Meltdown (Ash album)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Drowned in Sound	(8/10)^[4]
Entertainment.ie	^[1]
The Guardian	^[2]
Pitchfork Media	(6.8/10)^[5]
Playlouder	link
Stylus Magazine	(C+)^[6]

Meltdown is the fourth studio album by Ash, which was initially released on 17 May 2004 through Infectious Records. On 8 March 2005 the album was released in the United States. It is a darker and heavier sounding record than Free All Angels.

International Releases

The US release includes bonus tracks "Shockwave", "Solace", and "Cool It Down". While many fans of the band enjoyed Meltdown, the album failed to make a splash in the US and was not able to build on the mild success of Free All Angels.
The Japanese release includes "Tinseltown" and "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" as bonus tracks.
Other b-sides from this era include "We Don't Care" and a cover of Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday", which was recorded for War Child.^[7]
In the UK, a limited edition of the album was also made, comprising two Compact Discs, one with the 11 studio recordings and one featuring live versions of the 11 new songs and live versions of three other songs ("A Life Less Ordinary", "Darkside Lightside", and "Burn Baby Burn"). The Japanese limited edition release added live versions of "Girl From Mars", "Walking Barefoot"

and "Projects" to the live disc.

Trivia

Tim Wheeler wrote an (almost) day by day diary during the recording of Meltdown. Tim's Studio Diary. The forum topic where Wheeler originally posted the diary (under the alias Kerouac) can be found here.^[8]

The introduction in the album's sleeve is written by American writer JT LeRoy.

The track "Evil Eye" begins with the backward message: "She's giving me the Evil Eye. Suck Satan's cock." ^[9]^[10]

The track "Clones" was featured in the video game Star Wars Republic Commando.

The track "Orpheus" was featured in the video game soundtrack of Burnout 3 Takedown by Criterion Games (Burnout 3 soundtrack)

The track "Meltdown" was featured in the video game soundtrack of Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition by Rockstar San Diego

In January 2007 the track "Meltdown" was remixed and covered by UK electro rock band KIK. Ash loved the punky-electro revamp of their track and gave full support for KIK to distribute and make the mix available for free download. The song was downloadable via KIK's myspace and received radio play from several UK radio stations, including BBC Sheffield and Kerrang FM!

Critical Reception

The album was certified Gold by the BPI on 18 March 2005.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Tim Wheeler except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Meltdown"	Charlotte Hatherley, Tim Wheeler	3:24
2.	"Orpheus"		4:16
3.	"Evil Eye"		3:26
4.	"Clones"		4:00
5.	"Starcrossed"		4:50
6.	"Out of the Blue"	Mark Hamilton, Wheeler	3:24
7.	"Renegade Cavalcade"		3:26
8.	"Detonator"		3:38
9.	"On a Wave"		4:27
10.	"Won't Be Saved"		3:41
11.	"Vampire Love"		3:45

Japanese release bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Tinsel Town"		9:11
13.	"Everybody's Happy Nowadays" (feat. Chris Martin)	Pete Shelley	3:19

American release bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Shockwave"		3:20
13.	"Solace"		4:51
14.	"Cool It Down"		2:56

American release bonus DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Girl From Mars (video)"
2.	"Clones (video)"
3.	"Orpheus (video)"
4.	"Starcrossed (video)"
5.	"Renegade Cavalcade (video)"
6.	"Mini documentary"
7.	"Making of Orpheus video"

Special edition bonus disc (Meltdown live)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Meltdown"	Hatherley, Wheeler	3:34
2.	"Orpheus"		4:40
3.	"A Life Less Ordinary"		4:13
4.	"Evil Eye"		3:36
5.	"Clones"		4:18
6.	"Starcrossed"		4:43
7.	"Out of the Blue"	Hamilton, Wheeler	3:47
8.	"Renegade Cavalcade"		3:51
9.	"Detonator"		3:55
10.	"On a Wave"		5:02
11.	"Won't be Saved"		3:51
12.	"Vampire Love"		4:24
13.	"Darkside Lightside"		3:57
14.	"Burn Baby Burn"		3:58

Japanese special edition bonus disc bonus track (Meltdown live)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Projects"	Hamilton, Hatherley, Wheeler	4:01

Personnel

Ash

Tim Wheeler – guitar, vocals,
Rick McMurray – drums
Charlotte Hatherley – guitar, backing vocals, piano
Mark Hamilton – bass, design

Additional musicians

Oli Kraus - cello on "Vampire Love"

Technical

Nick Raskulinecz - production
Ash - co-production
Rich Costey - mixing
Mike Terry - engineering
Claudius Mittendorfer - mixing assistant
Miles Wilson - engineering assistant
Kevin Szymanski - engineering assistant
Howie Weinberg - mastering
Jon @ Drum Fettish - drum technician
Bobby Schneck - session guitar technician
Matt Sharp - photography
Adrian Boot - photography
Rori Keating - illustrations
Jim Fitzpatrick - 'Orpheus' illustration
Jt LeRoy - liner notes
Craig Gentle - design

References

1 2 "Ash - Meltdown - Review by Andrew Lynch - entertainment ireland, Music, CD Reviews". Web.archive.org. 2007-09-27. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
1 2 Steve Pill. "CD: Ash, Meltdown | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
↑ Damas, Jason. "Meltdown - Ash". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
↑ Adams, Sean (2008-07-26). "Drowned in Sound - Reviews - Albums - Ash - Meltdown". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
↑ Crock, Jason (2005-03-28). "Ash: Meltdown | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
↑ "Ash - Meltdown - Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
↑ Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Random ASH Facts". Ashtabs.tripod.com. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
↑ "Liverpool". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-01-14.

Ash

Mark Hamilton Rick McMurray Tim Wheeler Charlotte Hatherley

Albums	Trailer 1977 Nu-Clear Sounds Free All Angels Meltdown Twilight of the Innocents Kablammo!

Single format series	A–Z Series

Live albums	Live at the Wireless Tokyo Blitz

Compilations	Intergalactic Sonic 7″s A–Z Vol. 1 A–Z Vol. 2 The Best of Ash

Singles	"Jack Names the Planets" "Petrol" "Uncle Pat" "Kung Fu" "Girl from Mars" "Angel Interceptor" "Goldfinger" "Oh Yeah" "A Life Less Ordinary" "Jesus Says" "Wildsurf" "Numbskull" "Shining Light" "Burn Baby Burn" "Sometimes" "Candy" "There's a Star" "Walking Barefoot" "Envy" "Clones" "Orpheus" "Starcrossed" "Renegade Cavalcade" "You Can't Have It All" "Polaris" "End of the World" "Return of White Rabbit" "True Love 1980" "Joy Kicks Darkness" "Arcadia" "Tracers" "The Dead Disciples" "Pripyat" "Ichiban" "Space Shot" "Neon" "Command" "Song of Your Desire" "Dionysian Urge" "War with Me" "Dare to Dream" "Mind Control" "Insects" "Binary" "Physical World" "Spheres" "Instinct" "Summer Snow" "Carnal Love" "Embers" "Change Your Name" "Sky Burial" "There Is Hope Again" "Cocoon" "Free" "Machinery"

Related articles	Discography Slashed

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