Reviews (page 3 of 8)
I don’t hate Ash but I don’t think this should be in the list. It’s pretty generic 6 / 10 Best track/s: Girl From Mars, Angel Interceptor
Very boring unremarkable 90s soft rock
A good year!
9/10 A seminal album for me, central to my musical relationship. I was 15 when it came out and it just rocked my world as part of the "Britpop" panthéon from that period. The energy, rawness, tunefulness and musical ethos of these bands clicked so tightly with me as a teenager looking for something to hook into. I don't expect (nor care) whether someone who wasn't there in the UK in 1995 doesn't get it - there is no art that is universal and transcends cultural context (prove me wrong) - this all goes two ways (hello gangsta rap) and I am happy with that
Not unpleasant but hard to extract anything out of it. I could have this as background music
The only part I really enjoyed was the last minute of Innocent Smile. Everything else felt far too bland. Oh Yeah was painful
banal
Not a hard rock fan
90's rock in general is pretty dire. This specifically is dire.
Ash 1977 I wish the vocals were stronger they soundpretty pitchy throughout. Didn’t like this . Goldfinger had some cool grungey harmony. Least favorite was kung fu. Got pretty tired of it by Let it Flow. Not sure why it’s on the list 2
This was super boring i dont know what there is to like or care about in this
I am SHOCKED that the guitarist and the vocalist are the same person. It sounds like the guitarist is fighting to save the song and the vocalist is purposefully tanking it
Debut album. Indie Rock. Anything that kicks off with a Tie Fighter has to be good, and this is ! Lose Control is an aggressive banger to open up with. Goldfinger and Girl From Mars are two excellent tracks that follow. Yes, there are maybe a couple of what feel like filler tracks in the middle but Angel Interceptor picks things up again and we then get a decent run to the end. A very good album.
I had an Ash greatest hits when I was a kid which was pretty good, but the album tracks here are nothing special. Girl From Mars is still a banger though
I’m trying to figure out why other generic 90s power pop bands speak to me more than this did and I can’t really put my finger on it. Something about the production maybe? The vocalist? It’s fine. But missing any oomph to live in my head beyond this listen
Very fuckin' solid alt rock and power pop. Not a single bad song, and it was made vmby fookin' 19 year olds!!!
Fun hearing girl from mars and recognising it. All the songs were enjoyable some were just a bit forgettable. 3.5 rounded down (3 feels harsh but it wasn't an 8/10)
De flesta 15 sekunderna kände jag,"ja, kanske,". Sen resten av skivan ville jag bara att den skulle ta slut. Så otroligt tråkig rock. Nästa tack.
Bitvis hyfsat bra men mestadels okej och inget som riktigt sticker ut. Är inte supersåld på sångaren. Stabil men lite tråkig trea.
Enjoyed this one a good bit, easy to relisten. Solid 4
The review apparently didn’t save and now I remember nothing about this, except that it was fine for Britpop and I gave it a 3 🤷🏻♀️
Intro track was better than expected. Must admit my attention fell off throughout the album
Pretty ordinary. Just noise
Never heard of this band. Pretty cool tunes so far. Cool stuff. Easy to listen. Easy rock.
Liked them better when they were called Oasis.
Let's see. In '77, the Ramones released their second studio album w/ Leave Home & the Sex Pistols debuted Never Mind the Bollocks, Bowie could do no wrong w/ 'Heroes' & Fleetwood Mac peaked w/ Rumours. A very good year in music, in other words. Rumour has it that Ash's first record refers to the year that Episode IV of the Star Wars trilogy came out, but it's Ash's fault if we're inclined to look back to the albums of that year & compare. It turns out 1977 doesn't compete w/ '77: these tracks are only catchy, which means they don't stay catchy for long, & there's no sound here that Oasis hadn't already developed/perfected on Definitely Maybe & Morning Glory. Unlike Oasis, who's catchy for days, Ash has 'bout a min of catchy half-life.
There were a lot of bands I like in High School, like Seawed, the Posies and Gas Huffer. I might even enjoy them today, if I revisited them. But that doesn't mean they should be on a list of this list. Too bad the guy who made it doesn't understand that.
Possibly the most mediocre, forgettable grunge on the planet. Sounds like music created for when Dawson gets his groove back - not for people to pay actual money for.
Pick a genre. Some of the arrangements lean to arena rock, and then the vocals are grungy punk. And the vocals I did not care for.
Started off pretty strong until the vocals came in, and then I was out.
Du rock
Franchement, c’était une belle découverte ! J’ai trouvé ça vraiment chouette
Ok
2.5
2.5
This was great. It had a timeless feel too it. I was more into Ash in their next album, but it was great revisiting some classics. This band had a lot of staying power. Great album.
Opens up with the scream of a TIE Fighter, letting you know this is going to be a fun album. Solid 90's rocking all the way through, but nothing really grabbed me. It just sounded like average radio pop-punk. My Rating: 3/5
Another album where I question its inclusion because I’m not sure what novel or particularly interesting aspect it is meant to be demonstrating that isn’t covered by other albums. It’s fine and instrumentally it’s not bad, but I could have reviewed this on the first song and it would have applied for the rest of the album. Middle of the road and the best riff of the album is taken from N.I.B. (once you hear it, it cannot be unheard). On a good day and on the strength of a couple of tracks maybe a 3 but 50 minutes of the same drags it down to a 2.
This appeals to the teenage me. Its a grungy slightly pop record which has a raw edge. I think its recorded badly, appeals to a more simplistic pattern musically but actually it encapsulates the audience and makes you want to feel it and get on board. The vocals are more of the same, slightly terrible but makes you lean in to the grunge / vulnerablity you are experiancing. I am massively biased as was said teenager experiencing this almost real time and literally. My first and most seen band live to this day by chance. Owned the album etc etc. Pleasant trip down memory lane. Probably deserves 3 but nostalgia bump it had to be a 4!
I found this quite a stressful listen. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood, but the simple repetitive riffs and pop-gunge vocals were really grating and by the end of the 50 minutes, my ears were begging for some respite. Maybe there is more to this once you scratch beneath the surface, but unfortunately that surface was so abrasive that it was scratching me. I vaguely remember "Oh Yeah" from back in the day, but I didn't think that this aged well at all. At it best, it sounds like a poor man's early Radiohead. Too long, too noisy, too basic. Like many of it's contemporaries, an album probably best left back in 1996.
