Everybody (Gods Child album)

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Everybody
Album Gods Child Everybody cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1994
Recorded1994
StudioPilot Recordings, New York City
Genre Rock
Length54:48
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Chris Seefried, Gary DeRosa
Gods Child chronology
Everybody
(1994)
Aluminum
(1996)
Singles from Everybody
  1. "Everybody's 1"
    Released: June 1994
  2. "Stone Horses"
    Released: September 1994

Everybody is the debut album by the New York City-based band Gods Child, released in 1994. [1] [2] The band members (Chris Seefried on vocals, guitars, and Mellotron; Gary DeRosa on keyboards; Craig Ruda on bass; and Alex Alexander on drums, percussion, and loops) are all from New York City. The album was produced by Seefried and DeRosa under the pseudonym Bullfrog and the Elephant. The cover photograph is of an amusement ride at Coney Island.

Contents

"Everybody's 1" appeared on two Billboard charts in 1994. The song peaked at No. 18 on the Mainstream Rock chart and No. 25 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Philadelphia Daily News deemed the album "edgy, acidy rock from the underbelly of New York City, late-'60s, early-'70s retro but with rap technology." [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chris Seefried unless noted

Everybody
No.TitleLength
1."Wolf"6:03
2."Everybody's 1"5:58
3."14th Street" (Seefried, Lou Reed)1:03
4."Stone Horses"3:09
5."Crucial" (Seefried, Marc Bolan)5:31
6."Milk"7:07
7."Silver Sky Pilot"4:46
8."Monkey Pin-Ups"0:16
9."Slide"4:47
10."Reachin"4:51
11."Sey"6:05
12."Watching the Dog Stars"4:04

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

YearSingleChartPosition
1994"Everybody's 1"Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks [5] 18
1994"Everybody's 1"Billboard Modern Rock Tracks25

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References

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  3. AllMusic review
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  5. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008. Record Research. p. 104.