I like the upbeat contrast of 3/5 miles in a second. Somebody to Love is just an amazing song. Songs are very short and listenable apart from a couple. Go To Her and Come Back Baby very strong finish to album
Power out is a highlight, great energy and rhythm. Lovely vocal melodies and powerful rhythm work throughout. Some lulls prevent it being 5 stars.
The rocking second half and the superb guitar partnership saved this album for me. Some iconic vocals as well of course.
Really liked the vibe and the vocals throughout. Just nothing that particularly stands out.
So much invention and creativity, there is just no equal. However, some songs outstay their welcome a little which prevents it being absolute perfection.
Very well made album. Some absolutely beautiful songs. You can tell they were just stepping out of the convention they were setting.
It feels like it's a frontier of the genre but not enough of the songs really stuck with me.
Very pleasant in the most part. Good changes in tempo throughout the album as well. Just nothing particularly amazing or memorable for me.
Very pleasant to listen to. Superbly well made.
First half was OK. Second half was pretty great, had some very well made and powerful songs.
Nothing particularly stood out.
Second half of this album was quite interesting. The first half was quite difficult.
A very strong album. Excellent musicianship all round.
A strong second half let down by a frist half with very little substance. Very cool and lovely sounds throughout.
Superb sound, especially his exploding vocals. Only thing stopping it being a perfect album is the songs following the exact same formula (but what a formula).
A voice and words that command respect. Beautiful.
Some very cool and original songs. A few misses that sound a bit dated but a great sounding album overall
Some decent, listenable songs but a lot of self-indulgent drivel. Way too long and just background noise.
Very forgettable hair rock. The last song was cool though.
A decent sounding album with some very good songs on it. Didn't like it as much as I thought I was going to to be honest.
A very difficult album to listen to. The vocals are grating and flat in many of the songs. However, I did find a couple of the songs earworming my brain afterwards to save it from being a 1*
I don't think this album was made to be listened in the car on your daily commute. 5* if I were on some psychotics. Some very cool riffs but very long.
This album really surprised me. Really strong songwriting and pleasant guitar work throughout.
Very feelgood throughout. Great uplifting licks and beats on every track. Shame I have to listen to these cars because it's very dance-worthy. Shame about him being a p.o.s.
The rockier and more upbeat songs really elevate this album to a great place. It's not back to back banger but there are some superb songs on it.
Some superb and original sounding songs on it. Certainly not back-to-back banger and there are some just unpleasant parts to the album. But also some songs that sound better today than they did back then.
A good album, not great by any stretch. Ash are great songwriters but their style and production make some of songs a little dull. Love the heaviness of guitars with such a fragile voice!
Some great songs. Can see why there was so much excitement over the band with this debut album.
I absolutely love the "heaviness" they create without loud drums/cymbals or heavy guitars, it's really clever and sounds sooo cool. My closest album to a 5 so far but not quite every song was super.
Excellent songwriting and performing, can see why this is so highly thought of. Would just need a bit more variety in sound and songs to make it better for me.
This still sounds absolutely massive. Absolutely genius production and arrangement. The lyrics are of their time and uncomfortable to listen to which is a shame because it will have prevented so many people listening to it and experiencing it.
An excellently produced album and Stuart #1's voice really shines through. Some really good songs and some OK ones.
Some of the 28 tracks on this are quite decent. As an aspiring musician, it is good to hear different ways of making albums and this is a good example of something I wouldn't have thought of doing and never want to do, but not totally terrible!
Pleasantly surprised by this. The music isn't as strong as The Smiths but maybe it's not fair to compare them.
This album really does it job and makes you stand up and pay attention to what it's saying which. I generally find lyrics difficult to pay attention to the first time around but this album was different in that regard. The beats are superb as well with some clever use of vocal samples.
Amazing sound throughout when you listen closely. Some outstanding songwriting as well. Not sure every song stands up well enough for 5 stars but it is very close. Would maybe be 5 on another day.
Pleasant enough album, just absolutely nothing in it which caught my ear.
Absolutely phenomenal. Every song has something about it and this album clearly changed the world of music!
Great vibe with some 5/5 tracks.
A very pleasant sounding album with some great songs. It does overstay its welcome though.
Absolutely superb. It gets your attention with the brilliant opener Spellbound and doesn't really deviate away from brilliance throughout.
I won't be listening again in a hurry
Amazing music and lyric writing.
Some absolutely superb songs interspersed with the very forgettable. If this was cut down to a normal album length, I would definitely want to listen to it again! I also appreciate the variety. The rest of the album isn't like the massive singles at all. And what a voice!