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I Can't Imagine The World Without Me (song)
"I Can't Imagine the World Without Me" is the third single from English rock band Echobelly's debut album, ''Everyone's Got One''. It was released as a single on 20 June 1994. The song is about Sonya Madan's self-confidence, hence the name. It reached 39 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was included on both of the greatest hits albums that Echobelly have released: ''I Can't Imagine the World Without Me'' and ''The Best of Echobelly''. The B-side The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record compan ...s were re-released on the expanded version of ''Everyone's Got One''. Music video The music video predominantly features the band playing in a field, whilst trying to show Sonya Madan's self-confidence and ego. Track listing Notes *The promo version only contains track 1 *The 7" v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echobelly
Echobelly are a British rock band, debuting in 1994 with their album ''Everyone's Got One''. They were often compared to Blondie (band), Blondie and The Smiths; Morrissey becoming a fan of the group. The most prominent part of Echobelly's success formula was vocalist Sonya Madan, who was also the group's lyricist. Born in Delhi, India, before moving to England at the age of two, Madan had an unusual background for a pop celebrity, star. Her upbringing made rock music an unusual choice for her as a youngster and she did not attend her first rock concert until she was in college. In 1990 she met Glenn Johansson, a guitarist from Sweden. In a radio interview with Janice Long, on BBC Radio Wales, in December 2017, she admitted that her parents had initially found it hard to accept her choice of career. Career In 1992, Madan and Johansson first met in a pub, with Sonya expressing her desire to sing in a band "I used to sing to myself as a child. I suppose I had a secret desire to si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everyone's Got One
''Everyone's Got One'' is the debut album by English rock band Echobelly. Released to a favourable response from critics, 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. 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. 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". "Father Ruler King Computer" discusses her anger towards arranged marriages: "I was brought up, I've been told, that a husband ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britpop
Britpop was a mid-1990s British-based music culture movement that emphasised Britishness. It produced brighter, catchier alternative rock, partly in reaction to the popularity of the darker lyrical themes of the US-led grunge music and to the UK's own shoegaze music scene. The movement brought British alternative rock into the mainstream and formed the backbone of a larger British popular cultural movement, Cool Britannia, which evoked the Swinging Sixties and the British guitar pop of that decade. Britpop was a media-driven focus on bands which emerged from the independent music scene of the early 1990s. Although the term was viewed as a marketing tool, and more of a cultural moment than a musical style or genre, its associated bands typically drew from the British pop music of the 1960s, glam rock and punk rock of the 1970s and indie pop of the 1980s. The most successful bands linked with Britpop were Oasis, Blur, Suede and Pulp, known as the movement's "big four", al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhythm King
Rhythm King Records Ltd was a British independent record label, founded in the mid-1980s by Martin Heath, Adele Nozedar, DJ Jay Strongman and James Horrocks. It was based in Chiswick, London. History Beginnings Starting out as an offshoot of Daniel Miller's critically acclaimed Mute Records, Rhythm King's initial focus was dance music - specifically house, acid house, acid jazz, sampling culture and hip hop/rap. Strongman's rap/funk offshoot, Flame Records, signed proto-gangsta rapper Schoolly D and Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers amongst others. James Horrocks left the label at the end of 1987, and subsequently went on to form React Music Limited in 1990, which also had a focus upon dance music. This left Martin Heath in sole charge of the label; however by the beginning of 1988, Rhythm King was to enjoy a period of short term success, which went hand in hand with the partial dominance dance music had on the UK Singles Chart, from the late 1980s to the beginning of the 2000s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insomniac (song)
"Insomniac" is a song by the Britpop band Echobelly. It was released as a single in March 1994 and was included on the band's album, '' Everyone's Got One''. The song, written by Sonya Madan and Glenn Johansson, is primarily about drug abuse. The single received positive critical reviews and peaked at #47 on the UK music charts. It was featured on the soundtrack for the film '' Dumb and Dumber''. Background "Insomniac" was composed by band members Sonya Aurora Madan and Glenn Johansson. It is based on a 4/4 alternating verse/chorus structure and may be a musical homage to one of Echobelly's major influences, Morrissey.Bennett, Andy and Stratton, Jon. Britpop and the English Music Tradition' (Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2010), p. 67. ''Billboard'' wrote that the song is a "gentle warning of the dangers of snorting too much speed".Sinclair, David"Global Music Pulse" ''Billboard'', Oct 14, 1995, p. 53. However, according to ''Britpop and the English Music Tradition'', the song might ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Close… But
