1977

DIdn't get the Full album, got a collectors edition with 40 odd tracks, couldn't stand it mostly had to cut it. Few nicer tracks.

Nunca fui muy fan de ellos, pero he descubierto que en este disco están la mayoría de canciones que me gustaban ("Lose control", "Goldfinger", "Girls from Mars" y "Oh yeah") así que no ha estado mal recordarlo. Supongo que como muestra del sonido de los 90 entre el grunge y el britpop hubo algo más:

Another okay, probably would’ve liked it in 2017-type of pop punk album. It was a decent listen and I like the instrumentals but overall not the most interesting. No song really stuck out as a favourite.

This album reminded me of a soggy dish rag. A little edgy, but ultimately pretty mundane. Somehow I did own an Ash album in my teens, although not this one. Their brand of Britpop/pop-punk is a little less clever, a little less hooky than some of their peers. What is the single here? There was no standout, I almost fell asleep despite the crunchy guitars. I assume that once again the author has favored a nostalgic album from his youth.

Stupendous album from a band who were still teenagers when it was released. Just an instant classic.

It's pleasant enough but had already been done 20 years before by the Unde rtone or perhaps the Buzzcocks. Having said that I like the sentiment and the one big hit packs a punch. Genuine, raw and energetic.

Ensimmäisen biisin intron aikana laitoin sormet ristiin ettei laulaja kuulosta ihan paskalta ja pilaa hyvää vibaa. Laulaja kyllä toimi, mutta mitä pidemmälle levy eteni, sitä vaisummaksi tuntui meno muuttuvan. Ihan kelpo tuotos ja helposti voisin kuunnella uudelleen. Perus 3*

Aika jees. Hyviä riffejä, hyviä biisejä. Viihdytti läpi albumin.

just why. dull et monotone. Specially les sujets de chanson. 4/10

I am getting big Foo Fighters vibes from this. The back end of I'd Give You Anything just seems to descend into guitar noodling for a little too long. Angel Interceptor is probably my favorite on the album.

Yep, this was every bit of a 90s album

4/5. A pretty catchy and fun rock album with a lot of influence from other bands that sometimes makes it sound unoriginal but very few times. There is definitely still some good songwriting here and hard not to like. There is young teenage energy here that you love to see on a debut.

Overlooked at the time by me. Solid record. Enjoyed it a lot.

от инди-звука жду что будут интересные гармонии, но тут не дождалась

It was good, was like a grungier Weezer. The kind of 90’s music that aged quite well. 3.5 stars

Not bad, but nothing special

Ash don't offer a super distinct musical identity on this album, but even so this is a good & cohesive collection of 90s alt rock tracks that aren't afraid to do something a little different. Would revisit. 3.5/5

Better than it deserves to be, and as much as I enjoyed it, I doubt I'll ever seek it out again.

Felt like I've heard this album 5 times on this list. Doesn't make it bad, but just more of the same.

Trur kje detta va for meg. Girl From Mars va litt jævlig

"Goldfinger" was a good song. These guys want to sound like Nirvana/Smashing Pumpkins, but were a little too watered-down and late to the party. "I'd Give You Anything" is ripped off from Black Sabbath's N.I.B. Other than that, there wasn't anything memorable about any of these tracks.

I'm sure I listened to this then forgot. I'll take that as a clue.

Sounds like the soundtrack for a late-90s movie where the popular guy helps the geeky girl see how beautiful she actually is. Best track: Let It Flow

Power pop. Rollo. Un 2.

Megahit Oh Yeah. Me ha soprendido.

Very bleh 90s rock

Meh

eh

They often feel like the forgotten British band on that ear, solid effort especially when one remembers how young they were when this came out.

it has its moments of brilliance. shame those are not that frequent. fav songs: goldfinger, gone the dream, oh yeah, lost in you.

Great band that surprised me a couple years ago with another release. But hearing this album was something else. Most songs have the kind of alt / pop / punk vibe. It’s a bit reminiscent of Weezer, but I think Ash has some more grit in their sound. Cool stuff with hooky melodies! 8 out of 10

Didn't hate this, but I forget what it even sounded like after two days, so that probably says it all.

Man, this was boring. Interesting things here and there, but the album is overall not notable. I remembered the singer's voice being more annoying, but I guess I misremembered the one song I knew on here. My favourite songs were Lose Control and Goldfinger, but nothing was very appealing to me.

uppa norn iron

It's a little bit all over the place in terms of genre and style. A little bit of grunge, garage rock and alt-rock. Impressive and unexpected album. I liked the first half better than the second one.

This is a decent enough listen. The problem with it is that it became briefly massive because some A&R man thought "Hey, it's called 1977. Let's price it what it would have cost in 1977" and thus, this full album hit the scene costing £4, when most other CDs were on the shelves for £12 or £13. Kids with pocket money would see it there and look at the £10 note in their hand (if they were lucky... It was probably saved £1 coins in their pockets... The £2 coin wasn't going to be released for another two years) and what would you know - they bought the album, because they could also buy a magazine, go to the cinema and still have enough left for the bus home. To call it a "number one" album from 1996 is a bit of a stretch. It was a gimmick of release, not because they were stupendously popular, ground-breaking or all that great. It was significantly cheaper than anything else you could buy at the time. And a lot of people took a punt on it simply because it was that cheap. The single tracks are entertaining enough, in a Britpop-kind of way. The story of its dirt-cheap pricing seems almost (but not entirely!) impossible to corroborate, and modern listeners will probably have no idea how relatively expensive music was in the 90s so perhaps this album does deserve a place in the list, for the sake of its history. I don't think it does for its music, though.

A bit long and some of the songs drag but it is filled with very good to great power pop moments. I wish I first heard this in my teen years. 7/10

Such a cool sound. They manage to sound pop punk and soft rock at the same time. Such elegant vocals. Great rock album!

