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  • Summary: The long-awaited follow-up to the band's 1995 eponymous debut features a guest contribution from The Fall's Mark E. Smith and a cover of Trio's 'Da Da Da.'

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. Wall of Sound
    80
    Although its moods swing across the dial, it more than delivers on the group's initial promise.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    Without the gritty substance of the first album, it has all the depth of a packet of peanuts.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    10
    A 38-minute spoonful of slop, the sound of a band pissing it all away.

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  1. BeauK
    10
    Witht he release of "The Menace" Elastica has finally gripped onto what seems to be their best album yet. Delivering both a familiar and yet matured eruption of less jagged punk sounds, they have learned to vary their songs and still appease the old fan.… Expand
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  2. BenjaminBunny
    6
    Let's face it: Elastica is over. This CD isn't bad, but not good enough to merit a five-year gap between their classic first album and this (I'd guess was due to Justine Frischmann's heroin problems). Buy the first album, burn this. … Expand
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