Elastica (album)

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Elastica
Studio album by Elastica
Released	March 14, 1995
Recorded	1994
Genre	Britpop
Length	38:08
Label	Deceptive Records (UK) Geffen Records (US)
Producer(s)	Marc Waterman, Elastica
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Elastica chronology
	Elastica (1995)	The Menace (2000)

Elastica, released in 1995, was the first album by the band of the same name.

This album ranked at #34 for Top 100 Albums of 1995 by Rate Your Music and was nominated to Mercury Music Prize.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Singles 3 Personnel 4 Miscellanea

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Justine Frischmann/Elastica unless noted otherwise

1. "Line Up"
2. "Annie" (Donna Matthews/Elastica)
3. "Connection"
4. "Car Song"
5. "Smile" (Frischmann/Matthews/Elastica)
6. "Hold Me Now" (Frischmann/Matthews/Elastica)
7. "S.O.F.T."
8. "Indian Song"
9. "Blue" (Matthews/Elastica)
10. "All-Nighter"
11. "Waking Up" (Frischmann/Hugh Cornwell/Jean Jacques Burnel/David Greenfield/Brian Duffy)
12. "2:1"
13. "Vaseline"
14. "Never Here"
15. "Stutter"

[edit] Singles

• "Stutter" - 1993
• "Line Up" - 1994
• "Connection" - 1994
• "Waking up" - 1994
• "Car Song" - 1995

[edit] Personnel

• Elastica - Performer, Producer
  • Justine Frischmann - Vocals, Guitar
  • Donna Matthews - Vocals, Guitar
  • Annie Holland - Bass
  • Justin Welch - Drums
• Marc Waterman - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Phil Vinall - Mixing
• Alan Moulder - Mixing
• Paul Tipler - Mixing
• Bruce Lampcov - Mixing
• John Leckie - Mixing
• Mitti - Mixing
• Juergen Teller - Photography
• Dan Abnormal (also known as Damon Albarn) - Extra Keys
• Steve Lamacq - A&R
• Mark Kates - A&R

[edit] Miscellanea

• "Never Here" is allegedly about singer Justine's chaotic relationship with Suede frontman Brett Anderson.
• B-side "See That Animal" was included on the american release and is a reworking of a very early (and unreleased) Suede song called "Going Blonde"
• "2:1" was featured on the soundtrack to movie Trainspotting and was originally performed as an instrumental only.
• "S.O.F.T." stands for Same Old Fucking Thing.
• "Car Song" was featured in an episode titled "Teach Me Tonight" on the popular show, Gilmore Girls.