Elastica

3.75/5

Lots of good pop-punk on here.

It's...fine. There are one or two bangers which are evocative of student years for me. But beyond that not much that holds my attention. And Vaseline is a stinker.

Fine enough post punk revival

Really solid guitars, vibes, and vocals. Fun punk vibes 4

One song, just one good song off of this album. The rest of it was average at best.

Just sounds like another generic rock album to me, but doesn’t mean it’s terrible

This was a lot more dynamic and exciting than I remembered. Love the vocal - reminds me of PJ Harvey a lot. Super sensual, like a 90s partial blueprint for Wolf Alice. Such a vibe.

Woah!! This is a great vibe

458/1094 Elastica 'Elastica' 1995 Perfect example of 90s UK indie rock. For British Gen X'ers only. It's on my shelves. Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ✅️ ★★★★☆(8/10) Total reviewed : 458 Already owned : 100 Purchased : 25 To buy : 3 Nope : 330

It's not that great, is it. I have always liked the singles and will continue to do so, but the rest of the album is a bit unspecial

I didn't know this band. Nice music and nice vocals. A good album overall.

Trigger Happy TV >>>>>>>>> this album

iz ok

Not my style but good album

Had never heard of them before they appeared for me this morning. Had zero expectations going in, but this ended up being very enjoyable! Similar sounds throughout, but enjoyable.

Fun times were had!

pretty nothingburger rock music, it's cool but i don't see a reason why it's here.

Pretty good stuff!

Least offensive punk album

They are aware other countries outside the UK exist right? Generic.

Personal enjoyment: 2/5 Relevance to this list: 3/5

Fine basically, not sure why it’s in

Quite generic and not musically interesting to me

Rubbish 90s sh1t pop rock

The only thing I knew about this band was the song Connection, and I didn't even know the name of it till today. Being about halfway through the list, I'm finding more and more albums that are just fine. They're not bothersome or annoying. I see no cultural significance to them. I suppose when you make a list of 1001 albums there has to be some filler, just like on many records themselves. This to me is a great example of a filler album. That being said, I liked the song Waking Up much more than anything else on the album.

Good punk girl rock, I feel like I should give this one more intention for the catchy riffs and power chords, but it has that 90s feel that has been overdone in my head.

Punkigt, med korta låtar. Låter lite Breeders och Wire. Gillar Annie, Connection, Car song och Waking up. 3,5 av 5.

Not on Apple Music. Rating based on other album.

Ok

Middle of the road

Another one of those albums that’s fine but doesn’t belong on this list.

7 - good 90’s chick rock. Connection is a classic

It was an enjoyable enough listen, and I do appreciate the dedication to shorter tracks. Reading about the album suggests this isn’t the most pioneering work. But “plagiarism” in music is often a dubious allegation. Anyway, 3 stars.

I feel like we've already listened to this album despite having never heard of this album before. In other words, it didn't sound super original, but I also really didn't mind it. Rounded down to 2

I'm not sure I would call this "Britpop" as much as "Britpunk" as it seems to draw much more on its punk predecessors. That said, while I enjoyed it a bit, it wasn't extremely memorable and I'm not sure I would need to listen to this again.

Very British but still fun 3.5/5

An iconic album which revolutionised British rock music. Musically, vocally, stylistically, culturally. This is a record of short, poppy, catchy songs, one after the other. I could listen ten times and still enjoy it.

Occasionally decent but mostly bang-average Britpop. And I love britpop. The album is saved by the singles, which are pretty strong.

14 tracks of pretty average, but not awful 90s alt rock and one really great track with a really great riff that was lifted from Wire’s Three Girl Rhumba. Which reminds me Wire is truly great. Go listen to Wire. I think Pink Flag is on this thing. 3.3

Gid punk

Buen disco, sí señoras. Si un tío te intenta limitar en lo creativo... Pues te lo montas por tu cuenta y haciendo lo que realmente querías. Di que sí. El disco que debería haber abanderado el britpop. Y mira que me gusta Suede, pero... Aquí hay mucha más electricidad, dónde va a parar. Canciones favoritas: Waking Up, Hold Me Now, Never Here

Very good musical riot girl. I should probably listen again, but a 3 for now.

This album is a collection of songs written and performed by a band.

Lush if they were evil, hot and all songs were written by Miki

Decent lady rock

*1995. English alt rock with female lead singer. *I really thought I'd love this since it's right up my ally, but it's a little too punk for me. I think I'm finding that I don't love post-punk? *It didn't quite land for me but there were some decent songs. *It sounded very 80s and overall fine but forgettable. RATING - 6.5/10

ok minus, svag 3a

Helt ok. 2a, svag 3a

Kommer inte komma ihåg det här, men det var okej att lyssna på.

