''Everyone Is Everybody Else'' is the fifth studio album by British rock band

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released in June 1974. This was their first album for the

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label after they had parted company with

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. The album was produced by

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, who had previously worked with

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in producing their first three albums. He also produced heavy rock bands

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and Budgie. There was said to be strained relations between Bain and the band, due to the preference of his musical style, with the band unhappy with the results of the song "Child of the Universe" in particular; Woolly Wolstenholme's only contribution was also left off the original album. The album was played extensively on

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, particularly the tracks "For No One" (whose lyrics contain the title of the album) and "Child of the Universe". The album was voted by Radio Caroline listeners at No. 13 on the Top 100 All Time Album Chart. The album led to a

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session with John Peel.

Track listing

''Everyone Is Everybody Else'' was remastered for a second time in 2016 and reissued by Esoteric Recordings (through Cherry Red Records). This 2 CD/1 DVD set includes the complete original mix of the album, the 4 bonus tracks that appeared on the Polydor reissue, a new remix of the album (which excludes "For No One" which only appears on the first disc "original mix" of the album), a 2016 remix of the U.S. single version of "Child of the Universe" and a DVD which includes a new 5.1 multichannel mix of the album (again, minus "For No One") and a 5.1 mix of US single recording of "Child of the Universe".

Personnel

;Barclay James Harvest * John Lees – lead and acoustic guitars; lead vocals (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 9), backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7–9) * Les Holroyd – bass, acoustic and rhythm guitars; lead vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7), backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7–9), "picked" guitar (tracks 7, 8) * Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme – keyboards; backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 9) * Mel Pritchard – drums, percussion; backing vocals (track 1) ;Additional personnel *Rodger Bain – producer *Rufus Cartwright – engineer *Ted Sharp – engineer, mixing engineer *Alex Agor – photography

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References

{{Authority control 1974 albums Barclay James Harvest albums Albums produced by Rodger Bain Polydor Records albums Albums recorded at Trident Studios