Didn’t like the music. It’s a no dog
Killer singles and some bright moments but too much unmemorable filler
not bad
Lo disfrute, me la pase muy bien escuchándolo. En lo personar es el género con el que más me siento cómodo y a gusto. Será una calificación un poco subjetiva, pero intentando destacar cosas puntuales me gustaría decir que el trabajo lirico es muy bueno, además de que todo el disco tiene un estilo único, con influencias, obviamente, pero con su propio toque y sazón. Además se me hizo un disco muy honesto, con actitud y autentico, sin pretensiones. Muy sencillo pero genuino, eso siempre se aprecia y se agradece. Buen disco. Creo que es la perfecta combinación del punk muy pesado y conceptual, y el punk muy pop y ligero; une lo mejor de los dos mundos.
I thought this would be a 4-star album, because I listen to it all the time, but in the context of all of this amazing music it is only a 3-star. Catchy song:s that take me right back to my teens, but the vocals are not of the same caliber as many of the other artists I have been listening to through this list.
Was between a 4 and a 5. Going for 4 because I think the extra point is for nostalgia vibes. Also not a 5 because there's 5 minutes of them throwing up at the end and I wasn't in a good mood as it was
On paper, 1977 sounds like it should be another Union Jack–waving Britpop victory lap. In reality, Ash’s debut has way more in common with basement-shaking proto-emo, sugary pop-punk, and the fuzzed-out hangover of post-grunge than anything happening in Camden circa ’96. The riffs are huge, the choruses are earnest to the point of toothache, and the whole thing is slathered in distortion that frequently turns the band into a pleasantly buzzing blur. That’s part of the charm—and part of the problem. The production buries the vocals so deep in the mix you half-expect to find them under a pile of flannel shirts, and several tracks dissolve into mush instead of detonating. Still, when they lock in, they really lock in: “Goldfinger” rides a crunchy, power-pop surge that feels like a noisier cousin to Weezer’s slacker anthems, and “Girl from Mars” shoots for the stars with a sugar-rush chorus and wide-eyed vocal that predicts a decade’s worth of mall-emo romantics. 1977 isn’t Britpop so much as a scrappy, distortion-caked love letter to teenage boredom—and while it doesn’t always hit its target, it’s hard not to admire the volume.
IT was different but OK
oh hell yeah ... were my thoughts as I heard the album open. But then they started droning like lonely teenage boys :p This album would've been so good if it kept the same energy it had in the first 20 seconds. I feel bad for the lonely bastards that have never lived their own version of "Oh Yeah"
I know this album, I like this band. There's some catchy songs on here, particularly for the band that were so young at the time. Goldfinger and Kung Fu are pretty well written pieces of music. The energy is quite cool, even if the lead guitar is a bit corny at times. 4 Stars.
This album is like playing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for an hour or so on a Friday after school before heading to your mates place with a 20 for 20 box of Double Browns. Your mate Dan has bought Weezer's Blue Album to play. It is a great album, but he brought it last week as well and you actually wanted to watch the rugby that is on tv, but without the commentary you can't really get in to the game. Oh well. You have a fun night, even if it wasn't overly memorable.
Cool band at first. Album starts well. But by the end it was a drag. Oh yeah was not great, as was innocent smile. But it has its moments with Kung Fu.
Really fun pop punk sounds in some places 3-4
I enjoyed reuniting with this album. It's been a minute. I'd give it another half star if I were able.
Gets a bit lost in the sea of 90s britpop, but some nice songs throughout.
This album got off to a really strong start on the first few tracks, it wasn't bringing anything particularly new to the table, but it had a great distorted sound and really enjoyable riffs, but as it went on it really failed to impress beyond there. By the last couple of songs I was really just waiting for it to end, unfortunately. I particularly got a bit tired of the lead vocalist's delivery, and the mixing on a lot of the tracks. I know there is an appeal to the "garage" sound, there are a number of garage rock records that I go back to regularly, but it felt like a real detriment on a number of songs here. On one track they introduce this great string section, but it's so deep in the mix it's almost impossible to actually appreciate it. Unfortunately not one I'll go back to, but I can definitely understand if someone were to really enjoy it. Fav Track: 1 - Lose Control Best Three Track Run: 1, 2, 3
Ok surprising w? This is from 77?????
- Jeg synes at den slags rock er egentlig helt udemøblet, men den guitar der, det er bare ikke mig
This website has given me the impression that most Americans are obsessed with Weezer to the point they have convinced themselves that Weezer somehow invented the combination of loud guitars and sweet melodies. To me they are a one hit wonder given a leg up by Happy Days and a the numbers don't add up nostalgia for Buddy Holly and Mary Tyler Moore. Anyway, I daresay Ash do sound similar having similar reference points but I'm happy to prefer their genuinely youthful exuberance even if I forget there is a certain amount of written in the studio filler on this album that the big singles obscure in the memory.
I had never heard of this band. I felt like it sounded like mainstream rock from maybe a later time. I expected something more punk like given the time it was released. Lol the name of the album is 1977 but it came out in 96! Makes a lot more sense now. Anyway I enjoyed some songs. Wasn't bad but not that memorable either.
This is another of the albums where I just go 'Wait, this got on here over, say, more Warren Zevon?'. Is this that different in any meaningful way to whatever sort of scuzzy rock you vaguely prefer?
Was away and could not listen.
Meh
Pleasantly surprised in many ways by this album. A new to me band, who I am eager to check out more of their stuff. Surprised also to learn they are Northern Irishmen. Somewhere between an 80s Modern English-ish alternative and a 90s Weezer sound, Ash feels nostalgic and fresh at the same time.
4/10 Best songs: Innocent Smile Very typical rock for this time period. Sometimes the vocals are not the most pleasing to the ear, and by the end it gets dull. I feel as if the reason this album was included on the list is because Ash is a Northern Irish band releasing music during the Troubles. Which - don't get me wrong - is interesting, but that seems like a pretty weak reason to include the album on this list, particularly since they don't even sing about anything political.
So so so boring?
