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Elastica's debut album may cop a riff here and there from Wire or the Stranglers, yet no more than Led Zeppelin did with Willie Dixon or the Beach Boys with Chuck Berry. The key is context. Elastica can make the rigid artiness of Wire into a rocking, sexy single with more hooks than anything on Pink Flag ("Connection") or rework the Stranglers' "No More Heroes" into a more universal anthem that loses none of its punkiness ("Waking Up"). But 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. The riffs are angular like early Adam & the Ants, the melodies tease like Blondie, and the entire band is as tough as the Clash, yet they never seem anything less than contemporary. Justine Frischmann's detached sexuality adds an extra edge to her brief, spiky songs -- "Stutter" roars about a boyfriend's impotence, "Car Song" makes sex in a car actually sound sexy, "Line Up" slags off groupies, and "Vaseline" speaks for itself. Even if the occasional riff sounds like an old wave group, the simple fact is that hardly any new wave band made records this consistently rocking and melodic.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Elastica, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lenny Kravitz, ComposerLyricist - Steven Tyler, ComposerLyricist - Marc waterman, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Perry, ComposerLyricist - Justine Elino Frischmann, ComposerLyricist - Justine Frischmann, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Justin welch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Donna Matthews, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Annie Holland, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Elastica, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marc waterman, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justine Frischmann, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Justin welch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Donna Matthews, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Annie Holland, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Geffen Records
Elastica, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marc waterman, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justine Elino Frischmann, ComposerLyricist - Justine Frischmann, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Justin welch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Donna Matthews, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Annie Holland, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Geffen Records
Elastica, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marc waterman, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justine Elino Frischmann, ComposerLyricist - Justine Frischmann, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Justin welch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Donna Matthews, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Annie Holland, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Abnormal, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Geffen Records
Elastica, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Paul Tipler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marc waterman, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justine Elino Frischmann, ComposerLyricist - Justine Frischmann, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Justin welch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Donna Matthews, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Annie Holland, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Geffen Records
Elastica, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Lampcov, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marc waterman, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justine Elino Frischmann, ComposerLyricist - Justine Frischmann, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Justin welch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Donna Matthews, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Annie Holland, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Geffen Records
Elastica, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marc waterman, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justine Elino Frischmann, ComposerLyricist - Justine Frischmann, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Justin welch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Donna Matthews, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Annie Holland, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Geffen Records
Elastica, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - JOHN LECKIE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marc waterman, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justine Elino Frischmann, ComposerLyricist - Justine Frischmann, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Justin welch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Donna Matthews, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Annie Holland, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Abnormal, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Geffen Records
Elastica, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marc waterman, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justine Frischmann, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Justin welch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Donna Matthews, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Annie Holland, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Geffen Records
Elastica, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Paul Tipler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marc waterman, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justine Elino Frischmann, ComposerLyricist - Justine Frischmann, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Justin welch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Donna Matthews, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Annie Holland, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Geffen Records
Elastica, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Marc waterman, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justine Elino Frischmann, ComposerLyricist - Justine Frischmann, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Justin welch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Donna Matthews, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Annie Holland, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mitti, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Abnormal, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Geffen Records
Elastica, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marc waterman, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justine Frischmann, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Justin welch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Donna Matthews, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Annie Holland, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Geffen Records
Elastica, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - JOHN LECKIE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marc waterman, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justine Elino Frischmann, ComposerLyricist - Brett Lewis Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Justine Frischmann, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Justin welch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Donna Matthews, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Annie Holland, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Geffen Records
Elastica, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Phil Vinall, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marc waterman, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justine Elino Frischmann, ComposerLyricist - Justine Frischmann, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Justin welch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Donna Matthews, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Annie Holland, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Geffen Records
Elastica, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Lampcov, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marc waterman, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justine Elino Frischmann, ComposerLyricist - Justine Frischmann, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Justin welch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Donna Matthews, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Annie Holland, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Geffen Records
Elastica, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marc waterman, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justine Elino Frischmann, ComposerLyricist - Justine Frischmann, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Justin welch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Donna Matthews, Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Annie Holland, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Geffen Records
Album review
Elastica's debut album may cop a riff here and there from Wire or the Stranglers, yet no more than Led Zeppelin did with Willie Dixon or the Beach Boys with Chuck Berry. The key is context. Elastica can make the rigid artiness of Wire into a rocking, sexy single with more hooks than anything on Pink Flag ("Connection") or rework the Stranglers' "No More Heroes" into a more universal anthem that loses none of its punkiness ("Waking Up"). But 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. The riffs are angular like early Adam & the Ants, the melodies tease like Blondie, and the entire band is as tough as the Clash, yet they never seem anything less than contemporary. Justine Frischmann's detached sexuality adds an extra edge to her brief, spiky songs -- "Stutter" roars about a boyfriend's impotence, "Car Song" makes sex in a car actually sound sexy, "Line Up" slags off groupies, and "Vaseline" speaks for itself. Even if the occasional riff sounds like an old wave group, the simple fact is that hardly any new wave band made records this consistently rocking and melodic.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:18
- Main artists: Elastica
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: DGC
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1995 DGC Records ℗ 1995 DGC Records
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