First Elastica LP - Classic or Dud?

One of my fave “stage antics” memories is from Lollapalooza ‘95 — Justine theatrically prancing to the edge of the stage and splashing a few drops from her water bottle into the front row (in a parody of “cooling down the crowd”)

Reading the OP -- I don't get how so many threads in the early years of ILM got started by people who actively dislike the music they're asking about.

One other thing is 'My Sex' is such an obvious album closer, then the two tracks after it sound like unwelcome bonus tracks, that needed fixing more than anything.

They had practice with the first album! "Never Here" is such a cool way to end but then they put the goofy "Vaseline" after it.

Vaseline = terrific album closer, IMO

Agreed with both of the above! Two different ways to close an LP, same with The Menace, but worse.

Anyway, go listen to my redux The Menace up there ^

"Bar bar bar" another missing song from the aussie "Car Song" single.

fwiw the UK album ends with Stutter, Vaseline is track 13, dunno how much input the band had for the US track listing

^ Yeah, I was just about to say this - I've always known 'Stutter' as the album closer.

Also, the US version has 'See That Animal' on it.

"Stutter" is a powerful closer! As it were.

I didn’t know the UK tracklist was different.

Marcello Carlin on Elastica

https://nobilliards.blogspot.com/2021/04/elastica-elastica.html?spref=tw

Don't know why he called out "See That Animal" as "problematic" when "Indian Song" was sitting right there...

if you are looking for "problematic" then track 4 on the Stutter CD single would be the obvious place to start.

Why is See That Animal problematic? I don’t know the references or whatever

(It may be that these were the only fifteen songs they had in their repertoire – “See That Animal,” which materialises in the midst of the U.S. edition of the album, is problematic, given the identity of at least one of its authors.)

The full context of the quote. Assuming he's referring to Brett Anderson, listened as one of the writers for the song, but I'm still not sure what makes the song particularly "problematic".

Stutter remains one of the best things ever by anyone

IS IT JUST THAT I'M MUCH TOO MUCH FOR YOUUUU

At least I'm not the only one who thinks The Menace is a "hidden gem".

Today I suddenly remembered awkwardly hanging out with everyone in the band but Justine for an hour or so before a show behind "The Menace."

BLUE I CAN READ YOUR MIND
IF YOU WANT TO I WILL LET YOU

idk about classic but it’s really good!!

My Sex (a co-write with Loz 'ex-of-Kingmaker' Hardy) from The Menace is the best thing they ever did.

I really enjoyed that re-imagined ‘The Menace’ upthread.

Hoping they get around to a vinyl reissue of it to go with the first one.