Elastica (album)

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

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"
14. "Stutter" 2:23
15. "Never Here" 4:27
16. "Vaseline" 1:20

Singles

• "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.

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