Thursday, 1 October 2009

'1977' by Ash

Another day, another hit. It's been ages since I listened to this. Ash passed me by in 1996 when this was first release, so this was an album I bought retrospectively (and cheaply) several years afterwards. It's great.

The noteworthy thing about this album is its energy. It leaks youth out of the speakers with a simplistic charm that completely makes up for the fact that most of the songs sound pretty similar, and that Tim Wheeler's had yet to wrestle full control of his voice. The singles - 'Girl From Mars', 'Oh Yeah' and 'Goldfinger' are obvious highlights, but the rest of it matches up nicely.

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