Decent, actually quite catchy album, just shy of 4 stars though

Average.

It was ok. The album started off promising, with a lot of strong rock vibes, but the slower songs towards the middle were a little boring and I couldn't shake that feeling for the rest of the album

the 90s rock that you would see in flcl 3.5

Pretty good listen. 4 stars! keep a good beat and don't relent.

Lose Control, Goldfinger, Angel Interceptor and Lost in You. Generic British indie pop rock. Guitar is good in parts. Kind of annoying and didn’t like most of this but it does what it’s supposed to and is catchy.

not as good as the first song promises. a lot of the songs sound the same. i liked it less as it went on. the singer is cheeks. disappointing. 2.5 lose control

Bland boring garage noise rock. FS: Lost in You

There are some good tunes here, but the album is messy, too long and from one of the 90s B tier bands

if you were 14 and you’d never heard the buzzcocks you’d probably love this as much as i loved the buzzcocks but i don’t know if you’d still want to listen to this when you were 50 the way i still like to listen to the buzzcocks every now and then

Power pop. Rollo. Un 2.

A high powered vibe to listen to

-this music feels very early 2000’s -i dig it tho!!!! -goldfinger is a solid song, only two songs in!!!!! -girl from mars kind of average but not bad! -favorites: goldfinger, -THE TRANSITION TO i’d give you anything!!!!!!!! -gone the dream is slower and sweeter -i like angel interceptor the lyrics are cute -really like darkside lightside

It's been a while since one of these were from someone I never heard of and really blew me away. I would totally listen to this

its alright kinda repetitive

Fuuuuuuuuuun!

Is this Jeff Tweedy singing on the first song? Sure sounds like him. The album is strongly rooted in 1996-era smooth grunge. Not doing anything for me. 1/5.

A heck of a lot of fun. Derivative but fresh. Will revisit.

Oh yeah, Star Wars. I recognise quite a few of the song names on this record. Noisy mess, and not in the good way. I can 100% believe this was written and performed by teenagers. You don't need to hear this before you die, I don't think I will ever listen to this again. 1 / 5 stars.

Some kinda familiar songs by a kinda familiar band. Summary must be almost memorable.

Oh how I loved this album back in 1997, first year at uni, into all things Brit-adjacent. Some cracker tunes and some great guitar work.

Pretty good album with some real bangers. It slows down a bit from time to time, and I don't know if this really stands out in comparison to the other bands of this period, but it was still a good album. Favourite: Girl From Mars

This is good! If I had heard it 20 years ago I think it would have been a fave.

Several songs that I really responded to, but also quite a bit of filler. Loved all of the instrumental breaks/solos.

I vibed with this, though I didn't love it. Some good hooks, some dumb lyrics. Definitely see the Britpop + pop punk meld of influences. Best song: Lost in You

Not very memorable for me. Didn't hate it, but it did not make a lasting impression

I always forget which one Goldfinger is, then I hear it and realise it's my favourite Ash song (either that or Shining Light, anyway). This is an album made by teenagers, for teenagers, about being a teenager, which means that when it's good it buzzes with raw, youthful energy. But the songwriting is pretty inconsistent & lacks a bit of focus. I didn't actually listen to a full Ash album when I was a teenager so I can be fairly objective - no nostalgia boost from me.

God, I forgot how good this is

This just feels like another mid-late-90s band riding the coattails of grunge’s surge earlier in the decade. Not bringing much new and sounding very derivative.

Never heard of this band before. Was drawn in my the heavy guitars, but the singer whining about his failed love life or whatever was a real turn off. Two broken hearts out of five 💔💔

3/5

Nah, ik vind de stem maar niets

Ooh leuk achtergrond album

Rock

Never heard of them before. Doesn't seem like anything special. The lyrics seemed pretty silly at times.

I’m excited to listen to Ash today! A few years ago, I listened to Free All Angels by them and was quite blown away (Burn Baby Burn is such a simple yet fun song to play on bass). It should be a fun day today if this album is anywhere near as fun as Free All Angels. Songs I already knew: Girl From Mars, Oh Yeah Favourites: Girl From Mars, Oh Yeah, Goldfinger, Angel Interceptor First of all, I had no idea that Girl From Mars and Oh Yeah were by Ash. Somehow I know both songs, yet had no idea who sang them. I loved most songs here on this album. I did think the last two songs were a little less interesting than the rest so may have been a bit better without them, but ten out of twelve tracks being great is pretty darn impressive. I love the feeling of chaos that can come into Ash songs at times. It can be fun pop-punk, then the guitar suddenly goes super distorted and the solos are messy and somewhat maniacal. It’s loads of fun.

Good album this. I love my indie and this was more grungy than a lot of the britpop around at that time. It's got that Owen Wilson loudness to it which at times is a bit ott. More rock than britpop 3.5/5

I have never heard of this band before and the opening couple of tracks held a lot of promise. The album slowed down a bit towards the end. I want to give this one another listen.

For me this album is all the offcut Brit pop music amalgamated into one album. Then they added one straight Black Sabbath rip off and tried to hide it all under a huge layer of fuzz guitar. No thanks

This album was hot or cold for me. A lot of really great songs with some absolutely killer guitar and bass tones. Then just lots of songs I found very uninteresting. But the album was fun all around, so it registers as higher than average for that. Wouldn't be opposed to playing again and see how it grows on me.

Thought this was interesting. Surprised I'd never heard it before. Sorta reminded me of something like Frogstomp, but bit more diverse. Weird that it's labelled as Brit-pop. I mostly dislike that. 3.5/5

This is fine, but damn, do we really need more Britpop on here? C-

I’d say it’s a mid tier to decent emo rock sound tbh. I do like it, I’d probably give it a solid 6/10

Who gave this man a microphone and told him to sing into it? It’s a worse Nirvana (who I don’t even like that much) with unintelligible lyrics, atrocious vocals, more noise, and worse melodies. 3/10

A generic Weezer meets Stroke-9 middle 90's alt rock clone. They probably liked that one high school song by Local H, if I had to guess. It's not that good. It doesn't really belong on a list. Maybe for an angsty 13 year old in 1996? Who was just one album away from finding something with some energy and meaning? Or maybe one album away from the myriad flavors of nu-metals infamous rap-rock-DJ collabs? Can't say. Not good. It's a two because the playing is proficient. It should be a one.

