The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)

TenderLovingKiller® said:
I discovered Ash from the Angus soundtrack, the movie was alright but the soundtrack was stellar; it featured really great unreleased tracks from Green Day, Weezer, (the reason I purchased the soundtrack) and introduced me to The Muffs, Smoking Popes, along with Ash, who were the only band that got two tracks. “Kung Fu” is on 1977 which, along with “Girl From Mars”; are probably their best known tracks. I would also recommend also checking out the track “Jack Names The Planets” which is from their debut album.
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I had the Angus soundtrack too! There was a LOT of great soundtrack compilations back then with great unreleased stuff from huge bands, even if the films weren’t that great.
 
Lee Newman said:
6/1/23
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Ash - 1977



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1977 - Ash | Album | AllMusic

1977 by Ash released in 1996. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Oh yeah, Star Wars.

I recognise quite a few of the song names on this record.

Noisy mess, and not in the good way.

I can 100% believe this was written and performed by teenagers.

You don't need to hear this before you die, I don't think I will ever listen to this again.

1 / 5 stars.
 
This album is just dumb, naive, nonsensical fun, just like I remembered. Every song has the same core formula: A good guitar riff, a pop hook, big chorus and pure attitude!

The band kinda peaked here though. The follow-up lacked the fun and was pretty bad, and by the time they released their third (or fourth depending how you count) album ”Free All Angels” the formula had pretty much run its course and they already felt like has-beens trying to update it, at the tender age of 24.

Not an essential album by any means, but still one that I’m glad to have listened to again today. Score: 3 (or maybe 4) stars!
 
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AC/DC - Highway to Hell

Is this original? Nope. Is it clever? Nope. Is it just a whole load of fun? Fuck Yeah! 3/5

Genesis.

I love solo Peter Gabriel. I am contemptuous to solo Phil Collins. I’d previously only heard latter day Genesis that was reductive boring FM pop. This is worse. It’s actually worse than the Brian Eno record which is really a new low charted for this list. 1/5

Ash

Fuuuuuuuuuun! 3/5 (4/5 for what of 13 year old me is still alive inside).
 
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So I found myself listening to the Genesis again. I don’t know, there is something about it that just keeps me coming back. It’s also a grower. I thought it was overly Wnglish pastoral countryside the first listen and the second time I was like gawd damn organ synth can go straight to hell. Now I’m marveling at how complex it is. Like it seems like Phil changes time signatures mid measure sometimes. The fact that it doesn’t fall apart is impressive and it kind of seems like it is on the verge of falling apart constantly. It’s like an easy listening version of Zeppelin.
 
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