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]
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]
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
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.
Region
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
[ 15]
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