Okay, I know I've asked this question multiple times already, but I just cannot for the life of me understand why this is the case. Where the fuck is the Weezer Blue Album on this goddamn album list? How did they think to include fucking Ash but forget Weezer? I don't get it! There's genuinely only one answer that makes sense, and that's the presence of a UK bias on this thing. It just has to be there! The Blue Album is genuinely one of the greatest and most exciting debut albums of the 90s. Say what you will about their later years, but Weezer fucking killed it with their first 2 albums, Blue especially. This album? It's average! 1977 is a painfully average album. There is nothing special here. There's nothing bad, don't get me wrong, but to call this a must-listen is absurd! I don't even know what to say because the album just kinda happened. The singing is okay, but it's a bit too quiet in the mix for me to potentially appreciate it. The music work is decent, but that's about it. You could say that about this whole album, and I will. I don't even know what else to say. That's how average the album is. Again, 1977 isn't a bad album, but it's not interesting at all. It is the definition of a 3/5, unlike the Weezer Blue Album which I would give a 6/5 if I could. It's just okay. Light 3/5.
hard rock clasico de los 90, canciones con tematicas de peliculas, mola bastante
It was okay. Nothing special.
I only know Ash because of their track on the Life Less Ordinary Sdtk. They weren't really on my radar in 1996 but I think I would have enjoyed them if they had been. They have a trippy/rockin Weezer thing going on that's pretty enjoyable.
Eh, sounds like everything else pop punky.
Sounds like every other grunge pop album released in 1996. It’s not bad, the band seems solid. Nothing about 1977 stands out.
Full of distortion and melodic choruses. Just the way I like it.
another grungy metallic '90s rock band? not keeping exact notes here. one of the early songs was more metal. oh yeah--this sounds like elliott smith. i guess either/or was released the following year. angel interceptor--nice little love song i dunno it's fine? 3/5?
The 90s were filled with a ton of bands doing new and interesting things. Why we needed a vanilla version of that is beyond me. Seems like Robert just sticks every random band from the UK on this list. Album had a few decent songs but too many unremarkable songs on here.
Common 90s rock W
90s/early 2000s esque indie rock. Couple interesting songs but not the most noteworthy album.
A decent garage rock album overall. I think it goes into the pop-oriented direction a bit more than I'd like as the best parts of this record are when they really lean into the guitars and fuzz.
Heavy Nirvana influence mixed with references to the Friends theme? Hmm. Of it's time but still rocks.
likeeeee
Unremarkable.
Great album reminds me of back on the day
Could probably use a few more listens- Kinda sounds like an uninspired Oasis
nice and melodic, soft and fun
Listened Before? N This oozes mid-90s post-grunge and post-punk sounds. Most of the songs are about women, which is fine by me. I actually liked this one a lot and found it somewhat of a hidden gem. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Oh Yeah
Whilst the singles really do roar with energy and have a massive singalong choruse s the other tracks sometimes lull in energy. That said whilst it’s not the deepest experience it’s good fun throughout
Good. Nostalgic feeling
very good teenage crash britpop
Oh yeah, I know Girl From Mars! Not sure about the "britpop" label though, are Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth or Weezer britpop? Can't some Irish lads partake in a bit of garage rock without being reduced to just a country of origin?
I had never heard of this band or album before. I knew the song Girl from Mars (the least interesting song on the album) but only from the last couple of years, and I thought it was much more recent. I LOVED this whole album...fantastic! Can't believe I didn't know it from the 90s. It's been added to my library. Looks like they have a ton of other albums which I'm looking forward to checking out. 4.5
not terrible. i liked the actual music but i hate the singer and the lyrics unfortunately…. just doesn’t really match the like rock instrumentals they got going on.
Another artist I’ve never heard of! Too Loud™️
Ahh, like being in 9th grade again
Really liked this back in high school, and it's still kinda fun but it hasn't aged that well (and I'm not just talking about "Kung Fu").
Only knew one song from them beforehand and didn’t really like it, the first song is off to a much heavier start !! Woah, Mr. Miyagi mentioned, I just watched The Karate Kid !! Not my kind of music tbh, idk. Fav song is ‘Girl From Mars’.
It's too indie for me. At the beginning of the album I thought I could still tolerate this, but the later tracks just somehow blend into each other in a bad way. I'm sure there are many people who like Ash, but it's not for me.
Extremely beige version of alt rock, not all that well performed but passable
nice pop rock but doesn't stick - played it twice, nodded my head and stomped my feet, but haven't anything to my library (though "Darkside Lightside" almost made it)
favorites: goldfinger; innocent smile; angel interceptor
Positively surprised by this one - fresh sounding Irish rock that's 50 years old, does not sound like that at all!
Heard some of these tracks before... Reminded me of listening to events hosted at schools, not good.
can't say i enjoyed any of this.
Only listened to first half, but somehow the vocals are too quiet and music a bit to muddy for me to love it
Pirteää meininkiä, vähän alkaa loppua kohden puuduttamaan, olisi voinut levyä hieman lyhentää.
#262/1001. Mid 90s grunge-meets-pop punk brit pop. It sounds like they took influence of much more experimental acts at the time and melted it down to some kind of chartable, critic-friendly mediocrity. Youthful energy definitely, but for me not much more. File under: you don't have to hear this before you die.
Nothing impressed me all that much. Perhaps I shouldn't listen to the album of the day while trying to work.
I don’t know this band but maybe I should. I like this.
A favorite record of mine upon release, 1977 is Ash demonstrating amazing proficiency on a debut record. This is a guitar record filled with brilliant melodies making this a complete album that is catchy as fuck. I discovered this on a CMJ compilation where Kung Fu was the single but once you get to the album, it’s the immediacy of songs like Girl From Mars, Angel Interceptor, Goldinger and the killer intro of Lose Control which presages the entire album. Tight catchy songs and some terrific guitar work fusing metal riffage onto pop punk to produce a pretty exciting high energy record filled with songs you can singalong to as you turn up the volume. In parts, the urge to engage the air guitar is high. There are no skips on this record but the 2nd half is a little uneven as the songs take a little time to engage the listener particularly when the Angel Interceptor is a superbly catchy track. But skipping tracks like Innocent Smile or the last track, Darkside Lightside, would be shortsighted as these tracks are sonically among the best on the record. Honestly, for a debut record, there are few I’ve encountered that would match this for overall excellence. 4.5/5
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Pretty generic 90s music but not bad.
