Everyone's Got One is the debut studio album by English rock band Echobelly. Released to a favourable response from critics,[1] the album reached number 8 in the UK Albums Chart in September 1994. On 21 July 2014, a 2CD expanded edition of the album was released by 3 Loop Music which featured B-sides and previously unreleased live material.
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| Released | 22 August 1994 | |||
| Studio | A residential studio in Chipping Norton | |||
| Genre | Britpop | |||
| Length | 41:16 | |||
| Label | Rhythm King | |||
| Producer | Simon Vinestock | |||
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Background
editReflecting her fascination for wordplay, lead singer Sonya Madan titled the album Everyone's Got One, with the first letter of each word spelling "EGO", a common theme throughout the album.[2]
Madan wrote the songs "Today, Tomorrow, Sometime, Never" and "Call Me Names" about her feelings of alienation due to her Indian heritage: "Even though I have a brown skin, I didn't feel Asian. I felt alien".[3] "Father Ruler King Computer" discusses her anger towards arranged marriages: "I was brought up, I've been told, that a husband is the goal. What connotations in these loaded words, a spinster and a bachelor, I am whole all by myself, I don't need nobody else."[3] Other topics covered in her lyrics include empowering women ("Give Her a Gun"), self-confidence ("I Can't Imagine the World Without Me"), a friend's abortion ("Bellyache"), and loneliness ("Close… But").[3]
Critical reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[5] |
| NME | 7/10[6] |
| PopMatters | 8/10[7] |
| Vox | 8/10[8] |
The Independent wrote that "it's Madan's appeal upon which the group's fortunes most heavily rest: a natural, androgyne beauty, her voice is the single most noteworthy aspect of their sound, possessing an elegant clarity bizarrely at odds with the music's darker intentions."[9] The Guardian deemed the album "brisk Blondie-ish power-pop."[10]
In 2017, Pitchfork placed Everyone's Got One at number 48 on their list of "The 50 Best Britpop Albums".[11]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Sonya Madan and Glenn Johansson
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Today Tomorrow Sometime Never" | 3:39 |
| 2. | "Father, Ruler, King, Computer" | 2:40 |
| 3. | "Give Her a Gun" | 3:37 |
| 4. | "I Can't Imagine the World Without Me" | 3:00 |
| 5. | "Bellyache" | 4:29 |
| 6. | "Taste of You" | 3:30 |
| 7. | "Insomniac" | 4:15 |
| 8. | "Call Me Names" | 3:49 |
| 9. | "Close… But" | 2:50 |
| 10. | "Cold Feet Warm Heart" | 3:28 |
| 11. | "Scream" | 5:52 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 12. | "Centipede" | 4:06 |
| 13. | "Sober" | 5:30 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Bellyache" (edit from "Bellyache" single) | 4:59 |
| 2. | "Sleeping Hitler" (from "Bellyache" single) | 4:43 |
| 3. | "Give Her a Gun" (from "Bellyache" single) | 4:19 |
| 4. | "I Don't Belong Here" (from "Bellyache" single) | 5:03 |
| 5. | "Centipede" (from "Insomniac" single) | 4:06 |
| 6. | "Talent" (from "Insomniac" single) | 2:09 |
| 7. | "Sober" (from "I Can't Imagine the World Without Me" single) | 5:30 |
| 8. | "Venus Wheel" (from "I Can't Imagine the World Without Me" single) | 3:14 |
| 9. | "So La Di Da" (from "Close… But" single) | 4:42 |
| 10. | "I Can't Imagine a World Without Me" (live version from "Close… But" single) | 3:24 |
| 11. | "Cold Feet Warm Heart" (live version from "Close… But" single) | 3:39 |
| 12. | "Father Ruler King Computer" (Steve Lamacq Evening Session, BBC Radio 1, 2 February 1994) | 2:38 |
| 13. | "Call Me Names" (Steve Lamacq Evening Session, BBC Radio 1, 2 February 1994) | 3:51 |
| 14. | "Taste of You" (Steve Lamacq Evening Session, BBC Radio 1, 2 February 1994) | 3:27 |
| 15. | "Give Her a Gun" (Steve Lamacq Evening Session, BBC Radio 1, 2 February 1994) | 3:34 |
Personnel
editCredits adapted from liner notes.[2]
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- 2014 reissue bonus disc
- Echobelly – performance, production (tracks 1–4, 7–8)
- Juju Midget – didgeridoo ("Bellyache")
- Huw Warren – cello ("Sleeping Hitler")
- Dick Meany – production (tracks 1–4)
- Clive Martin – production, engineering (tracks 5–6)
- Nick Addison – engineering (track 7)
- Dick Meany – mixing (track 8)
- Simon Vinestock – production (track 9)
- Sam Cunningham – production (tracks 10–11)
- Miti Adhikari – engineering (tracks 10–11)
References
edit- ^ "Echobelly". Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
- ^ a b CD Booklet
- ^ a b c Mistiaen, Veronique (27 November 1994). "Daring to Be Different". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Everyone's Got One – Echobelly". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
- ^ Mirkin, Steven (23 December 1994). "Everyone's Got One". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ Barker, Emily (29 January 2014). "25 Seminal Albums from 1994 – And What NME Said at the Time". NME. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ Pitter, Charles (22 January 2015). "Echobelly: Everyone's Got One / On". PopMatters. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ Dalton, Stephen (September 1994). "Echobelly: Everyone's Got One (Fauve CD3)". Vox. No. 48. p. 104.
- ^ Gill, Andy (18 August 1994). "Echobelly Everyone's Got One". Pop Music. The Independent.
- ^ Sullivan, Caroline (26 August 1994). "Echobelly Everyone's Got One". Features. The Guardian.
- ^ "The 50 Best Britpop Albums". Pitchfork. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
External links
edit- Everyone's Got One at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)