A Girl Called Eddy (album)

A Girl Called Eddy
Studio album by A Girl Called Eddy
Released	August 2004
Genre	Soul, indie
Length	50:37
Label	ANTI-
Producer	Richard Hawley & Colin Elliot

A Girl Called Eddy is the self-titled debut album from singer-songwriter A Girl Called Eddy.

Track listing

All tracks written by Erin Moran except where noted.

1. "Tears All over Town" – 4:01
2. "Kathleen" – 4:47
3. "Girls Can Really Tear You up Inside" – 4:48
4. "The Long Goodbye" (E. Moran, C. Shaw) – 3:58
5. "Somebody Hurt You" – 5:07
6. "People Used to Dream About the Future" – 5:33
7. "Heartache" – 4:34
8. "Life Thru the Same Lens" – 4:18
9. "Did You See the Moon Tonight?" – 3:44
10. "Little Bird" – 3:54
11. "Golden" – 5:53

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Buffalo News	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B [3]
The New York Times	favorable [4]
Phoenix New Times	favorable [5]
PopMatters	favorable [6]
Uncut	[7]
The Wall Street Journal	(top 10 of 2004) [8]

The album's release met with multiple favorable reviews and "earned her the No. 1 spot on Amazon.com's 2004 list of customer favorites". ^[9] Named to Uncut magazine's 2004 Albums of the Year, The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critic's list of 2004 albums, and The Wall Street Journal's Top 10 of 2004. ^{[8] [10] [11]}

Song use

The track "Somebody Hurt You" was used in series 3, episode 1 of the BBC animation show Monkey Dust to link two different sketches in the show. ^[12] The juxtaposition of the light sounds of a song against the dark dystopian comedy of the program is a feature of Monkey Dust. The song "Heartache" was used in the Polish brothers' film For Lovers Only .

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "A Girl Called Eddy: A Girl Called Eddy > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
2. "Rock: 'A Girl Called Eddy'". The Buffalo News . 6 August 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
3. Browne, David (13 August 2004). "Music Review: 'A Girl Called Eddy' (2004)". Entertainment Weekly (#778). Archived from the original on May 21, 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
4. Pareles, Jon (16 August 2004). "CRITIC'S CHOICE/New CD's; Facing Forward, but Glancing Back". The New York Times . Retrieved 9 October 2011.
5. poet, j. (19 August 2004). "A Girl Called Eddy A Girl Called Eddy (Anti)". Phoenix New Times . Retrieved 9 October 2011.
6. Bergrand, Adrien (13 October 2004). "A Girl Called Eddy: self-titled". PopMatters . Retrieved 9 October 2011.
7. "A Girl Called Eddy - Review". Uncut . Retrieved 11 October 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
8. Fusilli, Jim (6 January 2005). "Rock, Pop and World: The Top 10 Discs of 2004". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 9 October 2011.
9. La Gorce, Tammy (6 March 2005). "What's It All About, Eddy?". The New York Times . Retrieved 9 October 2011.
10. "Rocklist.net..." Rocklist.net. Archived from the original on February 9, 2006. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
11. "Albums 2004". Village Voice - Pazz & Jop Lists. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
12. "Monkey Dust: Episode 13 Episode Summary". TV.com . Retrieved 9 October 2011.