On (Echobelly album)

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On
Echobelly on.jpg
Studio album by
Echobelly
Released18 September 1995
Recorded Konk, London
Genre Britpop, power pop, alternative rock
Length42:02
Label Fauve, 550, Rhythm King
Producer Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade
Echobelly chronology
Everyone's Got One
(1994)		On
(1995)		 Lustra
(1997)
Singles from On
  1. "Great Things"
    Released: 21 August 1995
  2. "King of the Kerb"
    Released: 23 October 1995
  3. "Dark Therapy"
    Released: February 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly A [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
NME 4/10 [4]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Spin 7/10 [6]

On is the second studio album by English alternative rock band Echobelly. Gaining a favourable response from critics, [7] the album reached number 4 in the UK Albums Chart becoming their most commercially successful album. The album spawned three top 40 singles two of which managed to reach the top 20. On 21 July 2014, a 2CD expanded edition of the album was released with B-sides and previously unreleased live performances. [8]

Contents

Album title

The album title was inspired by a poster found by Glen and Sonya. The poster had the word "no" across it in blood red. By turning the word around, it became a positive, and thus decided to title the album On. [9]

Track listing

All songs written by Sonya Madan and Glenn Johansson.

Original 1995 release
  1. "Car Fiction" - 2:31
  2. "King of the Kerb" - 3:59
  3. "Great Things" - 3:31
  4. "Natural Animal" - 3:27
  5. "Go Away" - 2:44
  6. "Pantyhose and Roses" - 3:25
  7. "Something Hot in a Cold Country" - 4:01
  8. "Four Letter Word" - 2:51
  9. "Nobody Like You" - 3:52
  10. "In the Year" - 3:31
  11. "Dark Therapy" - 5:30
  12. "Worms and Angels" - 2:38
Bonus tracks included with the 2014 reissue [8]
  2. "Here Comes the Scene" – 3:16
  3. "God's Guest List" – 3:35
  4. "On Turn Off" – 3:17
  5. "On Turn On" – 3:18
  6. "Bunty" – 2:12
  7. "One After 5am" – 2:14
  8. "Car Fiction" (French version) – 2:32
  9. "On Turn On" (acoustic) – 3:18
  10. "Natural Animal" (acoustic) – 3:45
  11. "We Know Better" – 4:02
  12. "Atom" – 2:49
  13. "Aloha Lolita" – 3:42
Disc 2 included with the 2014 reissue

Tracks 1-13 Live at Wetalands NYC - 9 September 1995, and Tracks 14-17 from the John Peel BBC Radio One Session - 1 April 1995 [8]

  1. "I Can't Imagine the World Without Me" – 3:59
  2. "Car Fiction" – 2:45
  3. "Close... But" – 3:12
  4. "Dark Therapy" – 6:38
  5. "Father Ruler King Computer" – 3:31
  6. "Give Her a Gun" – 3:56
  7. "Go Away" – 2:55
  8. "Great Things" – 3:46
  9. "Insomniac" – 3:59
  10. "King of the Kerb" – 5:02
  11. "Natural Animal" – 3:35
  12. "Pantyhose and Roses" – 3:44
  13. "Today, Tomorrow, Sometime, Never" – 3:29
  14. "Four Letter Word" – 3:39
  15. "Car Fiction" – 2:23
  16. "Pantyhose and Roses" – 3:37
  17. "Go Away" – 2:47

Singles

Personnel [13]

Echobelly

Original album and B-sides

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References

  1. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "On – Echobelly". AllMusic . Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  2. ↑ Sinclair, Tom (3 November 1995). "On". Entertainment Weekly . No. 299. p. 65. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  3. ↑ Sullivan, Caroline (22 September 1995). "CD of the week: Echobelly". The Guardian .
  4. ↑ Richardson, Andy (16 September 1995). "'Belly Flop". NME . p. 49.
  5. ↑ Aston, Martin (November 1995). "Echobelly: On". Q . No. 110.
  6. ↑ Bernstein, Jonathan (December 1995). "Echobelly: On". Spin . Vol. 11, no. 9. p. 125. Retrieved 25 July 2024– via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Echobelly".
  8. 1 2 3 "Cherry Red Records - Echobelly - on: Expanded Edition 2CD - 3Loop". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  9. ↑ Expanded edition booklet
  10. ↑ "Echobelly - Great Things". Discogs.
  11. ↑ "Echobelly - King Of The Kerb". Discogs.
  12. ↑ "Echobelly - Dark Therapy". Discogs.
  13. ↑ CD Booklet (expanded edition)
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