Elastica

by Elastica

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	10/13/2023
Label:	Rough Trade
UPC:	0883870091411
Rank:	44812

Tracks

1. Line Up
2. Annie
3. Connection
4. Car Song
5. Smile
6. Hold Me Now
7. Soft
8. Indian Song
9. Blue
10. All-Nighter
11. Waking Up
12. 2:1
13. Vaseline
14. Never Here
15. Stutter

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Elastica   Primary Artist
Marc Waterman   Co-Producer
Donna Matthews   Guitar,Vocals
Justine Frischmann   Guitar,Vocals
Janis Oliver   Vocals
Dan Abnormal   Keyboards
Justin Welch   Drums
Annie Holland   Bass

Technical Credits

Paul Tipler   Mixing
Steven Tyler   Composer
Kevin Paul   Assistant Engineer
Lenny Kravitz   Composer
Phil Vinall   Mixing
Marc Waterman   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Miti Adhikari   Mixing
Miti   Mixing
Brett Anderson   Composer
Donna Matthews   Composer
Elastica   Composer,Producer,Performer
Joe Perry   Composer
Jane Oliver   Composer
John Leckie   Mixing
Justine Frischmann   Composer
Alan Moulder   Mixing
Bruce Lampcov   Mixing
John Bell   Mixing
Juergen Teller   Cover Photo
Mitti   Mixing