Everyone's Got One

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".{{cite news |last=Mistiaen |first=Veronique |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/11/27/daring-to-be-different/ |title=Daring to Be Different |work=Chicago Tribune |date=27 November 1994 |access-date=17 July 2017}} "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").

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Raggett |first=Ned |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/everyones-got-one-mw0000124829 |title=Everyone's Got One – Echobelly |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=19 August 2009}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2score = B+{{cite magazine |last=Mirkin |first=Steven |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/12/23/everyones-got-one/ |title=Everyone's Got One |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=23 December 1994 |accessdate=17 July 2017}}

| rev3 = NME

| rev3score = 7/10{{cite magazine |last=Barker |first=Emily |url=https://www.nme.com/photos/25-seminal-albums-from-1994-and-what-nme-said-at-the-time-1422155 |title=25 Seminal Albums from 1994 – And What NME Said at the Time |work=NME |date=29 January 2014 |accessdate=8 July 2015}}

| rev4 = PopMatters

| rev4score = 8/10{{cite web |last=Pitter |first=Charles |url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/189443-echobelly-everyones-got-one-on/ |title=Echobelly: Everyone's Got One / On |work=PopMatters |date=22 January 2015 |accessdate=17 July 2017}}

| rev5 = Vox

| rev5score = 8/10{{cite magazine |last=Dalton |first=Stephen |title=Echobelly: Everyone's Got One (Fauve CD3) |work=Vox |issue=48 |date=September 1994 |page=104}}

}}

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."{{cite news |last1=Gill |first1=Andy |title=Echobelly Everyone's Got One |work=The Independent |date=18 Aug 1994 |department=Pop Music}} The Guardian deemed the album "brisk Blondie-ish power-pop."{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Caroline |title=Echobelly Everyone's Got One |work=The Guardian |date=26 Aug 1994 |department=Features}}

In 2017, Pitchfork placed Everyone's Got One at number 48 on their list of "The 50 Best Britpop Albums".{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/10045-the-50-best-britpop-albums/ |title=The 50 Best Britpop Albums |work=Pitchfork |date=29 March 2017 |accessdate=17 July 2017}}

{{Track listing

|all_writing = Sonya Madan and Glenn Johansson

|title1 = Today Tomorrow Sometime Never

|length1 = 3:39

|title2 = Father, Ruler, King, Computer

|length2 = 2:40

|title3 = Give Her a Gun

|length3 = 3:37

|title4 = I Can't Imagine the World Without Me

|length4 = 3:00

|title5 = Bellyache

|length5 = 4:29

|title6 = Taste of You

|length6 = 3:30

|title7 = Insomniac

|length7 = 4:15

|title8 = Call Me Names

|length8 = 3:49

|title9 = Close… But

|length9 = 2:50

|title10 = Cold Feet Warm Heart

|length10 = 3:28

|title11 = Scream

|length11 = 5:52

}}

{{track listing

|headline = Japanese edition bonus tracks

|title12 = Centipede

|length12 = 4:06

|title13 = Sober

|length13 = 5:30

}}

{{Track listing

|headline = 2014 reissue bonus disc

|title1 = Bellyache

|note1 = edit from "Bellyache" single

|length1 = 4:59

|title2 = Sleeping Hitler

|note2 = from "Bellyache" single

|length2 = 4:43

|title3 = Give Her a Gun

|note3 = from "Bellyache" single

|length3 = 4:19

|title4 = I Don't Belong Here

|note4 = from "Bellyache" single

|length4 = 5:03

|title5 = Centipede

|note5 = from "Insomniac" single

|length5 = 4:06

|title6 = Talent

|note6 = from "Insomniac" single

|length6 = 2:09

|title7 = Sober

|note7 = from "I Can't Imagine the World Without Me" single

|length7 = 5:30

|title8 = Venus Wheel

|note8 = from "I Can't Imagine the World Without Me" single

|length8 = 3:14

|title9 = So La Di Da

|note9 = from "Close… But" single

|length9 = 4:42

|title10 = I Can't Imagine a World Without Me

|note10 = live version from "Close… But" single

|length10 = 3:24

|title11 = Cold Feet Warm Heart

|note11 = live version from "Close… But" single

|length11 = 3:39

|title12 = Father Ruler King Computer

|note12 = Steve Lamacq Evening Session, BBC Radio 1, 2 February 1994

|length12 = 2:38

|title13 = Call Me Names

|note13 = Steve Lamacq Evening Session, BBC Radio 1, 2 February 1994

|length13 = 3:51

|title14 = Taste of You

|note14 = Steve Lamacq Evening Session, BBC Radio 1, 2 February 1994

|length14 = 3:27

|title15 = Give Her a Gun

|note15 = Steve Lamacq Evening Session, BBC Radio 1, 2 February 1994

|length15 = 3:34

}}

Credits adapted from liner notes.CD Booklet

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• Sonya Madan – vocals
• Glenn Johansson – guitars, mandolin, additional vocals
• Debbie Smith – guitar
• Alex Keyser – bass, piano, whistle
• Andy Henderson – drums, percussion

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;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

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; 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)

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_vo-RiukW4-JCUuO1ufbd1101IhKiR2a Everyone's Got One] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

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