Meltdown - Ash Reviews

Ash have been around for some time and produced many good albums with great songs, Lose control, burn baby burn to name a couple. Their sound has always been very similar and is quite easily seena s tried and tested. And by the popularity of them from an early age it worked. So when meltdown was released I headed out and bought it ...  Read the complete review

Before buying this record, I didn't really know anything about Ash. However, after hearing Orpheus on the radio, I got home and gave this a play, and I was not disappointed! Ash have done alot of growing up since their debut album '1977', and Meltdown present a heavier and slightly more mature sound for the band. The title track is a roaring ...  Read the complete review

Back in the day when Britpop was all the rage, there were a bunch of young upstarts who released a record called Kung Fu. It was popular on radio and soon Ash were starting to get some notices. The debut album 1977 was full of punky pop anthems such as Oh Yeah and Goldfinger, needless to say the album was a huge success. The second album Nu-Clear ...  Read the complete review

The return of Ash was always going to be sticky ground as far as I was concerned. I’d liked Nu-Clear Sounds and 1977 but Free All Angels didn’t really do anything for me. It lacked any real sense of purpose with far too many mellow tracks. It’s not that I’m against ...  Read the complete review