I love this album. Dearly. Despite the reissue's shortcomings, I'm ultimately happy with the purchase. I love it that much, because the shortcomings are ridiculous.
Sound quality is passable (likely mastered from a CD,) cover is surprisingly crappy...super thin, obviously the cheapest they could manage. If I had come across this in a store, I'd assume it was a bootleg (just to be clear: it isn't. It's just indistinguishable from one.)
Colored vinyl. Mine was pressed off center. Assuming mine wasn't alone.
I love this album enough that I'm ultimately happy with the purchase (a carefully applied Exacto knife and a little elbow grease can fix the off-center issue.) I'm mostly aghast at how shoddy the packaging is. I inadvertently purchased a bootleg copy of The Stone Roses' debut, and it blows this out of the water across the board. If you've ever seen an album that was issued by the former Soviet Union's one and only record label Melodiya, you know what the cover of this is like. I hate to harp on this, but seriously, guys.
On top of it all, this issue is a co-effort by the Universal Music Group and Kanine records. Universal could obviously care less, but Kanine is a really good label. Weird.
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 12 x 12.6 x 1 inches; 3.53 Ounces
- Manufacturer : Kanine Records
- Date First Available : April 14, 2014
- Label : Kanine Records
- ASIN : B00JO739VM
- Number of discs : 1
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Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2021
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Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2019
Elastica seemed to be on the verge of being a huge band with song like Connection and Stutter. Unfortunately, they took too long for a follow up, and were basically forgotten five years after their debut. My only real complaint about the album is the best songs are too short. I would have liked an extra minute or two to keep enjoying them.
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2021
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Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2021
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Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2019
Elastica is a classic album filled with well-crafted 90s post-punk style 2 minute bangers with the Telecasters through 80's Vox amp vibes. The band cites WIRE as an influence but I Also get a Stooges vibe. Connection is the anthem but the entire album is a great listen and you can catch glimpses of Justine Frischmann’s minimalist songwriting genius which would eventually lead to her musical collaboration with M.I.A.
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2011
Records like this dont come round very often and in the 90s the much hyped britpop movement seldom lived up to the hype. But this angular punk inspired album hit it out of the park so much so i recently just bought another copy because i played my old copy to death. Yes Elastica rob the back catalogues of wire and the stranglers and even a little pretenders but when its this good i could care less if its original or not- in fact id say they improved upon their influences! What youre left with is a fun catchy as hell piece of "power pop new wave punk" that 15 years later i still play regularly by one of the best girl groups in the history of british music! Essential
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2019
Elastica was such a fantastic band! Shame not many people know or appreciate them. But this debut is a classic in Britpop, I fell in love since "Connection." Controversy aside the band were great writers and players and inspired me immensely with my music and songwriting.
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2021
Very solid
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2020
Very pleased with this reissue. The bonus zine and flexi are a nice touch. Sounds great.
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LUIS M.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Disco menos conocido del britpop
Reviewed in Spain on October 15, 2022
Disco con buenos ritmos y agradable de escuchar
Cliente Amazon
5.0 out of 5 stars
Un disco único
Reviewed in Spain on November 6, 2021
Me encantaba este grupo cuando era más joven. Es un disco único, cargado de temas muy potentes. Es un icono aunque mucha gente no lo conozca. Tenía una copia de este CD en cassette que realmente sonaba fatal ( muy apropiado por otro lado con el estilo del grupo).
Neo punk-pop británico. Muy recomendable si te gusta el estilo. Un disco único!! Recomendable 100%
Neo punk-pop británico. Muy recomendable si te gusta el estilo. Un disco único!! Recomendable 100%
sgysc
4.0 out of 5 stars
ガールズバンドでは最もかっこいい
Reviewed in Japan on August 9, 2017
リアルタイムでは真面目に聞いてなあかったんですが、かっこいいですね。
D.A.P.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Gran adquisicion
Reviewed in Spain on November 9, 2020
Me encantan esas canciones potentes y frescas, que pena que no siguieran esta linea en los siguientes discos.
AlexARS
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ramones versión años 90?
Reviewed in Spain on February 16, 2014
La verdad es que este disco es un conjunto de descargas sonoras de a penas 3 minutos directas y eléctricas. Me encantan todas. Lástima que no consiguieran mantener la línea en su posterior trabajo.
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