Never heard of them. How did this band get past me? Dig it.

Wish the vocals were louder in the mix. Enjoyed this record though. Nice mellow pop.

1977 come l'anno di uscita di Star Wars e un rock-pop che promette bene. Molto interessante.

90s cookie cutter grunge pop. Completely forgettable.

Youthful garage rock energy combined with very catchy pop melodies and choruses. Like the The Undertones for my generation. Great singles (checkout "Intergalactic 7s"), but I feel "Free All Angels" and the heavier "Meltdown" might be even better.

In today's edition of the UK Wish version of genre defining music we have Ash, a band that rides the grunge wave to D-level music celebrity-dom status that a casual music afficianado that was listening to this music during this time has never heard of but the authors of this list decide to let their UK favoritism take precedence rather than quality music. 2.5/5.

Not bad but not my favorite kind of music

I appreciate the album opening with the sounds of TIE fighters. I've never heard of this band, but I am a sucker for the alt-rock of the 90's. Impressive to learn these kids were in their teens when this released. This is a lot better than the music my friend's were writing at that time. I recognize Girl From Mars from something. Maybe an episode of Gilmore Girls. I found it to be a fun album. This is honestly probably more of a 3, since there are so many more standout albums of the 90's. But the 90's teenager in me rates it as a 4.

It's alright, nothing too special though. Sort of Nirvana-lite. A lot of heavy, distorted guitar chords bunched up together tightly. It would be nice if they paid more attention to the space between the notes. 3 stars.

Eh

Several catchy songs, but nothing to suggest that this is one of the 1001 best albums of all time.

Very very good album. Have never heard of this band before or this album. Really enjoyed the whole thing! Very soft singing and really heavy riffs at some points to follow it up. Will be checking out more of this band for sure!

Pretty good. My only previous exposure to Ash was "back in the day" when MTV2 played the video for "Burn Baby Burn" which is not on this album, quite often. As a horny teenage boy I really dug those cheerleaders. I just wishbibdug this album as much. It's pretty good, but felt like it lost some appeal after a few songs.

Weird nostalgia, liked it.

Really good album with a great pace. Can’t believe this is my first listen of it

Maybe the best album open sound ever. Past that. It was ok-ish.

Never heard of them before but it's pretty good Britpop with less whiny vocals when compared with Oasis. High energy rock.

не знаю

Solid

A very standard 90s rock album. Not sure how these make it onto the 1001 list, but I guess you gotta fill it somehow!

Any album called 1977 that starts with the sound of a TIE fighter is ok by me!

Very 90s, loved it went first out. A few good tracks, but...I don't know, just not feeling it today

Awesome

Alright

Fijne muziek, maar na 1x luisteren kan ik niet zeggen dat het heel opvallend is.

Rockia jossa on osittain pop punkkimaisia ja välillä jopa psykehtäviä vivahteita. Menevää kamaa

Great for playing air guitar to. And I remember 'Girl from Mars'. Pretty good all round.

The Girl from Mars ....sounds familiar. and yet not enough. Oh Yeah, its just that it reminds me of average. (I figured it out) Its distinctive for its lack of distinctively-ness-ness. Its like demin, or noodles, it needs something to go with it, so its not boring...

There are a couple of bangers in here (the opener kicks things off with a whole load of energy) and Lost In You is a genuinely sweet song, but otherwise it's quite middle of the road, forgettable indie rock

This is good garage pop. It's way better than the hives, but still not super memorable. I can easily listen to this in the background.

When I was a teenager an admirer made me a mix tape with songs to woo me with. They were songs that explained how they felt about me, about us, about the situation. Girl From Mars was on it, and to this day I’m not entirely sure it was flattering. Anyhoo, not really for me.

The influence of earlier bands from Northern Ireland is clear, particularly that of the Buzzcocks. Garage rock of decent quality, and at least with vocals that don't harm the sound. Nothing that will be added to my personal playlists but a good album all the same.

This got better as I listened to it. It fits very well into the punk sounds of the late '70s. Back in the 70’s and 80’s I would liked this more than I do now. But today they’re just ok. Scale: 5 - My absolute favorites. 4 - Albums I like. 3 - It was ok to listen to but I wouldn't seek it out. 2 - Didn't like. 1 - Absolute shit.

Not that great

banger

I remember getting a free tape with NME that have a version of Petrol on it and becoming a fan of Ash from that one song. Not sure if I had the EP: Trailer or not, but I know I was very excited to buy this album when it come out. And just like I felt 26 years ago when I listened then, I found this a disappointing experience. A couple of good singles and some punky energy mixed with the grungy sounds but I don’t recognise any of the album tracks at all. If think if they took a tip from some of the punk inspirations and kept the songs down to 3 mins I should maintain a 4 star rating but the noisy music and slightly out of tune vocals can’t keep me interested for more than 35mins.

First songs sound nice, a bit like nirvana. But either this album gets more boring the more you listen to it, or it gets worse towards the end.

these guys are on tour during march thank god I dont live in england 1.5/5

rockig, grunge. Girl from Mars

Would be a great album...if he didn't sing Some really good rock riffs Some real dirgy songs

Megahit Oh Yeah. Me ha soprendido.

