''Everyone's Got One'' is the debut studio 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.

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 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." 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").

Critical reception

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'' 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." ''

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'' deemed the album "brisk Blondie-ish power-pop." In 2017, ''

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'' placed ''Everyone's Got One'' at number 48 on their list of "The 50 Best

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Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.CD Booklet ;Echobelly * Sonya Madan – vocals * Glenn Johansson – guitars, mandolin, additional vocals * Debbie Smith – guitar * Alex Keyser – bass, piano, whistle * Andy Henderson – drums, percussion ;Additional personnel * Barbara Snow – trumpet ("I Can't Imagine the World Without Me") * Lino Robinson – piano, string arrangements ("I Can't Imagine the World Without Me") * Miles Bould – percussion ("Taste of You") * Audrey Riley – cello ("Taste of You", "Cold Feet Warm Heart") * Simon Vinestock – production (besides "Insomniac"), re-mixing ("Insomniac") * Clive Martin – production, engineering ("Insomniac") * Ronen Tal – engineering (besides "I Can't Imagine the World Without Me" and "Insomniac") * Nick Addison – engineering ("I Can't Imagine the World Without Me") * Alan Moulder – mixing ("I Can't Imagine the World Without Me") * Maria Mochnacz – photography * Stylorouge – designer ; 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

External links

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