Elastica (album)

Elastica
Studio album by Elastica
Released 14 March 1995
Recorded 1994
Genre Punk rock
Indie rock
Britpop
Length 38:08
Label Deceptive (UK), Geffen (US)
Producer Marc Waterman, Elastica
Elastica chronology
Elastica
(1995)		 The Menace
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau (A-)[2]
The War Against Silence (favorable)[3]

Elastica is the debut album by English alternative rock group Elastica, released in March 1995. At the time the fastest-selling debut album ever in the UK,[4] Elastica was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.[5] It hit #1 on the UK Albums Chart.[6] The record also did well in the US, peaking at #66 on the Billboard Hot 200[7] and being certified Gold.[8]

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Justine Frischmann/Elastica, unless noted otherwise

  1. "Line Up" – 3:15
  2. "Annie" (Donna Matthews/Elastica) – 1:15
  3. "Connection" – 2:22
  4. "Car Song" – 2:24
  5. "Smile" (Frischmann/Matthews/Elastica) – 1:40
  6. "Hold Me Now" (Frischmann/Matthews/Elastica) – 2:33
  7. "S.O.F.T." – 3:59
  8. "Indian Song" – 2:48
  9. "Blue" (Matthews/Elastica) – 2:23
  10. "All-Nighter" – 1:31
  11. "Waking Up" (Frischmann/Hugh Cornwell/Jean Jacques Burnel/David Greenfield/Brian Duffy) – 3:16
  12. "2:1" – 2:31
  13. "See That Animal" – 2:23
  14. "Stutter" – 2:23
  15. "Never Here" – 4:27
  16. "Vaseline" – 1:20

The original tracklisting on the UK version, on Deceptive Records was slightly different, as follows:

  1. "Line Up" – 3:15
  2. "Annie" (Donna Matthews/Elastica) – 1:15
  3. "Connection" – 2:22
  4. "Car Song" – 2:24
  5. "Smile" (Frischmann/Matthews/Elastica) – 1:40
  6. "Hold Me Now" (Frischmann/Matthews/Elastica) – 2:33
  7. "S.O.F.T." – 3:59
  8. "Indian Song" – 2:48
  9. "Blue" (Matthews/Elastica) – 2:23
  10. "All-Nighter" – 1:31
  11. "Waking Up" (Frischmann/Hugh Cornwell/Jean Jacques Burnel/David Greenfield/Brian Duffy) – 3:16
  12. "2:1" – 2:31
  13. "Vaseline" – 1:20
  14. "Never Here" – 4:27
  15. "Stutter" – 2:23
  16. "Cleopatra" - (limited edition free flexi 7")

Singles

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Elastica Review at Allmusic. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Elastica". robertchristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Elastica. Retrieved 7 September 2011. 
  3. ^ McDonald, Glenn (4 April 1995). "Elastica: Elastica". The War Against Silence (10). http://www.furia.com/page.cgi?type=twas&id=twas0010#entry1. 
  4. ^ DeRemer, Leigh Ann, ed (2006). "Elastica". Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 29. Gale Cengage, 2000. Elastica Become Pop Stars. http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/elastica-biography. Retrieved 7 September 2011. 
  5. ^ Leaver, Anthony (28 March 2007). "Elastica Review". BBC Music. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/bxhj. 
  6. ^ "Elastica". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=47069. Retrieved 7 September 2011. 
  7. ^ "Elastica Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" at Allmusic. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  8. ^ "American album certifications – Elastica – Elastica". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Elastica%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
Elastica
Justine Frischmann · Donna Matthews · Annie Holland · Justin Welch
David Bush · Sheila Chipperfield · Paul Jones · Sharon Mew
Studio albums
Elastica · The Menace
Extended plays
Singles
"Stutter" · "Line Up" · "Connection" · "Waking Up" · "Car Song" · "How He Wrote Elastica Man" · "Mad Dog God Dam" · "The Bitch Don't Work"
Compilations
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