Блин, наверное если бы мне было лет 15 когда я это слушал, то я бы сказал, что это мой альбом и прям хорошо. Сейчас как-то одтононно звучит и это явно не лучший пример брит-попа. Наверное тогда он был свежим и юным, но чето хз 2-3 из 5

Я сначала по звучанию первого трека подумал, что это будут такие же муки для меня, как и Smashing Pumpkins. Но нет, и слава богу! Звучит хорошо, плотно... Но по-панкушному просто. Хотя опять же, не весь альбом такой, иногда есть паузы-медляки, видимо, для релакса. Поймал себя в какой-то момент, что уже точно слышал что-то подобное когда-то, какой-то Blur что ли, но ещё и с вкраплениям Green Day и неназванной попсы. Слова тоже хорошие, местами. Где-то конечно они скатываются в какой-то манифест разгульной жизни, но Goldfinger и Girl from Mars - это прям мощно и сильно. Однако, прослушав альбом, я понял, что ничего, кроме вышеназванного Goldfinger мне в голову не засело. А там такая мелодия красивая в начале куплета... в общем сказка. С оценкой поэтому трудно: я вроде как песенку себе эту добавил, но остальной альбом меня слабо впечатлил. Пожалуй, это будет 3.5/5 с округлением вниз. Но стоит ознакомится с дискографией группы поближе.

Вкусно, бодро, приятно. Выебонов в наличии, но чёт не удержал до конца, 4- (Пора возвращать привычку добавлять песни в личные плейлисты, память ужасная, так что интрушку послушайте, хз)

ok

Pretty unlistenable. Songs are so weak and derivative that it is difficult to imagine why this album has such a good reputation.

Sympathetic record. I remember Goldfinger well, still a great song. Rest of the album is of variable quality.

A bit like a more punk Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub with a little Sonic Youth thrown in for good measure. Pretty solid.

uncomplicated fun pop-punk anthems for upbeat road trips or trendy thrift stores. Album is a bit too long and I can't fault people for getting tired of it. 3.75/5

Interesting 90s rock.

So I was not going to listen to this today. I’ve been getting burnt out on pre-80s albums I have no context for and I misread and thought this album came out in 1977. I know Ash because they’ve had a song or two in Gran Turismo. But that’s it. This music I am such a sucker for; the noisey pop-rock. Adding this album to my regular rotation.

Some cool songs, but it does get repetitive in the second half.

"Girl from Mars" is Standard of indie radio for over 20 years now... it's not as bad as most indie and not as good as the height of britpop. Outside of that singles it does feel very landfill indie. "Kung Fu" just pushes it to a 3 due to nostalgia

It's standard alternative rock from the 90's. I found the album quite fine, but a bit too one dimensional. The guitars are absolutely shredding it during the whole thing and are very loud. To me this is nothing really special, not boring or anything, just a bit nondescript. It's ok 6,8/10

Kung Fu is such a great song, if this was an album of 15 Kung Fus it would be an easy 5. But it's not.

I liked it, although I’m not sure how good it actually was. Favorite song: “Goldfinger”.

I wasn't sure about this, but I really enjoyed it!

Blah, blah, blah...yawn...guitars, guitars, guitars...yawn. This did not hit the right spot for me today. Just a droning noise for the most part.

Mostly underwhelming 90s indie rock. Makes me wonder if we all avoided feeling feelings in the 90s? Some of the more punk-sounding songs are fun.

I started listening to this and at first for some reason felt like this wasn’t particularly noteworthy. I was thinking this might be a 3 or so when I had to stop listening. When I picked up listening to it again it suddenly caught fire and I loved the second half. Wondering what had changed I immediately started the album over and decided first-time-listen-me was an idiot. These songs rock! Great guitars and drums and fun songwriting. I love this!

Bit too long but not bad for a bunch of teenagers at the time.

A mix of some of the more unpleasant sides of rock. Not sure why this band ever made out of the garage or out of the local opening act league. The album is versatile, I'll give it that. And nothing is reeeeally bad as in painful to listen to. But none of it is good in any way either. I'd Give You Anything in particular made me sort of sad. Ripping off riffs from Black Sabbath (MIB) is one thing thing, but how can you then proceed to make it sound that bad?

Boring, forgettable 90s rock.

You know I'd not heard this for twenty years, owned by my partner. Girl From Mars was a banger always, but Kung Fu, Angel Interceptor, Oh Yeah are also absolutely brilliant too. I had this pigeonholed as mid-table Britpop but I'd put this in an Europa league place.

Kinda fun britpoppy nonsense, although it doesn't have much lasting appeal

Back in the day i would have been all over this 3

This was a really good album, I was actually shocked. Some sweet sweet rock and roll on this one. First half of the album is very solid. Girl from mars was good. The strength of this record is the 2nd half starting with Oh yeah. What a great song. Lost in you is one of the best songs I've heard from any of these albums. Darkside lightside is a fantastic closer. Kick ass album 7/10

Good energy and a lot of talent but came across to me as fairly unfocused.

Pretty much one in a sea of a thousand bands that sounded just like this in the 90's. If it had been made in 1977, that at least would be noteworthy. I really don't understand how this album represents anything that I haven't heard already.

Classics

Стандартный не выделяющийся смазливый рок.

Opens with a tie fighter flyby. Grungy/punky, but vocals are kinda relaxed

Very Rocky sound

Bland 90s sound with super weak vocals

The instrumentals were good but the vocals left a lot to be desired. It's like the wanted the 90s sound but as flat and unexciting as possible. I little disappointed in that since I feel like with better vocals this could have been a great album.

I did not enjoy the lyrics or the vocals of this. Instrumentally it was fine but it’s forgettable

Album starts with a tie fighter and punk rock vibes, was super excited, then: enter the singer... Most songs on the album went that way. Music was solid, hence the 3 stars. Could have been a much better album with a stronger and more interesting lead vocalist performance.

Brit indie pop com pega até forte, mas nada além.

