Everyone's Got One

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Everyone's Got One
Echobelly ego.jpg
Studio album by
Echobelly
Released22 August 1994
Recorded1993-1994
GenreAlternative rock, Britpop
Length41:16
LabelRhythm King
ProducerSimon 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
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[2]
NME7/10[3]
PopMatters8/10[4]
Vox8/10[5]

Everyone's Got One is the debut album by English rock band Echobelly. Released to a favourable response from critics,[6] 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.

In 2017, Pitchfork placed Everyone's Got One at number 48 on their list of The 50 Best Britpop Albums.[7]

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.[8]

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 tracks are written by Sonya Madan and Glenn Johansson.

No.TitleLength
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
No.TitleLength
12."Centipede"4:06
13."Sober"5:30
2014 reissue bonus disc
No.TitleLength
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[]

Credits adapted from liner notes.[8]

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. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Everyone's Got One – Echobelly". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
  2. ^ Mirkin, Steven (23 December 1994). "Everyone's Got One". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  3. ^ Barker, Emily (29 January 2014). "25 Seminal Albums From 1994 – And What NME Said At The Time". NME. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  4. ^ Pitter, Charles (22 January 2015). "Echobelly: Everyone's Got One / On". PopMatters. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  5. ^ Dalton, Stephen (September 1994). "Echobelly: Everyone's Got One (Fauve CD3)". Vox. No. 48. p. 104.
  6. ^ Echobelly
  7. ^ "The 50 Best Britpop Albums". Pitchfork. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b CD Booklet
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c Mistiaen, Veronique (27 November 1994). "Daring To Be Different". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 17 July 2017.

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