Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996–2006

All songs written by E, except where noted:

;CD 1

1. "Novocaine for the Soul" (Live from Hell) (E and Mark Goldenberg) – 3:18
2. * Originally from "Rags to Rags" single (1997)
3. "Fucker" – 2:17
4. * Originally from "Novocaine for the Soul" single (1996)
5. "My Beloved Monster" (Live from Tennessee) – 2:32
6. * Originally from "Novocaine for the Soul" single
7. "Dog's Life" – 3:59
8. * Originally from Welcome to Woop Woop soundtrack (1998)
9. "Susan's Apartment" (E, Jim Jacobsen, and Jim Weatherly) – 3:29
10. * Originally from "Beautiful Freak" single (1997)
11. "Manchester Girl" (Live on the BBC) – 3:21
12. * Originally from Beautiful Freak (1997) [Germany exclusive]
13. "Flower" (Live on the BBC) – 3:17
14. * Originally from Beautiful Freak [Germany exclusive]
15. "My Beloved Mad Monster Party" (Live on the BBC) – 2:33
16. * Originally from Beautiful Freak [Germany exclusive]
17. "Animal" (E and Jim Lang) – 2:39
18. * Originally from "Rags to Rags" single (1996)
19. "Stepmother" – 2:51
20. * Originally from "Susan's House" single (1997)
21. "Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas" – 2:51
22. * Originally from "Cancer for the Cure" single (1998)
23. "Your Lucky Day in Hell" (Michael Simpson remix) (E and Goldenberg) – 3:57
24. * Originally a Promotional single, released 1998
25. "Altar Boy" (Rickie Lee Jones) – 2:14
26. * Originally from "Beautiful Freak" single
27. "Novocaine for the Soul" (The Moog Cookbook remix) (E and Goldenberg) – 3:10
28. * Originally from "Last Stop: This Town" single (1998)
29. "If I Was Your Girlfriend" (Live) (Prince) – 4:34
30. * Previously unreleased
31. "Bad News" (Sally Dworsky and E) – 2:56
32. * Originally from The End of Violence soundtrack (1997)
33. "Funeral Parlor" – 2:12
34. * Originally from "Last Stop: This Town" single
35. "Hospital Food" (Live on the BBC) (Butch, E, and Lang) – 3:24
36. * Originally from "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" single (2000)
37. "Open the Door" (BBC) (Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris) – 3:04
38. * Originally from "Flyswatter" single (2000)
39. "Birdgirl on a Cell Phone" – 3:08
40. * Originally from "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" single
41. "Vice President Fruitley" (Butch, E, and Lisa Germano) – 2:17
42. * Originally from "Flyswatter" single
43. "My Beloved Monstrosity" – 2:13
44. * Originally from "Souljacker part I" single (2001)
45. "The Dark End of the Street" (Live) (Dan Penn and Chips Moman) – 2:35
46. * Previously unreleased
47. "The Cheater's Guide to Your Heart" (Live) – 2:39
48. * Previously unreleased
49. "Useless Trinkets" – 2:22
50. * Previously unreleased

;CD 2

1. "Mr. E's Beautiful Remix" (E and Simpson) – 3:54
2. * Originally from 22 Miles of Hard Road EP (2001)
3. "Souljacker part I" (Alternate version) (Butch, E, and Adam Siegel) – 3:04
4. * Previously unreleased
5. "Dog Faced Boy" (Alternate version) (E and John Parish) – 2:54
6. * Previously unreleased
7. "Jennifer Eccles" (Allan Clarke and Graham Nash) – 3:20
8. * Originally from Sing Hollies in Reverse tribute album (1995 – as E) and "Souljacker part I" single (2001)
9. "Rotten World Blues" – 2:45
10. * Originally from Rotten World Blues EP (2001)
11. "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, and George David Weiss) – 2:08
12. * Originally from "Souljacker part I" single
13. "Christmas Is Going to the Dogs" – 2:58
14. * Originally from How the Grinch Stole Christmas soundtrack (2000)
15. "Mighty Fine Blues" – 3:26
16. * Originally from Holes soundtrack (2003)
17. "Eyes Down" – 3:32
18. * Originally from Holes soundtrack
19. "Skywriting" – 2:07
20. * Originally from Levity soundtrack (2003)
21. "Taking a Bath in Rust" – 2:28
22. * Originally from Levity soundtrack
23. "Estranged Friends" (E and Koool G Murder) – 3:21
24. * Previously unreleased
25. "Her" – 2:48
26. * Originally from "Saturday Morning" single (2003)
27. "Waltz of the Naked Clowns" – 2:47
28. * Originally from "Saturday Morning" single
29. "I Like Birds" (Live) – 2:36
30. * Previously unreleased
31. "Sad Foot Sign" – 2:19
32. * Originally from "Saturday Morning" single
33. "Living Life" (Daniel Johnston) – 2:49
34. * Originally from The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered tribute (2004)
35. "The Bright Side" (Peter Buck and E) – 3:42
36. * Originally from "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)" single (2005)
37. "After the Operation" – 1:55
38. * Originally from "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)" single
39. "Jelly Dancers" (Bruce Haack and Esther Nelson) – 4:38
40. * Originally from Dimension Mix compilation (2005)
41. "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" (Live at Town Hall) (Prince) – 3:37
42. * Originally from Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall (2006) [iTunes exclusive]
43. "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" (Live at Town Hall) (E and Simpson) – 3:04
44. * Originally from Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall (iTunes exclusive)
45. "I Want to Protect You" – 3:09
46. * Originally from "I Want to Protect You" single (2006)
47. "I Put a Spell on You" (Live) (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) – 2:21
48. * Previously unreleased
49. "Saw a UFO" – 4:37
50. * Previously unreleased

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"

Eels attempted to run a one-second edit[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SATySzBwKXM The one-second spot] of their seven-second ad[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJVRAV9zjv8 The seven-second spot] during the television broadcast of the 2008 Super Bowl to promote Useless Trinkets, but were denied by the National Football League.[https://www.nme.com/news/eels/33707 Eels gatecrash Super Bowl]

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."[http://eelstheband.com/main.php Eels' homepage] accessed 2008-02-02

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