The Radio One Sessions (Elastica album)

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.

The Radio One Sessions
Compilation album by Elastica
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
Elastica chronology
The Menace (2000) The Radio One Sessions (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Austin Chronicle	[2]
NME	(7/10)[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Track listing

1. "Annie" (Donna Matthews) - 1:15
2. "Spastica" (Justine Frischmann) - 2:34
3. "Line Up" (Frischmann) - 3:12
4. "Vaseline" (Frischmann) - 1:20
5. "Brighton Rock" (Frischmann, Elastica) - 1:56
6. "In The City" (Frischmann) - 1:31
7. "Waking Up" (Burnell, Cornwell, Duffy, Frischmann, Greenfield) - 3:17
8. "Four Wheeling" (Car Song) (Frischmann) - 2:26
9. "Hold Me Now" (Matthews) - 2:26
10. "Ba Ba Ba" (Frischmann) - 2:33
11. "All For Gloria" (Traditional) - 3:02
12. "I Wanna Be A King Of Orient Aah" (Traditional) - 2:05
13. "Rockunroll" (Frischmann) - 2:14
14. "2:1" (Matthews) - 2:29
15. "I Want You" (Frischmann) - 4:05
16. "Only Human" (Gilbert, Robert Gotobed, Lewis, Matthews, Newman) - 3:24
17. "A Love Like Ours" (Matthews) - 2:27
18. "KB" (Frischmann, Nagle, Smith) - 3:13
19. "Da Da Da" (Kralle Krawinkel, Stephan Remmler) - 3:41
20. "Generator" (Frischmann) - 1:47
21. "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.

1. "Rockunroll" (1993.09.18) Peel Session *previously released as a b-side to Line Up
2. "2:1" (1994.03.16) Evening Session *previously released as a b-side to Stutter
3. "Connection" (1994.03.16) Evening Session *previously released on Evening Session Priority Tunes compilation album.
4. "Never Here" (1994.06.14) Peel Session
5. "Father Christmas" (1994.12.06) Peel Session (unreleased song)
6. "Blue" (1994.12.06) Peel Session
7. "Gloria" (1995.03.28) Radcliffe Session
8. "Car Song" (1995.03.28) Radcliffe Session
9. "The Other Side" (1996.07.10) Evening Session (unreleased song)
10. "Mad Dog" (1999.09.22) Peel Session

Recording details

• 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

• 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

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Elastica: The Radio One Sessions > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
2. Beets, Greg (15 August 2003). "Elastica - The Radio One Sessions (Strange Fruit / Koch)". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
3. Mulvey, John (22 December 2001). "Elastica : The Radio 1 Sessions". NME. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
4. Hoard, Christian (29 May 2003). "Elastica: The Radio One Sessions". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media (RS 923). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008.