On Day 44, Ash’s 1977 serves as a decent reminder of youthful energy, but it lacks the vocal triumph needed to follow a five-star masterpiece. While it is amazing to hear teenagers deliver this level of tough 90s rockmanship, the album ultimately struggles with replay value outside of its two heavy hitters. Girl From Mars and Kung Fu hit the brain just fine with their triumphant momentum, but the rest of the LP feels like a pretty average collection that doesn't quite break into my personal rotation. It’s a solid 3/5—I respect the technical simplicity and the sci-fi ambition, but it doesn't have enough standout substance to keep the iron hot.
Jobbig röst och banala texter. Enstaka instrumentala partier var bra, men helheten var verkligen inte i min smak. Svag 2a.
Inte riktigt min musik och det är för generiskt. Kände till en början bara NEJ hatar sånt här men det tog sig liiite en bit in. Gone the dream var rätt okej. Ligger o väger mellan 1-2.
Spretigt! Det låter verkligen som att de tagit massa inpiration från saker jag gillar, kört det i en mixer och sett vad som kom ut. Ibland blir det ganska kul, ibland väldigt platt, men det är väl lätt hönt när man helt plötsligt blivit signad som tonåring. Tyckte ändå att det tog sig lite mot slutet när de flippade mer. Den med stark mage kan lyssna på bonusspåret ”Sick Party” lol.
Börjar och slutar jävligt starkt. Däremellan är det ojämnt, ibland bra, ibland för tråkigt. Landar i ännu en 3a.
så svag för det här. so sue me!!
1977 was fine but I liked 1984, 1989, and 1999 a lot more.
Surprised to have never heard this one before. Sounds like a nice album of the era.
This is quite mediocre indie rock album that has all the genre cliches and songs that are like pastiches of the generic indie. Songs like Girl from Mars or Kung fu are nice pop songs, but there’s really nothing on this album that would make Ash sound something more than just another 2nd level indie band
I'd Give You Anything guitar riff resembles heavily Black Sabbath Iron Man. Regardless of that point I l quite liked this. Easy listening middle road stuff in positive sense.
Mediocre radio rock from 90s. That's what it is.
American pop punk, nor skate punk for that matter, has never been something I enjoy that much. I'm from the hardcore school of thought and most of the poppier styles feels very watered down. I mean, for the longest time punk equaled Exploited, Discharge and finnish Lama style music. I only later learned that the US style is another branch in the same tree. Still, I can't shake the feeling of "sell-out" and making the music easier for the masses. Anyway, this one is a bit different since they're mixing sounds of britrock, floaty pop music and said US style softer punk into a decent mixture. Around the halfway mark I started to feel fatigued and the last 3-4 songs were too much, this album is too long in my opinion. I wouldn't've thunk I'd like this. But I sorta did.
Generic, boring, bad vocals, worse lyrics, somehow worse delivery. And yet, not interesting enough to be truly terrible.
Wow, this takes me back to being a teenager. Singles are great but maybe there is a bit of filler. They should have put Petrol and Jack Names the Planets on this album.
Not bad but nothing too memorable either. Sounds like a LOT of other bands from the same era. The guitar stands out as being a bit more inventive than many Brit-pop bands but not enough to stick with me.
empezó muy bien, después me aburrió un poco
It's fine so far, kinda boring. Maybe I would enjoy it more at the time. Bit like Manic Street Preachers but not as good
I actually really enjoyed this album. It is totally up my alley, and at first I was surprised I had never heard anything from this band before but then I realized I had at least heard "Goldfinger" So, I'm going to give this album 4 stars because to me it was great. But at the same time, I totally get why people would dog on this album. It totally begs the question of "why is this here?" And feels way more like a fan favorite of the curator rather than something truly worth of being a "must listen". Because I liked it, I would certainly keep it over a bunch of albums I've already been forced (ok, maybe not forced...coerced?) into listening to. But eventually I can see this one being on the chopping block over albums that maybe aren't for me but are perhaps more noteworthy or influential. 1977 isn't perfect, hence 4 stars, but it's solid enough that I plan on returning to many tracks from it, if not full listens again.
5/10
Angsty.
kind of fun, sounds familiar - some enjoyable tracks but is it essential listening? not for me
This one is like "driving" on a film set. The car bobs up and down. It's in constant motion and occasionally feels like it's turning a corner or accelerating. But, really, it's just rolling along in place.
...no no no, it's not bad at all. I'm just saying maybe next time stop the list at 1000...
like the demos for other 90s rock i really like
Listening session: january 24th, while getting ready in the morning Listened to before: no Thoughts: I was pleasantly surprised when I heard the opening to this album Favourite tracks: Lose Control, Goldfinger & Gone The Dream
very okay
Definition of Meh. No idea why this is here over other far more prominent 90s artists.
Nah
Defo a few 0.1 points added here for 90s teen nostalgia, although they were one of some of my friends' favs rather than mine.
boring
Groupe inconnu. Une bonne surprise ! Les morceaux sont plutôt dynamiques, avec un son bien rugueux et parfois des originalités harmoniques. Quelques chorus de guitare viennent agrémenter l'ensemble. Par contre l'album est un peu trop long (12 morceaux) et contient un peu de remplissage qui nuit à l'ensemble. Je l'écouterais probablement de nouveau mais il ne rejoindra pas ma collection. =>3/5
gods dream of breathing beings
Not feeling it. It sounds like a generic alt rock album from the mid to late 90s. Not a big fan, couldn't finish it.
grungy and fun and a nice solid listen. never heard of em before!! i will be back!!
i enjoyed this one! happened to be listening to ash a couple days ago on a lark, so i was surprised to see it pop up on this list. i only knew their song from burnout but this album is pretty good! definitely returning to a few of these in the future. favorites: lose control, goldfinger, girl from mars
didn't know what to expect going in but ended up really enjoying this! 90's alt ftw
2 albums to go! Man this has been a trip. I have been a part time fan of this band at times. Wonder if this record holds up. LATER: seems like it does
Fand ich wenig spektakulär.