I remember some of these songs from the time. I avoided Ash then and nothing much has changed. It’s pleasant-enough indie rock, and I get the Dinosaur Jr. / Teenage Fan Club comparisons, but Buzzcocks and Sonic Youth? Although I can hear a smattering of the latter in their flirtation-with-corporate-grunge-rock Goo / Dirty phase, I guess. I am sure they had fun doing this stuff, but it washed over me as nostalgia for a 90s I managed to swerve.

This was a big deal back in 1996. Steve Lamacq was all over them. Ash were the young kids that could unite indie and pop. They pretty much pulled it off with 1977. What's great about this album is the pure pop: Goldfinger, Girl From Mars, Oh Yeah, Angel Interceptor - all timeless songs that would work just as well if they recorded by a boy band. Ash add an extra snark and snarl to the tunes. It's a pretty cool package when put together.

Music for 12 year olds. Sadly I couldn't finish it.

3.5 I was shocked that is was from 1977. Seriously, I thought it was modern rock. NNED more of this!

Nice rock album, sounds a bit like green day from time to time but lacks the charm, not terrible but not crazy good 2.5/5

Nice aggressive rock, deep dive into it and you must embrace it. Great first songs but then it becomes a bit repetitive, sometimes the instrument mix dont blend well together. They try some artistic things that are sometime good sometimes not... Sot mixed about it. Very small 3.5/5

Forgettable.

Ca sonnait super bien j’ai eu du plaisir dans lecoute. Du bon rock pour vrai. 4

Somewhere between "Child Abuse" and "Corporate Record Company Bullshit Wank", "1977" brings a punk-pop sound that is so strikingly '90s that listening to it felt a bit nostalgic. Judging by their opener, "Lose Control", they could've made a good punk album.

I would never have thought that I will have any residual fondness for this album. Nostalgia is an odd thing. I remember reading a profile of them in Q that pretty much broke my heart. I can't remember why (hey, this was almost a quarter of a century ago!), but I'm pretty certain it was as much about what was not said as what was said in the piece. I'll look it up sometime. Remember thinking (from the grand old age of mid 20s) that they were impossibly young. The energy of the performance is what carried them through then, I think. Personally, I don't think it belongs on this list; personally, I'm sort of pleased that it is on this list.

I absolutely adore this album, always have. Girl from mars to me is the standout track, this sweet little love song poking its head above this sea of chaotic alt rock. Kung Fu is also great, such an infectious and high energy song. But the whole album is just really solid slightly grungy, slightly garagey alt-rock. Brilliant live band as well, so many good times seeing these guys at festivals. Plus it starts with a tie fighter sound, how could you go wrong.

I'd never heard of Ash until today, but everything I've read about the band told me I would like them. This proved true! What a great 90's alt rock/grunge/pop rock band. I heard influence from many different sources while listening to them: (1) Goldfinger sounds quite a bit like Nirvana; (2)the vocals on the chorus of Girl From Mars sounds like Weezer; (3)the chord progression in I'd Give You Anything sounds like N. I. B. by Black Sabbath A few songs on the album run into each other seamlessly (notably Girl From Mars into I'd Give You Anything, and Let It Flow into Innocent Smile) I thoroughly enjoyed this listening experience. From the heavy distortion and sludgy guitars to the tight drums this album was great! If I were to have any criticisms at all it would be that sometimes the vocals fall behind the wall of sound and distortion a bit, and the use of static as a backing sound in a section of Innocent Smile was a bit irritating, otherwise a great album. Favourite songs: I'd Give You Anything, Angel Interceptor, Kung Fu, Girl From Mars, Lose Control, Goldfinger, Darkside Lightside Least favourite songs: Lost In You, Innocent Smile 4/5

Outstanding album. Full of youthful energy, timeless. Still sounds perfect more than 25 years on. I remember the sleevenotes from this having a photo of Tim in a bath, pouring a bottle of vodka into his face and thinking that was the most rock and roll image, and being so happy that kind of slightly intimidating excess was still a thing.

Vous connaissez mon aversion pour tout ce qui est punk, néanmoins je me dois de souligner que ces gentils messieurs auront eu la sympathie de nous épargner les clébards et les canettes de 8.6.

Robert est en feu en ce moment, son pacemaker vient en effet d'être réajusté suite à un disfonctionnement qui pompait une grande partie de son énergie. L'horizon est radieux dans le ciel générateurien.

Very mid

Surely not bad, but it just doesn't really grasps me. Nothing really stands out as either outstanding or bad.

Teen indie pop. Decent enough for what it is, but not something I’d really listen to.

Listens: 1 Enjoyed: No

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Bit of nostalgia for me, not stupendous though.

Sounds what a punk teenager would listen too. Sounds alright so far.

An enjoyable alt-rock LP that comes across as just a bit more radio-oriented but in the same vein as what Hum was doing around the same time. Does run a bit long for how many ideas it has to present, but a solid find from the project nonetheless.

What is it about '90s Britpop that bores me so much? Maybe it's just its utter mediocrity? I can't say for sure, but every time I hear it my mind immediately shuts off. Maybe it's a defense mechanism. Maybe I should harness this phenomenon for good. When my anger or anxiety starts to get the better of me, I can just throw on some Ash or Suede and let the banality wash it all away. It's worth a shot.

Nothing special 2.5

I listened to it. I don't remember much.....

ah, not a terrible album but not a terribly interesting one. i gave this album a few listens yet it just came across as boring. unfortunately, i don't even have much to comment on. to end positively, i certainly appreciate how the album title came about! i think it's a fitting and unique title.

Any album that starts with the sound of a TIE fighter is a winner in my book. Also, 1977 was the year Star Wars: A New Hope came out. This album has previously been compared to bands like Sonic Youth, which made sense to me. There's a lot of heavy guitars with catchy melodies and dirty distortion. Many of the songs balance quiet and loud, slow and fast, which was another thing that reminded me of Sonic Youth. This album felt a little generic and not particularly groundbreaking, but again, I am generally a sucker for 90s pop/rock/alt/grunge/etc., so this album finds a nice home with me. Average, but enjoyable enough.

