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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
 Snap up this Elastica, April 29, 2004
I always forget how good Elastica's eponymous debut album is, so it's a pleasant surprise to pop it into the stereo. There's nothing particularly revolutionary about this record (although having three out of four band-members being female is, sadly, still something of a rarity), but what it lacks in originality, it makes up for in spontaneity. This is a fun, bouncy, catchy bunch of songs and no mistake.The tracks don't deviate from their guitar-bass-drums sound. They're all short and fast-paced. It's slightly punkish sounding, with a harder edge to it than most of the rest of the Brit-pop that was out around this time. There are some really nice melodies running through here. It's hard, but not too hard -- tuneful, but not too tuneful. A few of the songs are great, and none of them are bad. There's nothing on here that's any worse than solid.The album has a very consistent sound (perhaps a polite way of saying all the songs sound the same, which is a fair criticism, but since I like them, it's not something I'm going to complain about). If you liked "Connection" (which was all over the airways when this first came out) you'll probably like this; if you hated that song, then the rest of the album probably isn't your cup of tea either. Oh, and Suede fans will note that Brett Anderson gets a song writing credit in "See That Animal" (did every song he was writing in the mid-90s have some reference to animals?!).
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
 Amongst the best of the 1990's, April 27, 2004
Elastica is dead, long live Elastica.Justine et all put together perhaps one of the best albums to come down the pike in the nearly barren wasteland of the 1990's (heck that extends to the 2000's). Stutter and Connection are the obvious songs on the CD and are the glue that holds it together. Intermixed beside these two incredible songs are a load of very good songs (2:1, Vaseline, Car Song, etc.), which is a tough trick no matter what band you are.If you do not own this CD, get out from under your rock and buy it. It is not too late.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Perfectly good 90s music, August 8, 2005
As has been noted in nearly every published review of this CD, and as even a superficial listen to it bears out, Elastica was influenced by Wire. To complain about this, however, is like complaining that The Rolling Stones were influenced by Chuck Berry, that Interpol were influenced by Joy Division, or that REM were influenced by The Velvet Underground, The Byrds, and Big Star. Music is a continuum, an evolving dialog with listeners. That Elastica use Wire as a starting point is perfectly fine with me! Our heroine's troubles with heroin meant that her muse was killed as quickly as it came, but she left behind a very nice monument to the sounds of agitated punk girl group rock - circa mid 1990s (now a decade old). No, it's not groundbreaking or original, but it is good. If any of the foregoing review interests you, check this CD out. If not, you'll survive if you pass it by.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
 This band desperately wants to be Wire., June 10, 2005
Yeah, they had some catchy songs and got substantial radio and television play, but I just can't bring myself to like Elastica.
I think the biggest problem I have with them is how blatantly they rip off the late-70's British no-wave band, Wire. Justine's singing style, the guitar sounds, the song structure...Elastica crosses beyong simple homage and charges headfirst into lame imitation.
The kicker is the song, "Connection," which is --ironically enough-- lauded in so many reviews here. This song is an almost note for note theft of Wire's song, "Three Girl Rhumba," off of their album "Pink Flag." The abrasive, cutting guitar line, the drum line, the bass line... The only real difference between "Connection" and "Three Girl Rhumba" are the lyrics and a guitar slide every 2nd bar. Elastica's song "Line Up" is a similar too-close-for-comofort "homage" of Wire's song "I am the Fly."
There was even a lawsuit in the 90's which resulted in a substantial out of court settlement in favor of Wire.
Bottom line -- if Elastica sounds interesting to you, do yourself a favor and pick up Wire's "Pink Flag."
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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Catchy and Fun But Won't Stand the Test of Time , March 15, 2005
I really liked this when it was first released. It was fresh, propulsive, and the music rocked as much as it popped. The punky yet melodic guitar lines were fairly new at the time (not so much now) and Justine's attitude and vocals were a real kick to listen to. And yet now, years later, I can't find a reason to keep this in my collection. The guitar-heavy songs sound much alike and all seem to bleed together. This is mainly because all the guitars appear to be tuned the same or nearly the same on each of the many tracks. Also, the songwriting gets tiring by hammering away at the same theme (relationships; men/boys are jerks-egotistical yet fragile-and apparently, Justine is just too much woman for any of them) over and over again. These guys had the potential to be a new kind of Blondie, or even a more mainstream X-Ray Spex, but I guess they couldn't hack it or they couldn't keep it together. Too bad, Elastica had something different there for a while.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent collection of playfully punky pop gems, April 25, 2004
This album has become an essential staple in my Cd player since i was lucky enough to find it at a local store.
Its sixteen, relatively short songs, are energy bursts full of spunk and punky magnificence.
Such songs as the most popular, "Stutter" and "Connection", "Car Song", "Waking Up" and "2:1" are filled the catchiness and wittiness to keep you coming back for more.Quite Reccomended.
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