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A brilliant and sublime album, Ash proved they were not just a Britpop phase with this album.

I'd reccommend this album to people who have yet to find Ash.

Classic album with great pop songs accompanied with great guitar riffs which Ash have failed to achieve with later album 'Meltdown'.

Includes 'Burn baby Burn', 'Shining Light' and 'Sometimes'.

Rating: 5 out of 5

If you like the pop/punk side of Ash this is easily their best work containing most of their commercial hits. Very different to the heavier, thrashier sound of their later albums.

Rating: 4 out of 5

After the slightly dissapointing 'Nu-Clear Sounds' Ash have attempted to recreate the catchy pop-rock songs of '1977'. Combine this with an unhealthy mixture of commercialised, polished crap and you get Free All Angels. There are some fantastic songs here: 'Walking Barefoot', 'Shining Light' and 'Sometimes'. There are also some really good songs: 'Burn Baby Burn' and 'World Domination'. However there is also some real crap in the likes of 'Candy' and 'Someday' et al. Ash run the risk of going the 'Busted' route unless they shrug off the shackles of commercialism that have chained them down. I'd give this album 3.5 stars if I could, but as I can't I think I'll be generous and give 4.

Rating: 4 out of 5

Free All Angels – Ash’s most recent album and the one that proved to the world that they’ve still got it. That is, the ability to produce songs of the utmost quality, with that Ash vibe that makes you feel like every day should be a summer’s day. This is certainly the case with standout tracks “Walking Barefoot”, “Burn Baby Burn” and “Sometimes”, which are slightly more poppy than Ash’s previous releases, but they make the transition well. There’s still diversity like with 1977 with the more edgy tracks such as “Nicole” and “Shark” for fans who prefer the heavier Ash. There are a few tracks, however, that don’t quite seem to flow – namely “Candy”, and the rushed “World Domination”. Aside from these, “Free All Angels” sees Ash continue to do what they do best, and is a very welcome and much anticipated comeback release – which hasn’t failed to disappoint.

Rating: 5 out of 5

what the hell is this?couple of brilliant tracks - walking barefoot, burn baby burn - and quite a few quite good ones but everything's just too polished and what the hell is 'candy' doing on here?even tho it couldnt match up to trailer and 1977, nu-clear sounds outclasses this and u can tell ash themselves agree if u see them live. they look so bored when playing songs off this album but so full of enthusiasm for songs like 'numbskull'. basically, nu-clear sounds wasnt commercially successful and ash needed some money. now theyve got some - u can bet their next album will be rawer, darker, rockier and more beautiful than this could ever hope to be.

Rating: 3 out of 5