Hat mich überrascht, weil ich Ash bisher in Richtung Pop-Rock eingeordnet hatte (in meinem Kopf quasi wie Travis). Album ging dann doch deutlich mehr nach vorne und war durchaus kurzweilig, allerdings ohne großen Wiedererkennungswert nach einmaligem Hören.
Hat mir deutlich besser als Supergrass gefallen. Schön abwechslungsreich, mal etwas rockiger, mal etwas mehr Power-Pop, mal ein Noise-Part. Dachte irgendwie immer, die würden nur so zahmen Indie-Rock machen. Hat mich sehr positiv überrascht.
Erstaunlich hart für die damalige Zeit. War ganz cool, ist aber nicht viel hängengeblieben. Konnte mich aber auch nicht komplett darauf fokussieren. Deswegen mal ne wohlwollende 4.
Ash waren für mich immer ein bisschen die britischen Weezer und ich bin mir nicht mal sicher ob das Briten sind. Ich bin allerdings ein Fan von Weezer und somit auch von Ash. Habe die mit ihrem 2025er Album auch vor kurzem wieder etwas mehr für mich entdeckt. Doch auch hier ist das wirklich sehr toll was die machen. Poppig, grungy und ab und an etwas noisy geht vorallem Girl from Mars ins Ohr. Der ganze Rest ist etwas austauschbarer aber hiermit macht man alles in allem nicht viel falsch.
2.08
guitar solos were soooo good and the lead singer has a good voice but maybe for some more extreme music. get him yellin 🗣
I didn't mind this album - it has some fun moments, a good feel and energy... and it's certainly well made. On the other hand, it doesn't feel like anything noteworthy, you know? It's perfectly good, but does it really deserve to be on this list? (It's far from the worst thing on the list, but sometimes bad is at least interesting or noteworthy.) Still, I liked it well enough, and would listen to it again happily. I probably won't, but I would.
Not a great album. Sounds like the precursor to the pop punk wave that came after. Or maybe it was happening all at once. I don’t know. It captures that vibe but also has early 90s guitar and drum tones. 1.6/5.0
just ok.
Honestly never heard these guys before. I always hated the way the albums looked so much I never listened. It’s pretty bad but there are a few catchy moments
Every song sounds the same to me. Bah
non male, mi ricordano un po' i Ramones e altre mille band di questo genere, ma si ascolta volentieri!
(63/100)
5점 만점에 2.7점 정도. 기타 리프가 전체적으로 화려한 편이라 시원시원하게 들을 수 있는데. 가끔 엥 여기서 이렇게 끝난다고? 하는 곡들이 있어 아쉽다. 그리고 처음이라 일단 짜게 줬음.
Not a bad bit of pop punk but not truly outstanding either
Listenable alt rock from an Irish garage
I really enjoyed this Album
Unexpectedly great, really great punk rock songs that really get you in he mood to let loose. I like it a lot, 8/10
Oh wow. Classic.
It was okay, but I didn't really notice it. Faded into the background.
Yesterday I listened to the album. Today I don't remember what I heard. It can't have been very impressive to me. 3/5
One of my favourite britpop albums
Not bad. They were definitely above average for the rock bands on this last, although still didn't really perk up and start listening carefully.
Bright, adrenaline-fueled songs built from Crunchy, overdriven guitars with simple power-chord riffs, melodic forward-pushed bass lines, driving drums, and exuberant, youthful vocals move this pop-punk album like tearing down a suburban street on a skateboard that’s a little too fast—thrilling and catchy for a moment, and waiting for it to be over.
First time listen. Never heard of the album or band. I really liked it!
Good
I like the harder instrumentals, usually the intros, but I don't like the pop punk sound of it, also, not a fan of the ballads
As someone who musically came of age in the 90s, I was aware of Ash mostly through radio airplay. I did remember in the course of listening to this album that I have actually seen them live at a festival. I enjoyed 1977 and probably more than I thought I would, but I'm sure there is an element of nostalgia to it. Would I listen to it again? Possibly, but it wouldn't be an instant yes
Great album. Echoes of Therapy? on "Darkside Lightside" - but they lived very close to one another, and there's no way Ash had failed to hear them.
This took me back some great songs in it which were realised not quite a 4 star but close
Classic punk rock from my youth.
Pseudo grunge? (Genre is dumb) from some british kids. It's ok, not essential.
Sometimes it sounded like little bit of Radiohead. I really enjoy this highschool garage rock band type of music.
Not necessarily 'bad', first three songs are actually very enjoyable. Unfortunately, at times this feels a bit too derivative, which really turns the enjoyment into annoyance.
Ok
decent, pretty forgettable, but enjoyed the last track, good note to end on
Can hear the influence for other bands such as Nada Surf. Liked the song Oh Yea. Others just ok.
Good album.
Pretty fun, I liked this! I even listened to some of the special edition bonus content. It wasn't like, mindblowing, but pretty good.
Solid but nothing to write home about.
Decent album that is a creature of its era.
I feel like I should have gotten into these guys a lot. I think that I just heard Kung Fu at the end of Rumble in the Bronx and thought that they were no more than that. While that tune is quite fun, the rest of the album is pretty great too.
Nothing stood out, nothing memorable.
Sounds like 1000 other bands from this era.2.5
Girl From Mars...good 90s alternative.
