Everyone's Got One

Everyone's Got One
Studio album by Echobelly
Released 25 October 1994
Recorded Summer 1994[1]
Genre Alternative rock, Britpop
Length 41:16
Label Rhythm King
Producer Simon Vinestock
Echobelly chronology
Everyone's Got One
(1994)		 On
(1995)
Singles from Everyone's Got One
  1. "Bellyache"
    Released: November 1993
  2. "Insomniac"
    Released: March 1994
  3. "I Can't Imagine the World Without Me"
    Released: June 1994
  4. "Close… But"
    Released: September 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
NME7/10[4]
PopMatters8/10[5]
Vox8/10[6]

Everyone's Got One is the debut album by English rock band Echobelly. Released to a favourable response from critics,[7] the album reached number 8 in the UK Albums Chart. 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.

In 2017, Pitchfork placed Everyone's Got One at number 48 on their list of The 50 Best Britpop Albums.[8]

Background

Reflecting 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.[1]

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".[9] "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."[9] 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").[9]

Track listing

All songs written by Sonya Madan and Glenn Johansson.

  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
Japanese edition bonus tracks
  1. "Centipede" – 4:06
  2. "Sober" – 5:30

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.[1]

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

  1. 1 2 3 CD Booklet
  2. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Everyone's Got One – Echobelly". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
  3. ↑ Mirkin, Steven (23 December 1994). "Everyone's Got One". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  4. ↑ Barker, Emily (29 January 2014). "25 Seminal Albums From 1994 – And What NME Said At The Time". NME. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Pitter, Charles (22 January 2015). "Echobelly: Everyone's Got One". PopMatters. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Dalton, Stephen (September 1994). "Echobelly: Everyone's Got One (Fauve CD3)". Vox (48): 104.
  7. ↑ Echobelly
  8. ↑ "The 50 Best Britpop Albums". Pitchfork. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  9. 1 2 3 Mistiaen, Veronique (27 November 1994). "Daring To Be Different". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
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