Spinning Man (partially found Ed Sheeran album; 2004)
The "cover" for the album
Status: Partially Found
In 2004 Pop singer Ed Sheeran created a small scale album in 2004 entitled Spinning Man, discussed in the book Ed Sheeran: A Visual Journey as follows:
"In 2004, I made my very first album, Spinning Man, named after a picture that my dad had. I burnt the CDs myself and made the covers. There were 14 songs, and they were all songs that rhymed. One lyric went: ‘I’m a typical average teen if you know what I mean.’ There are probably 20 copies of Spinning Man in existence, and I have 19 of them. I don’t want anyone else to get hold of a copy. Most of the songs were about a girl called Claire. She was my first love when I was 13. It was a very innocent love, and we only ever held hands, but it lasted a fair amount of time. Then came my first devastating break-up. Looking back, it really wasn’t that bad, but at the time it was soul-shattering. When she left me, I wrote a lot of songs off the back of it – my first love songs."[1]
Song list
An eBay listing for the album from January 15th claims that the tracklisting is as follows.[2]
| # | Song Title | Song Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TYPICAL AVERAGE | 3:25 |
| 2 | MISERY | 4:53 |
| 3 | ON MY MIND | 4:03 |
| 4 | NO MORE WAR | 4:27 |
| 5 | MOODY BALLAD OF ED | 3:10 |
| 6 | ADDICTED | 3:00 |
| 7 | BUTTERFLY | 2:41 |
| 8 | CONCORD | 3:19 |
| 9 | CRAZY | 4:09 |
| 10 | BROKEN | 3:28 |
| 11 | CELEBRITY | 2:32 |
| 12 | SLEEP | 2:30 |
| 13 | MINDLESS | 2:54 |
| 14 | I LOVE YOU | 2:50 |
Some of these songs were made available on Ed's EP The Orange Room, but others have not been released.