) - 3:53
 * 4) "Beautiful Freak" - (E) - 3:34
 * 5) "Not Ready Yet" - (E and Jon Brion) 4:46
 * 6) "My Beloved Monster" - (E) - 2:13
 * 7) "Flower" - (E and Jim Jacobsen) - 3:38
 * 8) "Guest List" - (E) - 3:13
 * 9) "Mental" - (E) - 4:01
 * 10) "Spunky" - (E) - 3:11
 * 11) "Your Lucky Day in Hell" - (E and Mark Goldenberg)
 * 12) "Manchild" - (E and Jill Sobule) - 4:05

Bonus German Disc (BBC Recording)
 * 1) "Novocaine for the Soul" - (E and Mark Goldenberg) - 3:11
 * 2) "Manchester Girl" - (E) - 3:21
 * 3) "My Beloved Monster Party" - (E) - 2:34
 * 4) "Flower" - (E and Jim Jacobsen) - 3:17

Personnel
eels
 * Butch - Drums and backing vocals
 * E - Vocals, guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano
 * Tommy Walter - Bass guitar and backing vocals

Additional Musicians
 * Jon Brion - Guitar, trombone and Chamberlin
 * Mark Goldenberg - Guitar and keyboards
 * Jim Jacobsen - Keyboards and loops

Production
 * Jon Brion - Production and engineering
 * Amir Derakh - Engineering
 * E - Producer and engineering
 * Ann Giordano - Photography
 * Mark Goldenberg - Production and engineering
 * Jim Jacobsen - Engineering
 * Bill Kinsley - Mixing
 * Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
 * Francesca Restrepo - Art direction and design
 * Rob Seifert - Mixing
 * Michael Simpson - Production and mixing
 * Matt Thorne - Engineer