Super fun. Bristling power pop. Closing track was a banger.

Some good rock bordering metal? Looking forward to actually listening to this

I made it as far as "Oh Yeah" before deciding it just wasn't going to get better. C- or D+.

What the fuck is up pac sun? Let it flow is a baby maker

Really great, strong rock music. Oasis-tinged, but so was most rock music during the time. I really enjoyed listening. I’ll definitely be sure to return to some tracks — “Girl From Mars” especially.

I was totally unfamiliar with this album. Ash were obviously a tight outfit. It seemed to be all about the guitars. I really liked I’d Give You Anything - the guitars on this track were outstanding. But I found the rest of it samey & it really didn’t hold my interest.

By teenagers, for teenagers. Some pretty catchy tunes (Kung Fu, Goldfinger, Girl Form Mars), with pretty high energy, that got a lot of airplay on Triple J at the time. It is not that different (in some ways) to the Hard-ons or Ratcat; catchy, if somewhat puerile, songs played with noisy guitars at reasonably high velocity (although the Hard-Ons pushed this concept a bit harder). And I loved that type of music when I was 16. I think this album would be terrific if you were 16 or 17 when released, and you could see the band at an all-ages show. Fun, but inessential. "I'd Give You Anything" stood out for me, because it sounds like the Stooges.

Liked the guitar sound on this album

This was like a heavier grunge album with a taste of industrial. Not bad.

Really good alternative rock alternative from the 90s.

Mildly entertaining, though I probably won't listen to it again.

So generic and bland

Very mid

ugh. so good. it's got a garage/grunge sound that I really dig, the vocals are appropriate for the genre. It's playful and it rocks pretty hard.

This is a very 90's album cover, it hinted to me that this was maybe a grunge or post-grunge album. But okay, we got some power Britpop, sure. I don't understand the rationale or connection to 1977? The title doesn't fit what the album actually is. There are some catchy rock/pop tunes here. It's a bit like Belle and Sebastian with some nerve, but not a lot of nerve. The vocals are too soft and wispy for my liking, they are often overwhelmed by the music and hard to hear. As a lyrics first listener that's just not going to work for me.

These teenagers join the early pop punk back when it was still very much tied to power pop, but it's intensely grungy, with heavy bass and high distortion, with the biggest influencer being Sonic Youth, most obviously evident by the opening track "Lose Control." It's my genre(s) of music, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, all the middle song were forgettable, and the performances (especially vocals) were lackluster. But they did incorporate Sonic Youth's tricks really well, employing engaging non-repetitive ambience in many songs. The closing songs were fantastic, saving this score from being a 2. Those last 2 songs are such a triumphant way to end. Favorites: Lose Control, Girl from Mars, Gone the Dream, Innocent Smile, Angel Introspector, Lost in You, Darkside Lightside

Pretty rocking stuff, sounds pop-sludge-y in a good way.

The album is just kinda of there. It didn't really move the dial one way or another. The genre of music is hard to describe but probably closest to alternative rock. It is not indie music. It is not punk. It is late 90s rock, if that is a genre. I didn't hate ir. Some songs were catchy while listening to it but mostly unmemorable.

Didn't resonate me. Sounds like any generic alternative or pop-punk sad boy music from the 90s. It had some moments but overall quite boring.

Solid 80s power pop written in the 70s. Guess that makes them a bit ground breaking.

Neither terrible nor terribly interesting, this record’s inclusion smacks of rockism. Feels pretty indistinct in the post-grunge, high-alt category – in which there were many similar bands (say the non-included Foo Fighters) circa late-90s. Editors claim they’re more original than Britpoppers, who were surely cleverer by half and much less one-note, too. There are winning moments and effects, but they get a bit lost in the excessively rock-y din (see the fade-out of “Darkside Lightside”).. Best song: “Gone the Dream,” though the Jackie Chan and “Oh Yeah” and “Lost in You” are also strong. Grading up on the curve for they were only 19, and then down because of the (really shouldn’t have been mentioned) "unmentionable" hidden track, plus they don’t seem to have done much since this impressive-ish debut.

Not the worst album this list forced me to endure (sadly, there’s an ever growing list of such abominations), but: Despite my undeniable affection to the sound of distorted guitars, I have to file this one under “nothing special”.

Yet more bland UK alt-rock, sounds exactly like the most generic parts of every 90s music scene rolled into one - and I LIKE the 90s, so this really doesn't have much going for it. Unremarkable in every way. Thankyou Robert Dimery, your dedication to subjecting anyone who buys this book to countless shitty UK bands is commendable. 2/5.

Ok album, not memorable

I'll tell you what, this album won me over. This album art did not give me high hopes - I was getting 311 vibes and that's not a scene I dig, man. And that tie fighter sound at the top was probably a lot cooler to hear in 1996 than it is now. There aren't huge standouts here for me, but especially like some of the bigger, buzzier moments. I probably would've gone for this in '96, if I'd heard it first.

8/10. Girl From Mars is a classic that I heard a lot growing up, but after over 500 of these albums, I'd worried that this album would be one of those that's just on the list because it had one good song. As such, this album was a pleasant surprise. It was a bit long, but I enjoyed it throughout and will likely come back to it.

Surprised that I kinda liked this; though it got long. 7/10

this sounds exactly like you would think it sounds. but not in a bad way

C'est comme si Weezer avait voulu être un peu punk. La première pièce est vraiment bien. Il y a certaine sonorités sur cet album et certains moments qui sont vraiment cool, mais plus l'album avançait, plus j'avais hâte de passer à autre chose. Mettons que pour des gamins de 19 ans, c'est impressionnant, mais c'est à peu près tout. En terme de gamins, Arctic Monkeys m’avaient plus jeté sur le cul.

