Elastica - Elastica (Lossless) [1995]

Album review

Elastica's debut album may cop a riff here and there from Wire or the Stranglers, yet no more than Led Zeppelin did with Willie Dixon or the Beach Boys with Chuck Berry. The key is context. Elastica can make the rigid artiness of Wire into a rocking, sexy single with more hooks than anything on Pink Flag ("Connection") or rework the Stranglers' "No More Heroes" into a more universal anthem that loses none of its punkiness ("Waking Up"). But 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. The riffs are angular like early Adam & the Ants, the melodies tease like Blondie, and the entire band is as tough as the Clash, yet they never seem anything less than contemporary. Justine Frischmann's detached sexuality adds an extra edge to her brief, spiky songs -- "Stutter" roars about a boyfriend's impotence, "Car Song" makes sex in a car actually sound sexy, "Line Up" slags off groupies, and "Vaseline" speaks for itself. Even if the occasional riff sounds like an old wave group, the simple fact is that hardly any new wave band made records this consistently rocking and melodic.~ ~ All Music Guide

Album info
Label: DGC, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
Catalog#: DGCD-24728, D 108073
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 14 Mar 1995
Genre: Rock
Style: Indie Rock


Tracklist
01. Line Up [3:15]
02. Annie [1:13]
Lyrics By - Jane Oliver
Written By - Matthews / Elastica (2)
03. Connection [2:20]
04. Car Song [2:24]
Keyboards - Dan Abnormal
05. Smile [1:40]
Written By - Matthews / Frischmann / Elastica (2)
06. Hold Me Now [2:32]
Written By - Matthews / Frischmann / Elastica (2)
07. S.O.F.T. [3:58]
08. Indian Song [2:46]
Keyboards - Dan Abnormal
09. Blue [2:21]
Written By - Matthews / Elastica (2)
10. All-Nighter [1:33]
11. Waking Up [3:15]
Keyboards - Dan Abnormal
12. 2:1 [2:31]
Written By - Matthews / Elastica (2)
13. See That Animal [2:21]
Written By - Anderson / Frischmann / Elastica (2)
14. Stutter [2:22]
15. Never Here [4:26]
16. Vaseline [1:23]

Pulp - Different Class (Lossless) [1995]

Album Info

Different Class is an album by English Britpop band Pulp. It was released in 1995 at the height of Britpop, and led to the band being regarded as part of that movement. Two of the singles on the album – "Common People" (which reached number two in the UK singles chart) and "Disco 2000" (which reached number seven) – were especially notable, and helped propel Pulp to nationwide fame. A "deluxe edition" of Different Class was released on 11 September 2006. It contains a second disc of B-sides, demos and rarities.

Tracklist
01. Mis-Shapes
02. Pencil Skirt
03. Common People
04. I Spy
05. Disco 2000
06. Live Bed Show
07. Something Changed
08. Sorted For E's & Wizz
09. F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.
10. Underwear
11. Monday Morning
12. Bar Italia

Banco De Gaia - Memories Dreams Reflections (Lossless) [2009]

Album info (Discogs)
Label: Disco Gecko
Catalog#: GKOCD010
Format: 2 x CD, Album
Country: UK
Released: Sep 2009
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Downtempo


Tracklist
Disk 1
1.01 Spirit Of The Age [7:16]
Vocals - Neil Sleat
Written-By - Brock* , Calvert*
1.02 Starless [11:19]
Guitar - Toby Marks
Vocals - Maya Preece
Written-By - Bruford* , Cross* , Wetton* , Fripp*
1.03 Echoes [22:24]
Guitar - Toby Marks
Vocals - Toby Marks
Written-By - Gilmour* , Mason* , Wright* , Waters*
1.04 Soufie (Now That's What I Call 2009) [8:43]
1.05 Tempra [7:19]
Vocals - Maya Preece
1.06 Terra Om [5:34]

Disk 2
2.01 Analogique [6:50]
2.02 Indecision [6:54]
2.03 Soufie (Blue Mix) [7:23]
2.04 Qurna [8:59]
2.05 China [7:24]
2.06 Celestine [11:50]
Bass - Ashley Hopkins*
Drums - Ted Duggan
Engineer - Rob Risso
Flute [Nepalese] - Larry Whelan
Other [Electronica] - Toby Marks
Saxophone [Tenor] - Gary Foot* , Larry Whelan
2.07 How Much Reality Can You Take? [6:35]
Drums - Ted Duggan
Other [Electronica] - Toby Marks
2.08 No Rain [7:38]
Drums - Ted Duggan
Guitar - Toby Marks
Other [Electronica] - Toby Marks
2.09 Drunk As A Monk [7:09]
Drums - Ted Duggan
Guitar - Toby Marks
Guitar [Synth] - Toby Marks
Other [Electronica] - Toby Marks
2.10 Last Train To Lhasa [7:08]

Jesus Jones: CD Singles (320Kbps) [1990-1999]

1. Jesus Jones - Real Real Real [1990]


1. Real Real Real (7" mix)
2. Real Real Real
3. Barry D Next to Cleanliness
4. Dead Peoples Lives


2. Jesus Jones - International Bright Young Thing [1991]


1. International Bright Young Thing
2. Maryland
3. Need To Know
4. IBYT 12 (international bright young thing)


3. Jesus Jones - The Right Decision [1993]


1. The Right Decision
2. The Right Decision - Klanger Mix
3. Starting From Scratch
4 The Right Decision - Moody Reconstruction Mix


4. Jesus Jones - Zeroes & Ones [1993]


CD1
1. Zeroes & Ones
2. Real, Real, Real
3. International Bright Young Thing
4. Right Here, Right Now

CD2
1. Zeroes & Ones
2. Zeroes & Ones - Central Nervous System Mix
3. Zeroes & Ones - The Prodigy Versus Jesus Jones Mix
4. Zeroes & Ones - Aphex Twin Reconstruction #1 Mix
5. Zeroes & Ones - Aphex Twin Reconstruction #2 Mix


5. Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now [1999]

1. Right Here, Right Now
2. Broken Bones
3. Info Psycho
4. Welcome Back (the dna orchestral mix)