Lyssnade på hela utan att känna något

Aldrig hört förut! Klart godkänt

Bra och korta låtar, men ingenting man direkt sjunger med i. Det saknas något men kan inte peka ut vad. Kanske gillar det mer ifall jag lyssnar om!

Feels ridiculous I've never listened to an elastica album, seemed obvious now that they'd be up my street. Think I'd forgotten they even did the trigger happy theme tune. While listening I thought they sounded like wet leg but think it was a lazy comparison, definitely some influence but elastica are much rawer and garagey. I think it's because they are both have a slightly odd streak but much prefer elastica. Could grow on me further I think but going to say 4/4.5 for now.

Connection is good, sounds like it doesn't belong on the album. Nice female-driven punk. The rest is a bit forgettable though. Probably scrapes a 3, not terrible to listen to, by a long shot. The more guitar-led tracks work better.

I'm a sucker for guitars and a female vocalist so this works for me. That riff on connection is taken right from that wire track we've had on an album before.. Think I might've mentioned it in that review. The whole thing does feel a bit generic, but I do like the sound. Connection and waking up are the standouts 3.5 but on the 4 side

own

Razen da mi je vaguely ime poznan, nimam pojma. Ok, žanrsko drugač kokr sm si nepodučeno predstavljala. So far kul. "Connection" mi je ful dobr. Thank fuck, zadnje cajte mi skos daje kinda shit albume, tole zj je prou super ("Hold Me Now"). (Reviews ful omenjajo, kok so rippal off band Wire, s katerimi isto nism familiar, tko da I don't know.) Mal repetitive, ampak mi je blo enjoyable. Bom verjetno še poslušala.

Not enough to have been the muse of both Brett Anderson and Damon Albarn, Justine Frishman made one of the key albums of the fun Britpop year of 1985, when it went overground and mainstream. The music owes more to New York punk than the Kinks and the Beatles and at times it owes a little TOO much to Blondie and the Stranglers. Connection is a classic of the period (featuring Albarn on the two keyboard notes in the intro). I think listening back 30 years on doesn't sound quite as good but still quite tuneful, concise and entertaining. It was a shame they took until 2000 to follow it up, by which time the audience had moved on.

Post punk influenced 90s rock. Connection sounds like Wire's Three Girl Rhumba. Sonically, it feels a bit generic. Songs are ok. 3.

8/10 Buen album, alegre, divertido. Sentí que estaba en un viernes de locos, es el mismo estilo, me gusto

Great sharp guitar sound. Short and catchy. Really fun album.

Not sure what to say, honestly, album's decent I guess, liked "2:1", mainly for the riff. No strong feelings listening through it, a few sounds caught my ear but that's about where it ends. Don't think I'll come back to this one, but it's not bad either.

It’s a bit derivative of Wire yes, but I actually quite enjoyed this. It’s a shame the band kind of disintegrated after this record as they could’ve probably built on this sound.

All-Nighter

Buzzing, poppy punk that is better than pretty much any Britpop I've ever heard. Not sure why they were lumped into that movement.

Not for me

The genre "brit pop" has me terrified at this point but this was mislabeled. Really fun and energetic post rock/punk. Shades of Blondie, Hole, and Veruca Salt.

It was fine, nothing with listening to again though

This album is not bad but the songs feel the same. Solid album but not my favorite.

Fun little post punk album

Not my kind of music.

Britpop feels like one of the most multifaceted musical genres out there. It encompasses both the quintessential acts — Blur, Oasis, and The Verve— who built their sound on the foundation of the 1960s "British Invasion," and bands like Elastica, for whom the "Britpop" label seems to be just a name. Their influences weren't The Beatles or The Kinks, but rather Wire and Blondie (people say they copied Wire wholesale, though I’ve never listened to Wire myself, so I can’t confirm that). On their incredibly energetic debut (and penultimate) record, sixteen songs fly by in forty minutes; the structure is classic punk-rock — verse-chorus, no guitar solos. Add in some traditional 90s production, and you get a fantastic-sounding album — one that even today some Olivia Rodrigo wouldn't hesitate to borrow a melody or two. It’s a shame the band is now only occasionally remembered by enthusiasts; they could have gone far had they not burned out so quickly.

I enjoyed this. Came in with zero expectations and was more than pleasantly surprised.

I liked this, they have good energy and I like the blend of high energy pop - punk and grunge, but nothing stood out as particularly unique or special about this in a way that would make me come back to it again.