ok nice
I am very fond of 1977. Or perhaps I am fond of my memories of it. Excluding novelty records and television tie-in seven-inches, Oh Yeah was the first single I bought with my own money. Its B-side was a cover of ABBA’s Does Your Mother Know? - a detail that mattered, as it happened, because Paul would shortly be ejected from our first band for suggesting we cover SOS. Ash, only a few years older than us when they recorded the album, were untroubled by such questions of cool, and it served them well. This was punk pop that was unabashedly slight and spry - part Nirvana in texture, part Buzzcocks in form, and yes, a little ABBA - not much, but enough. It was a more joyous and immediately enjoyable debut than The Clash, which we had listened to a few weeks earlier. More importantly, it was made by young teenagers. Almost peers. They were from Downpatrick. My ma knew Tim Wheeler’s ma a bit from her time stationed in Kilkeel. It is possible that memory clouds my judgement, but not entirely. Certainly Oh Yeah - a song about teenage yearning for love and romance, and perhaps something more - spoke more directly to me, at that point, than the oblique misery of much of Kurt Cobain’s writing. The same is true of Goldfinger. Even Girl from Mars articulates a naive but common othering of the opposite sex. None of this is sophisticated, but it is - was - recognisable. These songs did not gesture towards grand emotional abstraction; they described feelings you might plausibly be having that week. The problem is that Tim Wheeler never moved beyond this phase. His voice did not change, and his writing did not either. He never learned to articulate ideas or emotions beyond these simple adolescent scenarios. Even on 1977, he is already looking backwards rather than forwards. The songs are about the start of the summer after it has ended, about romances already lost. The nostalgia is built in from the beginning, and it leaves him nowhere to go. This is there in the title itself - 1977, the year most of the band were born. This backward gaze is so prevalent in Northern Irish pop music as to be almost integral to it. On Astral Weeks, Van Morrison - only twenty-two - sings of being ‘conquered in a car seat’, already mythologising the teenage girls he used to know. Neil Hannon was around the same age when he wrote Summerhouse, fondly recalling the summers when he was ten or eleven. The Undertones became grown men obliged to sing Teenage Kicks every night. The same idealisation of childhood and adolescence underpins the novels of Forrest Reid, the writer who defined the early Northern Irish novel. There is a shared assumption that things were better before - that adolescence represented an Eden prior to the fall of adulthood. In the context of twentieth-century Northern Ireland, this makes sense. Childhood was shaped by theology and routine, while adulthood unfolded in a violent, sectarian world from which children were partially shielded. Nostalgia is not simply indulgence here; it is a means of preservation. Of course, the teenage years are central to pop music everywhere. It is hard to love music as intensely at any other point in life, or to bind it so completely to identity. Most musicians who are going to exist as pop artists begin then, when they have the time, energy and obsession the form demands. Many struggle later, not because adulthood is uninteresting, but because pop’s vocabulary is limited and poorly suited to the banal complexity of grown life. What marks Ash out is not youthfulness alone, but arrested development. Wheeler and the band had their greatest success too early, without any need to refine an artistic voice beyond Star Wars references and kung fu films. When the time came to develop one, there was no space left. Touring, television appearances and magazine shoots replaced the long periods of isolation in which artists usually fail, reflect and improve. In this sense, Wheeler resembles Rivers Cuomo or Billy Corgan more than his Britpop contemporaries - a pubescent shredder who became a songwriter. Few of his peers, James Dean Bradfield aside, played guitar solos like that. The difference is that Cuomo and Corgan endured years of rejection and uncertainty in which to clarify what they were trying to say. Wheeler succeeded immediately, and success fixed him in place. Yet it is that same stasis that allows me to enjoy 1977 now, almost uncritically. The nostalgia was there from the beginning; it is not something I have imposed on the record with age. The album was already looking backwards, already embalming adolescence, already offering the teenage years as something complete and closed. How could I give that up now? To reject it would be to reject the version of myself that first heard it, and the small, protected world it seemed to describe. If 1977 left Tim Wheeler nowhere to go, it has given me somewhere permanent to return to. 3 Ash suck. They were very young when they made this of course and its best moments savour of Naive Art. Tim Wheeler would go on to prove, however, that it wasn’t just youth and inexperience; he is a born rubbish singer, songwriter, and guitarist. This was his peak. 1.5/5
It's mostly sugary fun fluff, with some lyrics that are pretty on the nose, and I might be a sucker, but I enjoyed it. It sounds too similar to be a 5, but it's good in my book, and had this came out during my youth, I would have been all over it
2.0 Sounded like they tried to rip off every rock band that ever existed, all in one album
Decent 90s hard grung
Cracking start, tails off towards the end…. Shame.
Simple rock, nothing special. Moving along…
Didn't expect it to be a 5, but it's a 5.
Melodic garage pop sounding band I never heard of. Dug 'em.
have not listened before i liked this! sounded very familiar like something that my family would have listened to fav: girl from mars
I pioneer to the legendary late 90s punk era. I think the high pitched screamy lyrics matched with its energy unlike a lot of the albums in this era. Because of that I will give it a high 3.
There are so many awful singers on this list it really makes me feel even I could make it into the next 1001.
Okay, this album is aggresivly mid. There like one good song and its the first one. Makes you hyped and then just a kinda wet towl that isnt horrificly bad, but just kinda meh. Its so nothing. Weird listen that the album got weaker and weaker as it went on.
First song is good enough to make you think the album will be good, but not good enough to save the rest of this clusterfuck. Painfully boring slop. Genuinely the worst listening experience so far. Why is this in this list??
This album is infuriates me, not because it is bad. If it were bad I could've filed it as not my thing, and moved on with my life. Instead it gave me opinions. It opens with the star Wars X-wing scream and then a genuinely amazing riff making me all excited. Imagine then my disappointment when the vocalist kicks in who somehow retroactively pulls all energy and power from the music with the voice of what feels like a wet rag. Leaving behind something that feels like it was purely written for some 90s/00s coming of age movie about a teenage boy finding out how cool skating is. It is punk with its teeth filed off. It is even more frustrating because the guitar riffs on this album are still actually pretty good at times. Especially on Lose Control and I'd give you anything (which makes sense as it is straight up a Black Sabbath riff) there are some great fucking riffs. But then the standard post-punk go happy junk starts playing over it making you wish for what it could've been. But again, it happens too often to make me be able to just I don't like it and move on without thinking about it. 4/10
Sweet & crunchy guitar work. Opens strong. Fades a bit after that. Lots of promise but a little short. Still a very good record.
Pretty good stuff. Nothing outstanding. I put Kung Fu on the playlist.
A nice change of pace, and not terrible, but also, not that great.
90 tals indie. Fina grejer, lite som Wonderstuff. Solklar fyra
Alright but not great. I wasn't familiar with the band, although I think I've *maybe* heard "Kung Fu" before. The highlight is probably "Girl from Mars."
Standard
My day was going pretty well until I listened to this album. Another droning British alt 90s grinding guitar album. I read in the notes that this album is similar to Weezer but I detest Weezer. I don’t understand why these bands can’t put just a bit of melody in their songs.
Fun britpop. Still love the singles.
Really loved hearing this again. Loads of singles, great mix of guitar styles, great energy.
