Nu-Clear Sounds
by Ash
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Nu-Clear Sounds is ranked 3rd best out of 18 albums by Ash on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ash is 1977 which is ranked number 2510 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 635.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Nu-Clear Sounds track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Nu-Clear Sounds rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 74 Music Albums of 1998 | 45/74 | 2 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 41 Music Albums of 1998 | 30/41 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Indie albums of the year 1998 by Radio X | 20/25 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1998 | 3/50 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 95 Music Albums of 1998 | 43/95 | 3 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Ash albums ranked by Loudersound | 5/8 | - |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Ash (UK) - Ranked | 13/17 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 25 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 46 | |||
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Nu-Clear Sounds ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/14/2026 12:01 | Taka | 1,096 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/20/2026 17:24 | daCritic | 4,659 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/13/2025 14:49 |  an-outlaw | 525 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.7/100, a mean average of 70.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.5.
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Was a big let down after the impressive 1977 album. A much denser sounding record due to the band adding an extra guitarist but the songs just aren't really up to scratch. Has a couple of great riffs here and there and they would soon bounce back in style with the excellent Free All Angels.
This album is the big disappointment of the Ash line of albums. Almost everything couldn't have made it onto 1977. Would not have liked being a fan of the band the day this was released. Thankfully got it much later.
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