1977
by Ash
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1977 is ranked as the best album by Ash.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 01/08/2026 23:57 |  CharlieBarley | 3,248 | 81/100 |
| ! | 09/29/2025 21:03 |  Milhaud | 1,740 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/13/2025 14:48 |  an-outlaw | 525 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2025 18:41 | OFarrio | 2,528 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2025 07:34 | vruslov | 8,877 | 74/100 |
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Album Rating: 84.33
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Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - 1977
06.05.1996
Five singles were released from the album, which is slightly unusual for the time. The album tracks of improved with the passage of time, particularly 'Lose Control' and 'Innocent Smile'.
1.Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Lose Control. 88
2.Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Goldfinger. 89
3.Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Girl From Mars. 96
4.Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - I'd Give You Anything. 75
5.Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Gone The Dream. 78
6.Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Kung Fu. 83
7.Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Oh Yeah. 85
8.Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Let It Flow. 77
9.Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Innocent Smile. 95
10.Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Angel Interceptor. 90
11.Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Lost In You. 75
12.Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Darkside Lightside. 81
Ranked in order:
* Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Girl From Mars. 96
* Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Innocent Smile. 95
* Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Angel Interceptor. 90
* Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Goldfinger. 89
* Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Lose Control. 88
* Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Oh Yeah. 85
* Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Kung Fu. 83
* Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Darkside Lightside. 81
* Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Gone The Dream. 78
* Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Let It Flow. 77
* Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - I'd Give You Anything. 75
* Ash (1977 - UK - May 96) - Lost In You. 75
Jboy56 03/14/2022 14:24 | #282820
Aggressive, noisy and hard rocking. OK
If you stumbled on this as a teenager, you will always have a soft spot for it, so many ear-catching melodies.
Saw these at V 97 they played after man Sun I think, they were the best on view that day.This album was the focus of the gig and the quality shone through.
An amazingly underated album on this site!
Antonio-Pedro 03/29/2014 23:19 | #108067
1977... The reason why I joined this site .I was looking for Ash's best albums when I just found this site. But that's another story. So talking about the album, seems to be made to be enjoyed in adolescence, the songs fit the early years of these people, the album can be defined in various ways, maybe punk maybe rock, it is the perfect mix of both."Kung Fu" with its lyrics that brings references to classical masters of the fight (Jackie Chan etc...)can fit like a punk, really fast, focused on reaching the chorus, and a simple progression that could have been made in the 70s. In the beginning you can bother a bit because the rapid change of progression in certain songs, but you will soon realize that these changes throws more wood on the fire of this album. It levitates between love songs and unhealthy (yeah.. I know that you were there) teen parties, without losing the consistency of a classic mixed album. "Darkside Lightside" along with kung fu is one of my favorite songs of this album and it is a piece of evidence that this band had the ability to play with the progressions and compositions, and make all of this still being Fast and lyrically intelligent for a teenager, It seems like they threw a lot of papers with progressions upward and clipped them blindly......actually not but this would be very great."Girl From Mars" is a song that takes out that punk atmosphere of the album, taking him to a more melodic and pop side, it's pretty cool when you is not claiming anything. The album also does not seem to want anything. The following songs prove that Ash wasn't a iron band and show some of their influences. It could be considered a classic if it was released in 1977. But actually "1977" only brought brightness and positivity for the year 1996.
Antonio-Pedro 02/09/2014 13:03 | #102667
I'm Not a great fan of pop-rock, but this album surprised me. I was looking for some new songs to listen (some stores still sells singles) when "Kung Fu" draw my attention, i asked what was the album of that song and my friend showed me "1977".
Great songs, amazing Progressions, and sometimes when you think that something is too classic, they surprise you bringing another progression totally different. Some Punk, Some rock. "1977" brought some shine in the of 1996.
Brings me back to the year i finished school
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