I don’t mind the album … but I can’t see why this makes the list. Mid tier Brit pop rock
Incredibly accomplished given that were so young. The singles are well known and stand out, but the whole album rocks along nicely
I find this record very sweet. I adore the bright and jubilant chainsaw power chords, pop punk sensibilities and open, pleasant vocals. Its kinda grungy, but in the cutest way possible. While the vibe is there and it passes by like a dream I can't say there are any individual compositions which stand out to me greatly. It wouldn't stop me putting it on again though.
Ash gets a solid 3 from me, some of it really appeals to me but a lot of it is just decent to good
Never heard this before but I liked it. Certainly a capsule of its time. Music was fast and kept going. A little held back by the singing
A surprisingly fun album. Nothing particularly stood out song wise to me, but I can't deny that there's some fantastic guitar playing and riffage throughout
Sounds like a 90's alt-rock band. Some Nirvana, Pixies, maybe a little Green Day and proto-emo sound thrown in. Fine musicianship. Nothing particularly earth-shattering, but a decent listen.
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Had I heard this when it was relevant, this album might be one of those that holds a special place in my heart like other mostly-forgotten discs (Subliminal Plastic Motives, for example). Bands that sounded like this were the music of my youth; the soundtrack of my 20s, the music I raised my daughter on, those that bring me back to so many important times, and make me think of people who are important to me. Listening today, never having heard this before, it sounds like a thousand other forgettable acts from those days. Still, these guys are competent and likable, though pretty average for their time. I listened to and liked everything on the album, but I had to skip the Black Sabbath rip-off. That was jarring and it sort of pissed me off, which I can't really articulate a reason for. As the album progressed, the more I decided I liked it. I don't yet know that I'll add it to my personal collection, but it's a contender. I'm glad I heard this today. ⭐⭐⭐.75
I’ve always liked Girl From Mars, but could take or leave Ash.
It's ok, nothing special. Too much distortion.
Winterman
Almost worth 4 stars for girl from mars alone
Kan me niet me herinneren
Decent album by a band I think I may have heard a few songs by previously. Ash is interesting in that the feeling I kept getting was: this is good but it can't be anyone's favorite band right?
Classic 3 star
I feel like singers used to blend in with the instruments more pre-2000s. Even in this very rock album the singing seems to blend a lot more with the instruments than they do now. I liked the instrumentals though.
I really liked the tie fighter sound at the beginning.
It didn’t hit as hard as it should. Some moments where awesome but in total I am not convinced.
All the ingredients are there, but somehow it just doesn’t hit like other jangly guitar based indie bands of the time. Nice little stroll down memory lane though.
I bought this for 'Oh Yeah' as I liked it a lot, as for the rest, I'm fairly sure this is the first time I've listened to it all the way through since I bought it. It's ok, a fair bit of filler, but some banging tracks nonetheless. They are a band I'll go and see if they are playing on my doorstep for £20.
More generic mid 90s euro-shite
it was okay, just hasn’t done anything for me, wasn’t special like
Straddles the line between Weezer-rock and Britpop! As someone who likes the former, the melodies and hooks are simple(y) enjoyable 🙃
3.5
It was fine. Was hoping for more from a power pop trio. But it was fine.
Pretty good 90s rock.
I have never heard of this band, but I really enjoyed this album.
This was like pizza from Pizza Hut. Not the best, but I’ll take it. 3.5 stars.
I was momentarily impressed at the start, but ultimately let down.
Bouncy enthusiastic enjoyment.
I really enjoyed this! I want to listen again for sure.
this is a really fun britpop album that at the high points sounds like the soundtrack to the most fun and nostalgic 90s movie you can think of. a really quick listen because i was enjoying it, goldfinger was the standout track for me!
i give it points for trying but this was so boring LMFAO
Was making good music illegal in the 90s? The vocals are impossible to hear and the music itself is less remarkable than a cube of ice. How is this on the list and not Oingo Boingo?
I didn't hate it but I also have already forgotten every song on it and will likely forget the album even exists in a week of so.
3 solid album, good rock background
More hits on this than I realisef
Solid album of 90s alt rock and glad to be exposed to something that was big in the UK but essentially unknown in the US. Music is good - I found the singers voice not very good however. Thin voice, limited range, and missed quite a few notes.
Good guitar work. Interesting song structure and chord sequences. Kinda shit singing
couldn't find it
Mr. Miyagi and the X-Men Called in for a while as well
sick
Very 1996, Weezer and Foo Fighters vibes. Surprised I hadn't heard of them before.
1977 is a fun power-pop-punk album with some catchy hooks and fast-paced riffs. An impressive debut from three 19-year-old Irish blokes. Sometimes living across the pond allows me to discover tunes that I really should have already been aware of. I like music like this and am looking forward to seeing where Ash took things from here.
Thought I might like this more now I'm older, as I always felt a little too young to get into Ash when they were a thing but this didn't really hit. It was all a bit samey and only one or two tracks stood out. Mid.
One Direction of its time. Ugh
Middle of the road pop rock with a few bangers. Not as good as Free All Angels or Meltdown
Not for me first one I had to turn off and not listen to fully
I like this, feels very 90s which makes sense since it was released in 96.
I can see why this album has caused a lot of influence. I "like" it. I think. But after a while I became bored of it simply because all the songs sound so similar. Respect, but meh.
Surprised I'd never heard of this band. Good album.
Wasn't familiar, but it's a decent listen. In a post-grunge 1996 you certainly could have done worse.
Strong songs. They kick ass but are melodic and a little trippy too: nice combo. Lovely, grungy, dirty yet sweet vibe. This is a really interesting and enjoyable album. Pavement meets Ride meets shoegaze. Very heavy and yet very listenable. Love it
Not bad! it brings nice energy
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1977 is full of romantic songs with terrific production (90s loudness/low dynamic range notwithstanding). I really loved this record when it was first released and still do.