This felt a bit poppier band than I was expecting. As such, the songs needed to be shorter. (Girl From Mars, for example. It seemed to go on a good 2 or 3 choruses too long.) So the juxtaposition of the band being a bit "noisy" (in a good way. Really.) as they were playing songs that were trying to be more pop sounded is fine. But I just felt that they went too long. The songs need to be briefer, like the Hives.

I know Girl from Mars and that's about it (maybe heard Kung Fu once or twice before). These guys are better than I thought. Lose Control was a great song to kick off the album - guitars really jam on this one. As far as its other singles, Angel Interceptor had similar energy to their two best known songs above (good tune) while Goldfinger and Oh Yeah not so much - still, pretty good (Oh Yeah has some nice Oasis-esque guitarwork in the last half of the song). I also liked I'd Give You Anything and Darkside Lightside (more cool guitarwork on both) and Lost in You (has that chill mid-90's alternative ballad sound). Not sure what makes them so unique to be on this list, but if you're a rocker there's a lot to like here. I definitely wanted to (and did) play the album multiple times. Checked out a few songs from other albums too - definitely a band I'll need to look more into.

The opening track “Lose Control” is a high intensity start to the album. Beginning with the sound of a Tie Fighter flying in the song just has an energy to it that you can’t help but bop up and down to. The song “Girl from Mars” sounded a bit familiar. I like the use of intense distortion in that song I think Wikipedia called it wall of guitars. Really enjoyed the interweaving guitars in “I’d Give you Anything.” The track “Innocent Smile” was the standout for me. Great tribute to Sonic Youth in the buildup there. The rest of the album had some good moments but there were a few forgettable tracks on here as well. I think it’s a solid 3 or maybe 3.5 since the tracks that really stood out makes me want to check out some of their other stuff.

Good power pop with some songs I could do without. I enjoyed it overall but kind of got tired of it after a while. In particular, I disliked Kung Fu and Innocent Smile (way too much feedback!). I was going to give the album a 4 until I encountered those tracks and after realizing I was getting tired of the album after the third listen. So, it's a 3. Favorite tracks: Lose Control, I'd Give You Anything (this one caught my attention every time I listened - very cool track).

Sounds like generic mid 90s rock. Cross between Oasis and Lit? A few ok songs, but nothing special.

OY I'M BWIT ISSHHHHH

Nice

Det här var jättebra! älskar gitarrer wroom wroom. och sorgliga låtar om kärlek mjao >.>>>>

Crazy distorted instrumentals and a singer sounding like off brand rivers cuomo

I did not like this. Very repetitive, and difficult to listen to,

Never heard of Ash. For the first time listening it was very enjoyable. 2.5/5 for now.

Another band that somehow escaped my notice from a time when I would have been really into them. Not really into it now but this kind of grungy stuff was really in my wheelhouse back when this album was released.

Fine but nothing really that interesting about it. Didn’t suck.

I hated this

2.3 - Reasonably catchy music, but still too noisy for my wheelhouse. No individual songs really stand out, and the album ends on a lower note than it begins.

Eh, I wasn't to impressed with this. I was expecting to like it a lot more. Average pop/rock album.

It could have been a 1977 album but the production is better and there are plenty of twiddly bits thrown in.

It's fine? Like, it sounds like everything else of it's era so it doesn't stand out but it's not unlistenable.

Decent rock album, though a bit forgettable.

05/10/2022 Another one that's just not for me. This project is really ruining my Spotify recommendations, lol.

Who are these people and why have I never heard of them? Such a classic mid-nineties sound, and I’m in heaven. I almost wish this was a 2020s album doing a throwback sound. I assume they (he) was born in 1977 (as was I). A specific, happy, fuzzy “indie” sound that instantly evokes an overexposed music video of plaid-wearing skaters and blue skies. Errs just on the wrong side of non-descript.

Fun rock album, entirely non-essential though. No idea why it's on this list. 3.5

90s nostalgia bias

Legit sounds like a battle of the bands generic type band, even including the bad singing. Completely forgettable and average. 5/10.

I’ve herd girl from mars but than that nothing I do tend to learn towards Britpop albums though due to personal bias… Lose control has this awesome aggressive intro and the pre chorus bit was cool too, felt like a theme song for the band. Goldfinger is a great song works well bringing the pace down after lose control but it’s not super slow. I don’t hate girl from mars but it is awfully “ fuzzy” sounding and other than the fact that it’s got a catchy chorus how was this the band’s big hit. It does flow well into I’d give you anything, a ( very fuzzy) mess of a song (in a good way) and has a good guitar solo adding an extra guitar. Gone the dream is much nicer sounding ( but more boring) than the last two I like the strings in the back of this one. I like the kung fu noises at the start of kung fu and the song sounds nice enough but the lyrics are stupid and when the cheering comes in around the second verse it doesn’t work. Oh yeah is much better a poppier track with some good strings the song really lacks a bridge though but it does have a cool guitar solo which kinda counts. The bit before let it flow explodes should be about half the length, the rest of the song is good though not a favourite but not the worst. Innocent smile flows really well off let it flow this is a heavier cut, with a cool instrumental drum break not the best not the worst. Angel interceptor is awesome great intro great song usually I don’t like backing vocals too much but these (surprisingly) worked quite nicely. Lost in you has been the only time the album’s wanted to slow down, it does build up in aggressiveness but never to the extent of others. Darkside lightside is a huge final blow in the face, for my personal opinions of album tracklisting I would’ve had this as the penultimate and lost in you as the closer until the song goes to its “ lightside” an instrumental bit which really feels like the listener has reached the end of something epic. There are worse Britpop albums on the generator ( elastica’s debut, the cornershop album) much better on the generator ( suede’s dog man star, pulp’s different class) and much better that aren’t on the generator ( ocean colour scene’s Mosley shoals and the longpigs the sun is often out). Overall though it’s very solid and does deserve a place on this generator even if it’s a more mid level Britpop album.

