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1977 |  | Artist: Ash
Label: Rhino
Category: Music
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 6347
Format: Collector's Edition, Box set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5 x 0.8
EAN: 5051865045052
ASIN: B001FBIFPK
Release Date: November 3, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Lose Control | | • | Goldfinger | | • | Girl From Mars | | • | I'd Give You Anything | | • | Gone The Dream | | • | Kung Fu | | • | Oh Yeah | | • | Let It Flow | | • | Innocent Smile | | • | Angel Interceptor | | • | Lost In You | | • | Darkside Lightside | | • | Season | | • | Jack Names The Planets | | • | Intense Thing | | • | Uncle Pat | | • | Get Out | | • | Petrol | | • | Obscure Thing |
Disc 2
| • | A Clear Invitation To The Dance Part 1 | | • | Darkside Lightside | | • | Girl From Mars | | • | Oh Yeah | | • | T Rex | | • | I'd Give You Everything | | • | Kung Fu | | • | What Deaner Was Talking About | | • | Goldfinger | | • | Petrol | | • | A Clear Invitation To The Dance Part 2 | | • | Lose Control | | • | Jack Names The Planets | | • | T Rex | | • | Goldfinger | | • | Angel Interceptor | | • | Darkside Lightside | | • | Oh Yeah | | • | Innocent Smile | | • | Lost In You | | • | Petrol | | • | Gone The Dream | | • | Girl From Mars | | • | Kung Fu |
Disc 3
| • | Girl From Mars 4 Track Demo | | • | Jack Names The Planets (La La Land Records 7" Version) | | • | Don't Know (La La Land Records 7" Version) | | • | Silver Surfer (From John Peel session in '94 | | • | Punk Boy | | • | Different Today | | • | Hulk Hogan Bubblebath | | • | Day Of The Triffids | | • | Luther Ingo's Star Cruiser | | • | Astral Conversations With Toulouse Lautrec | | • | Cantina Band | | • | 5am Eternal | | • | Gimme Some Truth | | • | I Need Somebody | | • | Sneaker | | • | Get Ready | | • | T Rex | | • | Everywhere Is All Around | | • | Does Your Mother Know | | • | I Only Want To Be With You | | • | A Life Less Ordinary (Tim Simenon Version) | | • | Sick Party | | • | The Scream |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Written and recorded while a teenage Tim Wheeler was doing his A-levels, I1977/I (named after the year IStar Wars/I was released) made Ash bona-fide indie starlets overnight, largely thanks to the quality of the singles it contains. Their timing couldn't have been better: the summer of 1996 belonged to the Union Jack guitar, and Ash were free to ride the wildsurf of the Britpop tsunami, electrifying everyone with the quirky ("Girl From Mars"), the funny (the Jackie Chan comedy of "Kung Fu") and the best Christmas song ever written by a guitar band--the heartwarming mixture love and science that was "Angel Interceptor". p It is unfortunately hindered by the trademark duvet production of Oasis man Owen Morris, which muffles Rick McMurrey's thunderous drums and does nothing for Wheeler's uniquely flat voice (one of the album's major shortcomings in itself). It also suffers from a monotony produced by its constant full-on nature which a couple of acoustic (or even slower) numbers would have fixed and balanced the album better. If these had replaced some of the more forgettable album tracks here ("Lost In You" and the needlessly bombastic "I'd Give You Any Thing"), then so much the better. Come to reminisce not just for the pubescent memories it evokes within the songs, but also the memories of the time it was released. Or, as Wheeler laments on the teenage love anthem "Oh Yeah", "I sometimes wish it was that summer again". I--Ben Johncock/I
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 Simply brilliant October 4, 2001
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Without doubt Ash's best album, and possibly one of the very best of the 90's. There simply isn't one bad track on this album, and the singles are all class. Girl from Mars and Kung Fu are their finest songs, although everything else here isn't far off this quality. br There's no opportunity for the album to become too samey, as ballad often follows punk-esque thrash, regulating the pace, and improving the overall sound structure. And if you happen to be up for a laugh, wait until the very end of Darkside Lightside for what is described on the inlay card as Sick Party.br Overall, this album comes pretty damn close to perfection, and if you've only heard the latest singles, this is the best album to start you off. Sheer brilliance.
This is from Gran Tourismo! January 30, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bet thats what people will say when you play this to them. This is quite simply a great album. The guitars range from fast and hard right down to soft and mellow(but not too much of the latter). The lyrics are nice and uncomplicated. The songs are timeless(5 years on and its still better than most of todays dull indie rock).p'Lose Control' WILL have you playing air guitar and jumping around(thats the one on Gran Tourismo by the way). 'Kung Fu' will have pretty much the same effect.p'Goldfinger' is moody but not depressing(hooray!) 'Girl From Mars' tricks you first time round with its acousticy intro before exploding into overdriven guitars, the same can be said of 'Angel Interceptor'. 'Oh Yeah' is the track that got me into Ash in the first place(it was on the radio all the time when I was in France in '96). I'm not too keen on some of the tracks but the ones I do like more than make up for it(hence 5 stars and not 4). Oh, if you do get this album let the last track run through as there is a bonus track called 'Sick Party'. Its funny.
The definitive Ash album July 27, 2002
Mr. R. A. Barnes
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My teen years began with this sort of music, and they're ending with it. I'm off to see them live this year, and after finally buying this album, i can't wait. No album of this style of music has ever matched this and never will. From the loving tones of angel interceptor through to the power of kung fu, this album is a guide on how to do music. Many may believe they finally equalled or bettered this album with free all angels, but none of it's standout tracks equal the major songs from this album: 'lose control', used on gran turismo 2 with a load of other tracks off here; 'goldfinger', an unusually titled track but anthemic in it's majesty; 'girl from mars', surely a song everyone of my generation rememebers; 'kung fu', a song about, um, well it sure ISN'T about kung fu; 'Oh yeah', another anthemic song you never forget; and finally 'angel interceptor', a fairly mellow track beautifully written and played. And those are just the STANDOUT tracks.pBuy it now, not later. That's what i did. Now i regret that i didn't just buy it when i originally wanted it so i could've been listening to this the last 6 years...
1977 June 17, 2003
Matthew Alexander (Oxford, UK)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
A total classic. This is the album that Ash are trying to get back to with their most recent LP ('Free All Angels') after the slightly dissapointing 'Nu-Clear Sounds'. It's also a vast improvement on the empty and immature 'Trailer'. It's such a strong album that almost any track could be a single. Albums like this are special, ya hear? Standout tracks: 'Lose Control', 'Goldfinger', 'Girl From Mars', 'Kung Fu', 'Oh Yeah', 'Angel Interceptor' and 'Darkside Lightside'. Thats over half the album, which says a lot.
This is a classic! October 2, 2000
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I first heard Ash at a party way back in 1995 just after finishing my GCSE's, and there was something about their music that had me hooked from then on. I think it was 'Girl From Mars' that was played and it was Tim's vocals and the bands whole brash, teenage fun ideal that captured me. I have had 1977 for a few years now, and it is one of those CD's that is timeless, and is worth every penny I paid for it. My favourite tracks have to be Kung Fu, Girl from Mars, and Lost in You. If you were one of the lucky early buyers of the album there are 2 hidden bonus tracks - one of which is from Trailer their first mini-album, and is called 'Jack Names the Planets' and its a classic. If you haven't got this album already, do yourself a favor and buy it now - you won't regret it!. Thanks Ash.
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