Everyone's Got One

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.

Everyone's Got One
Studio album by Echobelly
Released	22 August 1994
Studio	A residential studio in Chipping Norton
Genre	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
"Bellyache" Released: November 1993 "Insomniac" Released: March 1994 "I Can't Imagine the World Without Me" Released: June 1994 "Close… But" Released: September 1994

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.^[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

Professional ratings

Review scores
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

All 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

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Centipede"	4:06
13.	"Sober"	5:30

2014 reissue bonus disc

No.	Title	Length
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.^[2]

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)