King of the Kerb

"King of the Kerb" is the second single from Echobelly's On[1] released by the Britpop band Echobelly in 1995.

"King Of The Kerb"
Single by Echobelly
from the album On [1]
Released	23 October 1995
Studio	Marcus Studio
Genre	Britpop, power pop
Length	3.59
Label	Fauve, Rhythm King
Songwriter(s)	Sonya Madan, Glenn Johansson
Producer(s)	Echobelly [2]
Echobelly singles chronology
"Great Things" (1995) "King Of The Kerb" (1995) "Dark Therapy" (1996)

The song was included on both of the greatest hits albums that Echobelly have released; I Can't Imagine The World Without Me and The Best Of Echobelly.[3][4] All b-sides were re-released on the expanded edition of On.

It also reached 25 in the UK Singles Chart.[5]

Track listing

UK CD 1

All tracks are written by Sonya Madan and Glen Johansson.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"King of the Kerb"	3:59
2.	"Car Fiction (acoustic/French version)"	2:33
3.	"On Turn On (acoustic version)"	3:18
4.	"Natural Animal (acoustic)"	3:44
Total length:		14:34

• All songs produced by Echobelly and recorded at Marcus a part from "King of the Kerb", produced by Paul Kolderie and Sean Slade and Recorded at Konk Studios and Fort Apache.[6]
• "Natural Animal" and "Car Fiction" were originally released on On.[1]

UK CD 2

[7]

All tracks are written by Sonya Madan and Glen Johansson.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"King of the Kerb"	4:29
2.	"Car Fiction (acoustic/French version)"	3:54
3.	"Insomniac"	4:01
4.	"Great Things"	3:31
Total length:		15:55

• All songs recorded live at wetlands preserve
• "Insomniac" was originally released on Everyone's Got One[8]
• "Great Things" was originally released on On.[1]

European CD

[9]

All tracks are written by Sonya Madan and Glen Johansson.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"King of the Kerb"	3:58
2.	"On Turn On (acoustic)"	3:18
3.	"Natural Animal (acoustic)"	3:43
4.	"Great Things (live at wetlands preserve)"	3:32
Total length:		14:31

Australian CD

[10]

All tracks are written by Sonya Madan and Glen Johansson.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"King of the Kerb"
2.	"On Turn On"
3.	"Natural Animals"
4.	"Great Things"
5.	"Car Fictions (acoustic/French version)"

Japanese CD

[11]

All tracks are written by Sonya Madan and Glen Johansson.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"King of the Kerb"	4:00
2.	"On Turn On (acoustic)"	3:19
3.	"Natural Animal (acoustic)"	3:14
4.	"We Know Better"	4:04
5.	"Atom"	2:50
6.	"Aloha Lolita"	3:14
Total length:		20:41

• Released on 24 April 1996
• Atom was re-released on the greatest hits compilation I Can't Imagine The World Without Me.[4]
• Released on the label Epic/Sony.

Credits

[2]

• Bass – Alexander Keyser
• Drums – Andy Henderson
• Guitar – Glenn Johansson
• Voice – Sonya Madan
• Engineer – Dick Meaney
• Cover Photography – Kevin Westenberg
• Producer – Echobelly

References

1. "ECHOBELLY - ON ALBUM TRACKLIST". sing365.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
2. "Echobelly - King of the Kerb Single (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
3. "The Best of Echobelly - Echobelly | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. 24 March 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
4. Stephen Thomas Erlewine (11 September 2001). "Best of Echobelly: I Can't Imagine World Without Me - Echobelly | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
5. "Official Charts". The Official UK Charts Company. 4 November 1995. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
6. "Echobelly - King Of The Kerb (CD) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
7. "Echobelly - King Of The Kerb (CD) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
8. http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Echobelly-Everybody's-Got-One-Album/BEC48011AF39596948256A8800229FCA
9. "Echobelly - King Of The Kerb (CD) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
10. "Echobelly - King Of The Kerb (CD) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
11. "Echobelly - King Of The Kerb (CD) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.