Ash "1977" (1996)
Not the first band to name an album or a song for the year they were
born, and certainly not the last. 1977 also being the year Star Wars
was released, the album opens with the sound of a TIE-fighter and ends
with the clear Star Wars reference of track "Darkside Lightside" (the band also recorded a cover of "the Cantina Song" from Star Wars as a b-side for single "Girl From Mars").
The band were still teenagers when they entered the studio to work on
the album, stating that they became nocturnal creatures, being
introduced fairly rapidly to drugs by their producer.
Despite all of this, and having put aside some freakout noise tracks
they'd worked on in their murky studio state, the album is a gorgeous
slice of pop-rock, with catchy singles like "Girl From Mars"
and "Goldfinger" showing the young band's already mature songsmithing.
The opening and closing tracks show the band displaying some blistering
pop-punk with emphasis on the punk.
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