I Am an Elastic Firecracker

I Am an Elastic Firecracker (stylized as i am an ELASTIC FIRECRACKER) is the second 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] The album was certified Platinum in Canada on May 1, 1998.^[9]

i am an ELASTIC FIRECRACKER
Studio album by Tripping Daisy
Released	June 20, 1995
Recorded	1994 – January 13, 1995
Studio	Water Music Recording Studios, Hoboken, N.J.[1]
Genre	Alternative rock grunge neo-psychedelia
Length	54:29
Label	Island
Producer	Ted Niceley Tripping Daisy
Tripping Daisy chronology
Get It On (1994) i am an ELASTIC FIRECRACKER (1995) Time Capsule (1997)
Tripping Daisy studio album chronology
Bill (1992) I Am an Elastic Firecracker (1995) Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb (1998)
Singles from I Am an Elastic Firecracker
"I Got a Girl" Released: June 1995[2] "PirANhA" Released: September 18, 1995[3] "Trip Along" Released: June 1996[4]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[6]
Kerrang!	[7]

Cover art

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

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

No.	Title	Length
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.

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[12]	44
U.S. Billboard 200[13]	95

Release history

Region	Label	Format	Date	Ref.
United States	Island Records	CD cassette LP	June 20, 1995	[3]
Canada		CD cassette
Europe			February 20, 1996	[14]
Various	Music on Vinyl	LP	February 4, 2022	[15]