Ash have written some great songs over the years, and most of them are on here. The deluxe edition is a bit of a cheat really as it's not just 1977, it also includes Ash's debut mini album Trailer plus the live album "Live At The Wireless",their entire Reading Festival set from 1997 and a third disc of B-Sides and session tracks. 1977 itself is a great album, I originally had it on cassette when it was first released in 1996 and almost wore it out with the amount I listened to it. The album opens with the sound of a Tie Fighter befor 50 minutes or so of teenage punk rock. The majority of ash's classic singles are on here, "Girl From Mars", "Kung Fu", "Oh Yeah" and "Angel Inteceptor" plus album tracks like "Innocent Smile", "Gone The Dream" and "Darkside Lightside", but then in this edition you've got all the extras too, The Trailer mini album is astoundingly good (particularly when you consider the band were pretty much still foetus's when it was recorded) with the early singles "Petrol", "Jack Names The Planets" and "Uncle Pat" all just as good as the later more well known ones.
Then you've got the non-album single "A Life Less Ordinary", and covers of tracks by Mudhoney,
Helen Love, The Temptations and Abba. there's a couple of tracks you don't really need, but it's a bloody great version of an excellent album. My favourite track has always been "Petrol", a bunch of irish teenagers channeling Dinosaur Jr. Can't argue with that!
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