Decent

3.5. A little harder alternative then I normally like

Hello teenage me! What a perfect album. Ash got tighter and more professional as they got older (they were sitting exams when they were on Top of the Pops) but in hindsight it's the naivety and wonkiness that makes this. Every poor decision pays off on this album and adds to it's poppy, punky charm. They still have a few good songs each album, but never the hit rate they had on here. Kung Fu, Goldfinger, Angel Interceptor, Lose Control, Oh Yeah and Girl From Mars - it would be hard to make a Best of Ash without most of this album!

This album is a mix of everything happening in rock in the mid 90s. I hear aspects of grunge, pop, garage, and Britpop. It oscillates quite a bit. I hear shades of early Radiohead, some Nirvana like melodic lines, and the seeds of what sounds like pop punk. It’s perfectly fine, but I’ve heard these genres done better though the mixing is interesting.

Better than I remember!

Im familiar with Ash’s hits but first time listening to this album. A very 90’s teenage sounding album. Can see the teenage fan club influence along with the 1977 punk reference. Enjoyable and I would of loved this If I owned this as a teenager, but it does now sound like an album for teenagers made by teenagers. Good album but not as good as the bands that influenced them.

Loved this album. His voice is still terrible but the songs are great.

This was actually really good

Reel shit

Playful 90s rock. The way the guitar feedback just turns into a suspended drone in one of the songs was gnarly.

Maaan... dehä e så cringe fr. Känns helt själlöst, sångaren har typ ingen personlighet och det är så sterilt...

I always loved 'Girl from Mars" but the album can be a bit of a same-y wall of sound.

The first fifteen minutes of 1977 had me thinking Ash were nought but a Nirvana rip-off. I'm still not certain: Don't exactly love the record. But that assessment was unfair, the sequencing is exceptionally smooth, and the stolen melodic techniques are the good kind. It's a bit long and the musical range is made to make sense but not to mean. Strongish but inessential.

Pop rock bangers from dusk till dawn!!!

Good thing that I waited to hear this one once I was able to enjoy it, it was a nice surprise, very alternative and catchy.

Girl from Mars is great, the rest forgettable. If back ground music is your thing then dive on in. Not something I'd listen to again.

Really dig this

Apple music categorizes this as pop punk and idk that I would have guessed that - but they are totally right. This album would fit right in with the Clueless soundtrack, but give it a smidge of Neutral Milk Hotel.

Ok

A charming and fun album. Overall the sound is pretty standard for modern alternative rock, but many of the songs are pretty distinct and catchy.

Straightforwardmiddleoftheroadunabashepunkrockinwhingyangst. Not for me, but also not sure who for. Critics say it was 'catchy' but beg to differ. No real highlights, no real shining moments, no real anything really.

Um, no thanks

This is what happens when parents stay together.

Fairly solid hard rock with some punk influences. Interesting sound on some tracks but pretty paint by numbers overall.

Banda da Irlanda do Norte. A primeira vez que ouço o som deles. Rock alternativo com britpop (pelo o que li, um movimento dos anos 1990 que exaltava o lado de ser britânico). Som leve, cativante... e pop. Me lembrou as canções do jogo "Tony Hawk".

I liked this a lot better than I thought I would, for an album I hadn't heard of and whose first note was a bit cacophonous :) The songs I liked best were Goldfinger, Girl From Mars, Let It Flow, and Angel Interceptor.

Genre: Power Pop 3/5 A fun little piece of pop punk/power pop/alt rock, whatever you want to call it. This feels like an incredibly random add, and I’m sure I can think of a few albums, even in this genre, that would’ve made more sense in this book, but it wasn’t a disappointing album, by any means. The peppiness of the whole record is quite infectious, but it never gets more than good. Goldfinger and Girl from Mars were pretty good, but that’s as far as it gets in terms of standouts.

File under 90s on 9. I have an affinity for the middle of the road 90s rock and this one started with a Tie Fighter so extra points

Has an early Weezer "Blue Album" vibe to it, so I'm all about it

Cañero, guitarrero, mucha fuerza. Todo un descubrimiento. Realmente buenos.

A lot like the Bangles except not as charming

not bad, pretty impressive this came out in the 70s, this sounds straight of the 90s 6/10

Mushy mix, alternative/punk sound.

6/10

6/10

Britpop meets 90s punk, well executed. Favorite Track: Girl From Mars Relisten: Yes

A few good songs but no masterpiece

There were some aspects I enjoyed and I felt that the album had potential, but for the most part it was quite bad.

A banger for sure

Thoroughly joyous mid 90s nostalgia. Packed with great songs

It was fine

The sound of happy nostalgia

What a relief. I thought my sense of taste was going after I enjoyed Travis, but thankfully I found this to be fairly drab middle of the road rock. The lyrics were indecipherable amongst all the guitar noodling.

For nostalgia reasons, it's a classic album. Youth, talent and determination. The original CD had a hidden track at the end - Sick Party - of them all puking up. https://open.spotify.com/track/6m5JPMEeIDUzU6ifOYn9Yr

It was ok, but not a repeat listen for me

Classic, fun as teenager, bit annoying as adult..

Solid Pop Rock but nothing special

No wonder I had never heard of this band or album

Just three teenagers from northern ireland having the time of their lives and it's fucking brilliant. 6 stars.

Great fun 90s punk album

Nothing special at all

This might be my favorite album from a band I’ve never heard of that we’ve gotten so far

Rough start but it gets better. I enjoyed listening to the album, some songs are really good but I really did not like the lead singer's voice.

Pop rock perfection. Didnt think i knew any of their songs, actually knew loads and enjoyed a few of the ones i hadnt heard too

An interesting mix of moods

Amazing, the energy picked up my twenty year old self again 😀

British Popish