Elastica

It's fine. Should it be on this list? No.

Not bad; this was more than just another boring punk album because it had decent harmonic interest and enjoyable singing on many of the tracks

Short and sweet -- well, not sweet, exactly, but definitely concise, especially coming on the heels of (2 hours+) Outkast, yesterday. I bought this CD when it came out (probably read about them in the Reader, or somewhere like that), and, until recently, still owned it. Didn't survive my latest round of purges, though: I sold it within the past year or so (at a great discount, unfortunately - why can I get so much more for albums than CDs?). It's a good CD, though - just not exceptional. Was thinking track 4 sound like Blur, and then saw in Wikipedia that (whaddyaknow?) it was 1 of 4 tracks with keyboards by Damon Albarn (listed as Dan Abnormal - see what he did there?). This is competent, solid, punchy, and enjoyable. Nothing too special or unusual, though (unless you count female lead singer). Between 3 and 4 stars, for me, and (in an effort to avoid grade inflation) I think I need to go with a high 3, here. Nice to hear it again. But not nice enough to make me regret selling the CD.

didn't need to hear before I die. Unsurprisingly, there's no hit on the album, because they don't write anything catchy. It didn't make much of an impression at all

7/10

It’s good ig

These girls (punk) rock!

Line Up 3.6 Annie 3.3 Connection 3.5 Car Song 3.3 Smile 3.4 Hold Me Now 3.2 S.O.F.T. 3.7 Indian Song 3.5 Blue 3.3 All-Nighter 3.4 Waking Up 3.2 2:1 3.4 Vaseline 3.3 Never Here 3.3 Stutter 3.5 Score: 3.393333333

Good 90’s indie rock album. I enjoyed the album. Several good tracks. A coupe tracks have a little more punk energy, but mostly it’s in the indie/alt rock genre. Not groundbreaking, but solid.

1995, Rock

One hit wonders aren’t always one hit wonders. This entire album is really good. The “hit” isn’t even that representative of the rest of the album. It’s much more alternative rock than I anticipated. There are some elements of electronic in there but it isn’t overpowering, and it ends up working really well throughout.

Alt rock with lots of influence from punk. It was very solid and I enjoyed just about the whole album but the only real amazing track was Connection

Yeah they ripped off Wire and a bunch of other post-punk godfathers. That doesn't mean the album doesn't crush on its own merits. Of all the bands paying homage to/stealing from that era, this is one of the best records. A vibrant, vital document of the British music scene at the time.

Never heard of this band so lets give it a try. oooooooo punky nice. Not bad at all, sounds like 80s punk but this came out in 95 which is odd. Smile Indian song Waking Up!!!! That guitar is sick ngl The guitarist carried, that was fun tho. Not quite a 4 imo but a solid 3.5

Good rock album!

I know the name, but not the band, they had a short go in the mid-90's but never made a dent over here outside of "Connection". It's Brit-favoritism again, rings true through this entire list. "Line Up" is good, but it's repetitive as hell. "Connection" has 47M listens!? I knew it as soon as it came on, but had no idea what it was called, it's still just an ok song all these years later. Every other song was instantly forgettable. The album has an impressive amount of listens for an album I never paid attention to when it was released. I do like the fast, short songs, 4 minute versions would suffer from repetitiveness. But 16 songs wasn't necessary. 2.5 stars, nothing I'd listen to twice.

3.75/5

Surprisingly good pop rock. a little pixies/breeders feel. i enjoyed.

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.

A connection is made! Bbbbbwwwwwaaaaaahhhhhh. Never knew that was these guys.

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

iz ok

Love a grungy girl band from the 90s. Punk aesthetic, clear lyrics. We love

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!

Delightfully bratty - I love the quote on wikipedia about how they felt being lumped in with Oasis and the other britpop groups. Weirdly my spotify replaced the original version of "Connection" with a karaoke backing track? I thought my headphones broke!

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.

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