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

A Girl Called Eddy

A Girl Called Eddy, real name Erin Moran, is an American soul pop singer/songwriter born in Neptune, New Jersey, USA and currently residing in England....

. Expertly crafted and produced in a refined, adult pop vein, it is a work of sublime melancholy.

Track listing

1. "Tears All over Town" – 4:01
2. "Kathleen" – 4:47
3. "Girls Can Really Tear You up Inside" – 4:48
4. "Long Goodbye" – 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

Words and music by E. Moran.

Reception

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". Named to Uncut

UNCUT (magazine)

Uncut magazine, trademarked as UNCUT, is a monthly publication based in London. It is available across the English-speaking world, and focuses on music, but also includes film and books sections...

 magazine's 2004 Albums of the Year, The Village Voice

The Village Voice

The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...

's Pazz & Jop critic's list of 2004 albums, and The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....

's Top 10 of 2004.

Song Use

The track "Somebody Hurt You" was used in series 3, episode 1 of the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 animation show Monkey Dust

Monkey Dust

Monkey Dust is a British satirical cartoon, notorious for its dark humour and handling of taboo topics such as murder, suicide and paedophilia. There were three series broadcast on BBC Three between 2003 and 2005...

to link two different sketches in the show. The juxtaposition of the light sounds of a song against the dark dystopian comedy of the program is a feature of Monkey Dust.