ELASTICA - "ELASTICA" Deluxe IVC Limited Edition Splatter 2LP Vinyl In Hand#1733
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ELASTICA – “ELASTICA” IVC DELUXE EDITION- numbered #1733 of #3000 produced
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Elastica’s self-titled debut album!
2LP IVC Deluxe Edition
- Disc 1: Original Album on Clear with Red/Orange Splatter
- Disc 2: B-Sides and Rarities including 9 Bonus Tracks on Clear with Black Splatter
B-Sides & Rarities: Spastica, Cleopatra, Bar Bar Bar (Demo), Car Wash, Blue (Demo), Brighton Rock, In the City, Pussycat, Rockunroll
Original Cover Art Lithograph Included with Alternate Cover Gatefold Jacket for the First Time
Includes Bonus 12 Page Fan Booklet “ELASTICATALOGUE”
Lacquers cut by Levi Seitz at Black Belt Mastering
Pressing by R.T.I
Individually Numbered
Limited to 3,000 Globally
The mid-1990s saw no shortage of era-defining British rock bands that sneered and jangled their way through America. Inspired by their favorite punk and New Wave bands like the Stranglers and Wire, Elastica burned quickly yet brightly, becoming an MTV staple in 1995 with their self-titled debut and its lead single “Connection.”
While that song, with its indelible guitar riff and earworm vocal melody, remains an album highlight, it’s one of many hook-laden tracks that makes the album a defining monument of the Britpop era. “Car Song” is the best track about sex in the backseat since Grand Funk Railroad’s “Mr. Limousine Driver,” while Debut single “Stutter” takes on male impotence with unforgiving honesty and a curled lip.
“Ultimately, everything we do is always going to be defined by our [punk-pop] aesthetic,” perpetually cool frontwoman Justine Frischmann told Rolling Stone in 1996. The album remains a critical favorite, with Allmusic noting that “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.”
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