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1995 studio album by Tripping Daisy
i am an ELASTIC FIRECRACKER Released June 20, 1995 Recorded 1994 – January 13, 1995 Studio Water Music Recording Studios, Hoboken, N.J.[1] Genre Length 54 :29 Label Island Producer
Get It On i am an ELASTIC FIRECRACKER Time Capsule
"I Got a Girl " [2] "PirANhA" [3] "Trip Along" [4]
I Am an Elastic Firecracker i am an ELASTIC FIRECRACKER studio album by Tripping Daisy , released on June 20, 1995, through Island Records . It is the band's major label debut, and was produced by Ted Niceley . It featured the band's biggest hit, "I Got a Girl ", whose video received extensive airplay on MTV . By 1998, the album had sold over 300,000 copies in the United States.[8] Canada on May 1, 1998.[9]
Cover art [ edit ] The album's cover art features a photo of Italian artist Guglielmo Achille Cavellini . The photo originated as a piece of stamp art by E.F. Higgins.[3]
Accolades [ edit ]
Publication
Country
Accolade
Year
Rank
VinylMePlease
United States
10 Underappreciated and Overlooked 90s Albums[10]
2016
N/A
Kerrang! United Kingdom
The 12 most underrated albums of the ’90s[11]
2019
N/A
Track listing [ edit ] Title 1. "ROCketPop" 4:05 2. "baNg" 4:03 3. "i Got a Girl " 4:05 4. "PirANhA" 4:47 5. "MOtivATion" 5:35 6. "SAme DREss neW dAy" 3:32 7. "Trip Along" 3:34 8. "RAINdrOP" 2:50 9. "STep bEhind" 3:59 10. "NOOSE" 4:49 11. "PriCK" 9:19 12. "High" 3:51
All songs have stylized capitalization wherever they are mentioned. Release history [ edit ]
Reigon
Label
Format
Date
Ref.
United States
Island Records
June 20, 1995
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Canada
Europe
February 20, 1996
[14]
Various
Music on Vinyl
LP
February 4, 2022
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References [ edit ]
^ "Watermusic" . Watermusic.net . February 28, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .^ Flick, Larry, ed. (June 24, 1995). "Single Reviews" . Billboard ISSN 0006-2510 . ^ a b c Borzillo, Carrie (September 9, 1995). "Tripping Daisy Blooms at Island" . Billboard ISSN 0006-2510 . ^ Anon. (July 5, 1996). "Breakers" (PDF) . Radio and Records Archived (PDF) from the original on January 31, 2023 – via worldradiohistory.com. ^ AllMusic review ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 262. ^ Elliott, Paul (February 17, 1996). "Albums". Kerrang! EMAP . p. 43. ^ "Flower Power Pop: The Atomic Reformation of Tripping Daisy" . Velocity Magazine . July 1998. Archived from the original on August 31, 2002. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via trippingdaisy.com.^ "Gold Platinum Database: Tripping Daisy" . Canadian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved July 23, 2011 .^ Sheppard, Levi (July 21, 2016). "10 Underappreciated and Overlooked 90s Albums" . Vinyl Me, Please . Retrieved February 8, 2023 . ^ Brannigan, Paul (September 3, 2019). "The 12 most underrated albums of the '90s" . Kerrang! . Retrieved February 8, 2023 . ^ "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 62, No. 12, October 23, 1995" . RPM . Retrieved February 22, 2011 .^ "Tripping Daisy – Billboard Albums" . allmusic . Retrieved February 22, 2011 .^ Anon. (February 24, 1996). "M&M Music | New Releases" (PDF) . Music & Media 13 (8): 14 – via worldradiohistory.com. ^ Vinyl, Music On. "TRIPPING DAISY - I AM AN ELASTIC FIRECRACKER - Music On Vinyl" . www.musiconvinyl.com . Retrieved February 15, 2023 .
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