A Girl Called Eddy [20th Anniversary Edition]

by A Girl Called Eddy

Overview

Three years after the sensational Tears All Over Town EP, Erin Moran (aka A Girl Called Eddy) issued her debut long-player in the United States via the maverick Epitaph subsidiary Anti. Produced with aplomb by Pulp's Richard Hawley and Colin Elliot, this self-titled outing is an exercise in melancholy, depth, intimacy, and pure pop sophistication. Moran's songwriting approach is unabashedly romantic; it's torchy yet sweet, and her love of songwriters from Scott Walker to Burt Bacharach to Brian Wilson to Jim Webb is everywhere evident. In addition, her voice is a dead cross between Chrissie Hynde's and Karen Carpenter's. Hawley and Elliot have a symbiotic empathy for Moran's method. While she holds down the piano chores, this pair play all manner of guitars, basses, and electric keyboards with Shez Sheridan and Andy Cook, and selectively employ string and horn sections where appropriate. She reprises two cuts from the previous offering in the devastating ballad "Heartache" (which quotes the piano intro to the Carpenters' "Close to You") and the aching "Girls Can Really Tear You Up Inside." The album opens with the blue-eyed soul-pop of "Tears All Over Town," with its ringing Rickenbacker guitars, swirling strings, and rich piano textures. It is followed by the genuinely sad, loss-drenched "Kathleen," written for Moran's late mother, with acoustic and electric guitars starkly winding around a skeletal string section; above it all Moran's voice haltingly expresses its grief. There is a big production number as well in "People Used to Dream About the Future," with its crashing waves of keyboards and strings and a bridge to die for. There's the jaunty cabaret pop of "Life Thru the Same Lens," the hushed, emotionally loaded "Did You See the Moon Tonight," and the heartbreak rock & roll of the album's closer, "Golden." In all, A Girl Called Eddy is a multi-textured, multi-dimensional journey into grand pop literacy; Moran's songs are examples of exquisite taste that is never cheeky or dishonest. On her album the heart speaks with grace, elegance, and force. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	01/17/2025
UPC:	0780627019899

Album Credits

Performance Credits

A Girl Called Eddy   Primary Artist
Ali Heath Cook   Vocals (Background),Vocals (Background)
Colin Elliot   Moog Synthesizer,Piano,Mellotron,Moog Bass,Vibraphone,Glockenspiel,Fender Rhodes,Bass (Upright),Bass (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Erin "Eddy" Moran   Vocals,Piano
John Visanji   Strings
Peter Wright   Horn
Jeff Snowden   Horn
Melody Coper   Strings
Sarah Hill   Strings
Elizabeth Moran   Piano,Vocals
Simon Graham   Strings
Andy Cook   Drums
Michael Klotz   Strings
Heather Zimmerman   Strings
Catherine Popper   Bass (Upright)
Mark Brotter   Drums
Shez Sheridan   Lyre,Banjo,Spanish Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Baritone),Vocals (Background),Guitar (12 String Acoustic)
Liz Hanks   Strings
Naomi Koop   Strings
Richard Hawley   Lyre,Vibraphone,Glockenspiel,Fender Rhodes,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Baritone),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background),Hawaiian Lap Steel Guitar
Victoria Hart   Strings
Simon Stafford   Trombone
Polly Wiltshire   Strings
Gaynor Sutcliffe   Strings
Laura Rachel Pannington   Strings
Tony Robertson   Horn

Technical Credits

Colin Elliot   Audio Engineer,Audio Production,Engineer,Producer,String Arrangements
Richard Hawley   Audio Production,Producer
Ellis Parrinder   Photography
Warren Darius Aftahi   Cover Photo
Elizabeth Moran   String Arrangements
Dawn Landes   Assistant
Rudyard Lee Cullers   Assistant
Duncan Cowell   Mastering
Gary Maurer   Engineer,Producer
Greg Pliska   String Arrangements
Dan Messe   Engineer,Producer