"Close... But" is the fourth and final single from Echobelly's 1994 debut album, '' Everyone's Got One''. It was released in October 1994. The song was included on the greatest hits album ''I Can't Imagine The World Without Me ''I Can't Imagine the World Without Me'' is the first greatest hits album released by alternative rock band Echobelly in 2001. The album is heavily biased on the bands' first album '' Everyone's Got One'', with 9 of the 18 songs coming from ...''. The song was poorly received by AllMusic, who gave it 1.5 stars out of 5, and described it as "not one of the album's high points". It reached number 59 in the UK Singles Chart. A music video was made for the song. Track listing Notes * Tracks 3 and 4 were recorded live on the Steve Lamacq Evening Session broadcast on 5 September 1994 * Tracks 2, 3 and 4 were re-released on the expanded edition of Everyone's Got One in 2014 * The 7-inch vinyl version only features tracks 1 and 2 (1 as the A-side, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Week
''Music Week'' is a trade publication for the UK record industry distributed via a website and a monthly print magazine. It is published by Future. History Founded in 1959 as '' Record Retailer'', it relaunched on 18 March 1972 as ''Music Week''. On 17 January 1981, the title again changed, owing to the increasing importance of sell-through videos, to ''Music & Video Week''. The rival ''Record Business'', founded in 1978 by Brian Mulligan and Norman Garrod, was absorbed into Music Week in February 1983. Later that year, the offshoot ''Video Week'' launched and the title of the parent publication reverted to ''Music Week''. Since April 1991, ''Music Week'' has incorporated ''Record Mirror'', initially as a 4 or 8-page chart supplement, later as a dance supplement of articles, reviews and charts. In the 1990s, several magazines and newsletters become part of the Music Week family: ''Music Business International (MBI)'', ''Promo'', ''MIRO Future Hits'', ''Tours Report'', ''Fono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling Single (music), singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and music streaming, streaming. The Official Chart, broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and MTV (Official UK Top 40), is the UK music industry's recognised official measure of singles and albums popularity because it is the most comprehensive research panel of its kind, today surveying over 15,000 retailers and digital services daily, capturing 99.9% of all singles consumed in Britain across the week, and over 98% of albums. To be eligible for the chart, a Single (music), single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as either a 'single bundle' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one digital audio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greatest Hits
A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be created by record companies without express approval from the original artist as a means to generate sales. They are typically regarded as a good starting point for new fans of an artist, but are sometimes criticized by longtime fans as not inclusive enough or necessary at all. It is also common for greatest hits albums to include new recordings, remixes or unreleased alternate takes of the hit songs, plus other new material as bonus tracks to increase appeal for longtime fans (who might otherwise already own the recordings included). At times, a greatest hits compilation marks the first album appearance of a successful single that was never attached to a previous studio album. History The first greatest hits album was Johnny Mathis's ''J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Can't Imagine The World Without Me
''I Can't Imagine the World Without Me'' is the first greatest hits album released by alternative rock band Echobelly in 2001. The album is heavily biased on the bands' first album '' Everyone's Got One'', with 9 of the 18 songs coming from that album. Track listing :All songs written by Sonya Madan and Glenn Johansson. # " I Can't Imagine The World Without Me" – 3:04 # "Insomniac Insomniac or The Insomniac may refer to: * A person who has insomnia Music * ''Insomniac'' (Green Day album), 1995 * ''Insomniac'' (Enrique Iglesias album), 2007 * "Insomniac" (song), a 1994 song by Echobelly * "Insomniac", a song by Billy P ..." — 4:16 # "Call Me Names" – 3:52 # " Great Things" – 3:31 # " The World Is Flat" – 4:04 # " Here Comes the Big Rush" – 4:26 # "We Know Better" – 4:03 # " King of the Kerb" – 4:00 # "Cold Feet, Warm Heart" – 3:29 # "Atom" – 2:50 # " Close… But" – 2:59 # "Father Ruler King Computer" – 2:41 # " Bellyache"– 4:32 # "Iris Art" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of Echobelly
''The Best of Echobelly'' is the second greatest hits collection from rock band Echobelly, released in 2008. The songs on the album all come from the band's first three albums, '' Everyone's Got One'', '' On'' and '' Lustra''. Track listing :All songs written by Sonya Madan and Glenn Johansson. # " King of the Kerb" – 3:59 # " Bellyache" – 4:27 # "Today, Tomorrow, Sometime Never" – 3:35 # " Dark Therapy" – 4:56 # "Insomniac Insomniac or The Insomniac may refer to: * A person who has insomnia Music * ''Insomniac'' (Green Day album), 1995 * ''Insomniac'' (Enrique Iglesias album), 2007 * "Insomniac" (song), a 1994 song by Echobelly * "Insomniac", a song by Billy P ..." – 3:46 # " The World Is Flat" – 4:57 # "Bulldog Baby" – 4:32 # "Father Ruler King Computer" – 2:40 # "Go Away" – 2:43 # "Give Her a Gun" – 3:36 # " Great Things" – 3:30 # "Nobody Like You" – 3:51 # " I Can't Imagine The World Without Me" – 3:23 # "Cold Feet, Warm Heart" – 3:26 # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine (; born June 18, 1973) is an American music critic and senior editor for the online music database AllMusic. He is the author of many artist biographies and record reviews for AllMusic, as well as a freelance writer, occasionally contributing liner notes. Erlewine was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is a nephew of the former musician and AllMusic founder Michael Erlewine. He studied at the University of Michigan, where he majored in English, and was a music editor (1993–94) and then arts editor (1994–1995) of the school's paper ''The Michigan Daily'', and DJ'd at the campus radio station, WCBN. He has contributed to many books, including ''All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul'' and ''All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-Hop''. References External linksErlewine's pageat Pitchfork.comContributionsto ''Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
