The Radio One Sessions (Elastica album)
| The Radio One Sessions | ||||
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| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | 29 October 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 12 August 1993 – 22 September 1999 | |||
| Genre | Britpop | |||
| Label | Strange Fruit Records/Koch Records | |||
| Producer | John Peel, Steve Lamacq, Mark Radcliffe, Miti Adhikari, James Birtwistle, Tim Durham, Nick Gomm, Lis Roberts, Mike Robinson | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Austin Chronicle |  [2] |
| NME | (7/10)[3] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
The Radio One Sessions is a compilation of BBC Radio One sessions recorded by Britpop group Elastica. The album is notable for the appearance of several songs not included on any other Elastica release.
Track listing
[edit]- "Annie" (Donna Matthews) – 1:15
- "Spastica" (Justine Frischmann) – 2:34
- "Line Up" (Frischmann) – 3:12
- "Vaseline" (Frischmann) – 1:20
- "Brighton Rock" (Frischmann, Elastica) – 1:56
- "In The City" (Frischmann) – 1:31
- "Waking Up" (Burnell, Cornwell, Duffy, Frischmann, Greenfield) – 3:17
- "Four Wheeling" (Car Song) (Frischmann) – 2:26
- "Hold Me Now" (Matthews) – 2:26
- "Ba Ba Ba" (Frischmann) – 2:33
- "All For Gloria" (Traditional) – 3:02
- "I Wanna Be a King of Orient Aah" (Traditional) – 2:05
- "Rockunroll" (Frischmann) – 2:14
- "2:1" (Matthews) – 2:29
- "I Want You" (Frischmann) – 4:05
- "Only Human" (Gilbert, Robert Gotobed, Lewis, Matthews, Newman) – 3:24
- "A Love Like Ours" (Matthews) – 2:27
- "KB" (Frischmann, Nagle, Smith) – 3:13
- "Da Da Da" (Kralle Krawinkel, Stephan Remmler) – 3:41
- "Generator" (Frischmann) – 1:47
- "Your Arse My Place" (Frischmann) – 1:46
The releases omits 10 tracks recorded by the band for BBC Radio 1, in many cases because they were already present from another session.
- "Rockunroll" (1993.09.18) Peel Session *previously released as a b-side to Line Up
- "2:1" (1994.03.16) Evening Session *previously released as a b-side to Stutter
- "Connection" (1994.03.16) Evening Session *previously released on Evening Session Priority Tunes compilation album.
- "Never Here" (1994.06.14) Peel Session
- "Father Christmas" (1994.12.06) Peel Session (unreleased song)
- "Blue" (1994.12.06) Peel Session
- "Gloria" (1995.03.28) Radcliffe Session
- "Car Song" (1995.03.28) Radcliffe Session
- "The Other Side" (1996.07.10) Evening Session (unreleased song)
- "Mad Dog" (1999.09.22) Peel Session
Recording details
[edit]- Tracks 1-5 recorded for John Peel, 18 September 1993
- Tracks 6-7 recorded for the Evening Session, 16 March 1994
- Tracks 8-10 recorded for John Peel, 14 June 1994
- Tracks 11-12 recorded for John Peel, 6 December 1994
- Tracks 13-14 recorded for Mark Radcliffe, 28 March 1995
- Tracks 15-17 recorded for the Evening Session, 10 July 1996
- Tracks 18-21 recorded for John Peel, 22 September 1999
Personnel
[edit]- Miti Adhikari – producer
- James Birtwistle – producer
- Dave Bush – keyboards, programming
- Sheila Chipperfield – bass
- Tim Durham – producer
- Nick Fountain – engineer
- Justine Frischmann – guitar, vocals
- Nick Gomm – producer
- Steve Gullick – photography, inlay photography
- Annie Holland – bass
- Paul Jones – guitar
- Fred Kay – engineer
- Steve Lamacq – liner notes
- Donna Matthews – guitar, backing vocals
- Mew – keyboards, backing vocals
- Lis Roberts – producer
- Andy Rogers – engineer
- Lisa Softley – engineer
- George W. Thomas – engineer
- Justin Welch – drums, voices
- Tony Worthington – engineer
References
[edit]- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Elastica: The Radio One Sessions > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ^ Beets, Greg (15 August 2003). "Elastica – The Radio One Sessions (Strange Fruit / Koch)". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ Mulvey, John (22 December 2001). "Elastica : The Radio 1 Sessions". NME. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ Hoard, Christian (29 May 2003). "Elastica: The Radio One Sessions". Rolling Stone. No. RS 923. Wenner Media. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008.