Drowned in Sound founder Sean Adams said Free All Angels has "magical moments, although they seem to bookend the album". The video was filmed in north London, and features Wheeler swimming underwater towards a bright light and waking in a hospital bed with the other band members present. In August, the band appeared at the Reading and Leeds Festivals, [41] and in October and November, they again toured Europe. The band's US label Kinetic Records was dissolved on 26 March; the band's manager was in talks in an attempt to release the album in that territory later in the year. They're full of introspection and nostalgia lately, but the impetuousness that made their early records so enjoyable still burbles to the top on a pretty regular basis.

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Why am I writing this article, and declaring my undying love for this wonderful band from Northern Ireland? Man, I couldn't wait to leave my hometown and experience something that I pretty much only knew as 'more. The guitar work throughout the album is similar to that of Black Sabbath and Metallica, and includes numerous solos played by Ash's guitarist Charlotte Hatherley. Life changes and responsibilities arrive however music and bands like Ash provide consistency and whether you are 16 or 44 listening to this band always makes me feel that anything is possible. Its United States release came nearly a year after its initial UK release, causing the band to pause plans for their next album and to tour Nu-Clear Sounds in the US instead.On 3 May, "Orpheus" was released as a single; the CD version includes "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" (with Chris Martin of Coldplay) and "Tinsel Town". In November and December 2000, Ash embarked on a United Kingdom tour in which they debuted several new songs. In March, the band appeared at the French sporting event Chamjam and played several shows in the US, including an appearance at the South by Southwest festival. Wheeler said " Clones" is about the homogenization of mankind, and is "a rant about some person who's let you down, a person you thought was different and they turn out to be the same as everyone else".

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Regardless of its conceptual significance, though, Free All Angels certainly works on another level. On 17 March 2001, the music video for "Burn Baby Burn", which was filmed in a school gym in Croydon, was released. On "Candy", Wheeler's vocals are backed by a drum machine and orchestral strings sampled from " Make It Easy on Yourself" (1965) by the Walker Brothers. There was a lot of pressure on Ash at the time of this release, as the second full length album Nu Clear Sounds did not have the same success as 1977. Orpheus", "Clones", and "Starcrossed" were also included on the band's third compilation album Teenage Wildlife: 25 Years of Ash (2020).Shining Light" won an Ivor Novello Award for songwriting and "Burn Baby Burn" won NME Single of the Year, and was picked by Q as Single of the Year. Meltdown entered the charts at number five in the UK, [72] number five in Scotland, [73] and number six in Ireland. The punk rock pop album contains mega hits including the Ivor Novello winner ‘Shining Light’, the NME single of the year ‘Burn Baby Burn’, ‘Sometimes’, ‘There’s A Star’, ‘Candy’ and Walking Barefoot’. Wheeler was listening to The Beach Boys, Weezer, Van Morrison, Leonard Cohen, and Bob Dylan, and wrote for around six months.