For some reason I’ve always thought Elastica made electronica of some sort. Not sure what gave me that idea because this is actually some pretty decent post-punk.

brit pop to its core

8/10

Standouts: Waking Up and 2:1.

RAAARARARRARW

Fun if a bit generic pop-punk. Liked the chuggy midtempo songs in the first half. Edit: apparently this is from 1995? This sounds like it came out 10 years before that. Not a bad album but kind of baffled as to why it's on this list.

ok

Excellent.

Mucho mas punk de lo que me esperaba, tiene la crudeza y suciedad necesaria y sobre todo rebeldía en sus letras, no parece un álbum del 95' sino que parece salido de la ola punk de los setenta. Una deficiencia que le noto es que muchas canciones parecen más una maqueta por su corta duración y efervescencia.

Oh, this is the album with Connection! What a classic. Very fun, very 90's.

enjoyed some songs

Outside the singles I didn't think this was up to much. It was shorter than I expected and less Brit poppy that I would have assumed. Won't get another listen I don't think.

Way better than i expected honestly. I'm not blown away but the energy is good and I like adding female artists to my collection since I'm lacking in that department. Otherwise, it's kinda generic and samey.

This is a fun bop and it reminds me of my hunny. some of the songs sound alike, but I still enjoyed it!

Britpop done better than most. Starts a little brasher than I expected and preferred that they did that. Pretty standard fare after that.

mehhhhh only one i liked

Gähn…

This didn't really stand out to me. I enjoyed, but won’t be coming back Rating: 4/10 Favorite Song: Connection

Sounded and reminded me a little of Blondie. The songs were short but pretty good. Just not my exact type of 90s rocks

#236/1001 🇬🇧 I don't care if this record quite brazenly rips off Wire, The Stranglers and Blondie. It was a blast when it first came out and still sounds great now. I was lucky enough to see them a year before it was released and they were such a thrilling live act then despite only having released a few singles. Best tracks: Stutter, Connection, 2:1, Vaseline, Car Song, Waking Up.

i really liked this

Det glöms ofta bort att Britpop inte handlade särskilt mycket om musik i den tidiga fasen. Det finns ingen gemensam musikalisk nämnare, den uppstod först egentligen någonstans mellan Parklifes lustigheter och Wonderwalls Beatles-patisch. Britpopen handlade från början om attityd, mode och exkludering, den var emot en massa saker. Den va inte Madchester och knark, den va inte flanellskjorta och angst och den var inte shoegaze med löjligt lång lugg och för många gitarrpedaler, om vi ska prata musikkontext. Den var tillbakablickande estetiskt mot ett 60-70tal som dels var emot 80talets fluff som fortfarande dröjde sig kvar men också 90talets strama minimmalistiska estetik som börjat komma. Plocka fram ett foto och kolla hur du själv såg ut 93 och du kommer fatta, inte fan såg du särskilt Britpop ut. Vem hade 70tals sneakers 93? Vem bar en button-down skjorta? Det är såhär det är när man ska prata pop, och i synnerhet kanske brittisk pop, man måste prata 90% om sånt som inte är den egentliga musiken utan kontext. Popmusik uppstår aldrig i ett vakuum. Därför tycker jag att banden och skivorna från den tidiga fasen av Britpop är både intressanta och förhållandevis bra många gånger. Elastica hör definitivt dit. Både musiksliskt och estetiskt har Elastica behållit en stor dos av punkighet. Samtidigt som det melodiskt otvivelaktigt är pop och aldrig argt eller aggressivt. Det är en tilltalande kombo och en tydlig idé. Det är ganska ojämnt, men de fyra singlarna är odiskutabla och självklara och går in på vilken Britpop-spellista som helst, med "Waking up" som kronjuvel. Jag tycker överlag det är rätt kul att återvända till den här tidiga fasen av Britpop, det finns en del skräp men förhållandevis lite mot vad som skulle komma lite senare. Mycket är musiksliskt bra utan att vara fantastiskt, estetiskt intressant utan att vara häpnadsväckande. Elastica är en god representant för just detta. Stabil trea

90-talsskiva som känns rätt vital ändå. Uppkäftig sång. Överlag snyggt gitarrspel. Blir möjligen lite tjatig i längden.

Jösses vad brittpopigt! Albarn var inblandad. Det märks. Emellanåt låter det väldigt mycket Blur. I regel småtrevligt, men blir lite trist i längden. Räcker till en trea. Om än en svag sådan.

Ibland låter det som Blur, ibland låter det som Green Day. Mest låter det platt och livlöst. Låtarna är åtminstone korta.