Elastica

Elastica is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band Elastica. It was released on 14 March 1995 through Deceptive Records. At the time the fastest-selling debut since Oasis' Definitely Maybe the previous year.  Elastica hit No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart. The record also did well in the US, peaking at No. 66 on the Billboard Hot 200 and being certified Gold.

The album was well-received critically and nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. In their retrospective review, Allmusic praised the album, writing "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" and that "hardly any new wave band made records this consistently rocking and melodic." BBC Music wrote "As albums that fall off a genre's radar go, Elastica's eponymous debut ranks high", calling it "a neglected gem" and the "blueprint for what Britpop should sound like".