Die nordirische Band Ash veröffentlichte 1996 ihr Debütalbum 1977. Die Gruppe besteht aus Tim Wheeler (Gesang, Gitarre), Mark Hamilton (Bass) und Rick McMurray (Schlagzeug). Aufgenommen wurde das Album in den Rockfield Studios, Monmouthshire, und den Loco Studios, Usk Valley, Wales. Produziert wurde es gemeinsam mit Owen Morris. Musikalisch bewegt sich 1977 im Bereich Alternative Rock mit Einflüssen aus Britpop, Power‑Pop und Pop‑Punk. Zu den bekanntesten Songs zählen „Goldfinger“, „Girl from Mars“ und „Oh Yeah“. Das Album zeichnet sich durch einen direkten, unverfälschten Sound aus, der die Energie der Band transportiert. Die Songstrukturen sind klar, die Produktion unterstützt die musikalische Aussage ohne übermäßige Politur.
I like Ash, they’re a fun band to see live and this album is pretty good. Shouldn’t be anywhere near this list though. Maybe the author wanted to add an album to represent Northern Ireland but even then there’d be the undertones, stiff little fingers and them.
Hey. This was made in 1996. What a scam. At least it sounds straight out of late-70s sonic literature, but with a tangible grunge influence. From the opener, Lose Control, you can hear several differently-distorted guitars vying for control with several others layered underneath. So much effort is put into the stringed instruments that you almost forget that the vocal is meant to be good. (Almost.) At least having a lazily-enunciating vocalist is also on par with plenty of the "1977" punk output. (Lost in You has the same issue.) It gets a little better with Goldfinger, a song that reminded me of a slightly gazier 90s Green Day track. Wheeler is channelling that smooth young-man voice that was extremely prevalent in alt-rock of the era. That decent vocal continues for *most* of the rest of the album, but I really would prefer something more along the lines of Armstrong. I'd Give You Anything has an excellent riff, and I bet it'd be exhilarating to listen to live. Great solo, too. Is that a reversed guitar? I don't think so, but it's got an effect put on it to make it sound reversed. Pretty nifty. The guitars are generally great in this album, culminating in the centrepiece track Oh Yeah, whose second half absolutely soars with its instrumental. So many instruments coexisting and playing slightly different parts to one another. Very cinematic, and probably my favourite song. There are some violins, too, which certainly helps. (This cinematic texture is revisited in the album closer, Darkside Lightside, which is another really solid track.) The music also somewhat diverges from the canon with Innocent Smile, a hyper-distorted mess of experimentation with guitar noises that, while kind of cool, had definitely been done before. Not my favourite track. 3/5 Key tracks: Goldfinger, Girl from Mars, Oh Yeah
Really good Really strong Better than i thought it would be All good
The boys from Downpatrick - what a lovely place - oh yeah !
I actually quite liked this, but it's ANOTHER example of why this thing needs half stars. Yesterday I got a madonna album that I rated 3 stars because I didn't hate it, but would have rated 2.5 stars if I could have. Today I get this, and I'll probably rate it 3 stars but I would rate it 3.5 if I could. It's a whole star difference, but they're going to get the same rating. That's insane.
I occasionally enjoy pop punk but it’s largely run its course. This rocks harder than most and is a little above average. Extra point for the extra energy
for some unknown reason despite having seen ash play i have never listened to this album. it's like a love letter to the 90s, in all the songs that aren't ashs big hits you can pick another big act from the 90s that the song sounds like. So either ash are trend setters giving all the others inspiration, or they're musical magpies. not an insult oasis made a career of that. I like how amateur and garage band it all is. I bet Brian McClair loved this album.
Girls from Mars have too many tits.
They were 17 when they wrote most of this. In the infamous words of Big Mac SHACK Attack, "they were very mature for their age".
Might have enjoyed this in 1994, but I don’t remember hearing it. Sounds dated now.
There’s a lot of Nirvana and Green Day vibes here. Overall the album has a good sound, but it’s not quite there compared to its genre contemporaries. I think the songs are decent, but mostly held back lyrically - pretty generic in that regard. Favorites include Lost in You, Goldfinger, Gone the Dream, Let It Flow, Angel Interceptor. If this was a Japanese band and I couldn’t understand the lyrics, I’d probably like it better.
Oh my god they’re letting me listen to music I like again, tears in my eyes. I didn’t want it to be over but I also didn’t notice that Spotify had gone into autoplay for a few songs. I think that paints a picture. Perfectly pleasant listen tho! Will def return to some of these songs
Another unknown band for me. It's rock, but it's boring. Nothing catchy, real catchy, nothing memorable or special. Mediocre. Liked only two songs and one of them (Lost in You) because it has the same vibes as “Always on My Mind” whatever version: Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson or someone else. 2/5
Pleasantly surprised by this one. Maybe a bit too long but I enjoyed most of the tracks here. It made me think of power pop à la Teenage Fanclub mixed with britpop and straight indie rock.
Pretty standard 90s Alternative Rock, but with an enjoyable twist.
A great alternative rock album, nice songs and everything, but lacks something special... and a little too long winded. 3 stars!
Fun rock sound Kung fun is a product of it's time Album feels a little over-long
Boring.
Don't have much to say here. I liked it :) Favorite track: Girl from Mars 3.5/5
Some catchy songs, fun if inessential
Some parts sound quite a lot like teenage fanclub, where there are really strong pop influences over a much heavier backing, but I think this might be a bit heavier but no less catchy, which I love. It’s not blastingly loud all the time though seems like they weren’t afraid to have some quieter moments. Singing is great and so are all the guitar, both lead and rhythm. I feel like some of the lead parts are quite metal inspired, which I think always works with this kind of stuff. Favourite songs: all Overall around 8/10
Pretty nice britpop/rock
Knew absolutely zero about these guys. Where the hell have I’ve been? Man the energy is infectious.
I was back and forth on this album the whole time, first song I was out, then flipped back and forth probably 5 times. Ultimately it's a good barometer for late 90s alt rock and interesting enough to hold your attention. 2.5 rounded up bc it took me two months to get around to it and it didnt crumble under the manufactured pressure.
Had never heard of this band, and expected it to be sucky industrial noise rock based on the bizarre and kind of amateur cover art. What I found instead was some pretty solid 90s rock, triangulating “power pop” influences like Big Star and Cheap Trick with 90s contemporaries, reminiscent of early Foo Fighters, Weezer, Dinosaur Jr, etc maybe even some Third Eye Blind. I liked it, nice change of pace to have some good straightforward tunes. This is a Dewey album that I’ll probably come back to…A 3.5 that I round up because I’m a “rockist”, I suppose.