Elastica (album)

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Elastica
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Studio album by Elastica
Released 14 March 1995
Recorded 1994
Genre
Length 38:08
Label
Producer
  • Marc Waterman
  • Elastica
Elastica chronology
Elastica
(1995)		 The Menace
(2000)The Menace2000
Singles from Elastica
  1. "Stutter"
    Released: 1 November 1993
  2. "Line Up"
    Released: January 1994
  3. "Connection"
    Released: 10 October 1994
  4. "Waking Up"
    Released: 2 February 1995
  5. "Car Song"
    Released: 1995

Elastica is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band Elastica. It was released on 14 March 1995 through Deceptive Records.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
BBC Music (favorable)[2]
Chicago Tribune 2/4 stars[3]
Robert Christgau A−[4]
Entertainment Weekly B+[5]
Punknews.org 5/5 stars [6]

Elastica hit No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart,[7] becoming, at the time, the fastest-selling debut since Oasis' Definitely Maybe the previous year.[8][9] The record also did well in the US, peaking at No. 66 on the Billboard Hot 200[10] and being certified Gold.[11] It was well-received critically and nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.[12]

The album was well-received critically. In their retrospective review, Allmusic praised the album, writing "what makes Elastica such an intoxicating record is not only the way the 16 songs speed by in 40 minutes, but that they're nearly all classics" and that "hardly any new wave band [sic] made records this consistently rocking and melodic."[1] BBC Music wrote "As albums that fall off a genre's radar go, Elastica's eponymous debut ranks high", calling it "a neglected gem" and the "blueprint for what Britpop should sound like".[2] NME it the 191th greatest album of all time in 2013.[13]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Justine Frischmann, except where noted [14]. 

Original version
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Line Up"     3:15
2. "Annie"     1:15
3. "Connection"     2:22
4. "Car Song"     2:24
5. "Smile"   Frischmann, Donna Matthews 1:40
6. "Hold Me Now"     2:33
7. "S.O.F.T."     3:59
8. "Indian Song"     2:48
9. "Blue"     2:23
10. "All-Nighter"     1:31
11. "Waking Up"   Frischmann, Hugh Cornwell, Jean Jacques Burnel, David Greenfield, and Brian Duffy 3:16
12. "2:1"     2:31
13. "Vaseline"     1:20
14. "Never Here"     4:27
15. "Stutter"     2:23

Personnel

Elastica
Additional personnel
Production personnel
  • Marc Waterman – production, engineering, mixing
  • Phil Vinall – mixing
  • Alan Moulder – mixing
  • Paul Tipler – mixing
  • Bruce Lampcov – mixing
  • John Leckie – mixing
  • Mitti – mixing
  • Juergen Teller – album photography
  • Steve Lamacq – A&R
  • Mark Kates – A&R

References

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External links

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  13. ↑ http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm
  14. ↑ BMI Entry
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