Elastica (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Elastica
Type = Album
Artist = Elastica


Released = March 14, 1995
Recorded = 1994
Genre = Britpop
Length = 38:08
Label = Deceptive Records (UK) Geffen Records (US)
Producer = Marc Waterman, Elastica
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Apq1tk65xqkrg link]
Last album =
This album = "Elastica"
(1995)
Next album = "6 Track EP"
(1999)

"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 for the Mercury Music Prize.

Track listing

All songs by Justine Frischmann/Elastica unless noted otherwise
#"Line Up" 3:15
#"Annie" (Donna Matthews/Elastica) 1:15
#"Connection" 2:22
#"Car Song" 2:24
#"Smile" (Frischmann/Matthews/Elastica) 1:40
#"Hold Me Now" (Frischmann/Matthews/Elastica) 2:33
#"S.O.F.T." 3:59
#"Indian Song" 2:48
#"Blue" (Matthews/Elastica) 2:23
#"All-Nighter" 1:31
#"Waking Up" (Frischmann/Hugh Cornwell/Jean Jacques Burnel/David Greenfield/Brian Duffy) 3:16
#"2:1" 2:31
#"See That Animal"
#"Stutter" 2:23
#"Never Here" 4:27
#"Vaseline" 1:20

ingles

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

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

Trivia

*"Connection" features a riff similar to that of the Wire song "Three Girl Rhumba".
*"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 the film "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" of the popular TV show "Gilmore Girls".
* The album art was inspiration for the cover of Issue 1 of the Image Comics series, "Phonogram".

succession box
before = "Medusa" by Annie Lennox
title = UK number one album
years = March 25 1995 – March 31 1995
after = "The Colour of My Love" by Celine Dion