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Ash formed in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, in 1992 when school friends Tim Wheeler, Mark Hamilton, and Rick McMurray began playing together while still in their teens. Their earliest recordings already contained the qualities that would remain central to the band: fast guitars, melodic instincts, science-fiction imagery, and the restless energy of musicians discovering their identity in public.
The seven-song mini-album Trailer arrived in 1994 and introduced Ash through tracks including “Jack Names the Planets,” “Petrol,” and “Uncle Pat.” The group’s full-length breakthrough followed with 1977 in 1996. Powered by “Girl from Mars,” “Kung Fu,” “Goldfinger,” and “Oh Yeah,” the album reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and placed Ash among the most successful guitar bands to emerge during the Britpop era.
Charlotte Hatherley joined on guitar and vocals in 1997, first appearing on the single “A Life Less Ordinary.” Her arrival expanded the band’s sound across Nu-Clear Sounds, Free All Angels, and Meltdown. Free All Angels restored Ash to the top of the British album chart, while Tim Wheeler’s “Shining Light” received the 2002 Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song.
After Hatherley’s departure in 2006, Wheeler, Hamilton, and McMurray returned to their original three-piece configuration. Twilight of the Innocents appeared in 2007 and was followed by one of the most unusual projects in the band’s history: the A–Z Series. Beginning with “Return of White Rabbit,” Ash issued a new single every two weeks and eventually collected the recordings across A-Z Vol. 1 and A-Z Vol. 2.
The band resumed conventional album releases with Kablammo! in 2015, followed by Islands in 2018 and Race the Night in 2023. An expanded edition of Race the Night added acoustic performances, an extended version of “Like a God,” a remix of the title track, and Ash’s recording of The Subways’ “Oh Yeah (Teenage Years).”
Ash’s ninth studio album, Ad Astra, was released in 2025. Its twelve tracks included “Which One Do You Want?,” “Give Me Back My World,” “Hallion,” “My Favourite Ghost,” and “Jump in the Line,” with Graham Coxon appearing on “Fun People” and the title track. The album extended a catalog that now spans more than three decades without disrupting the original Wheeler-Hamilton-McMurray partnership.
The alphabetical list below preserves the studio-album tracks supplied in the original article while adding the omitted Trailer material, the core A–Z recordings and volume bonuses, major non-album singles, the expanded Race the Night tracks, and the complete Ad Astra album.
Complete List Of Ash Songs From A to Z
A–E
- “A Life Less Ordinary” – A Life Less Ordinary soundtrack (1997)
- “Ad Astra” – Ad Astra (2025)
- “All That I Have Left” – Islands (2018)
- “Angel Interceptor” – 1977 (1996)
- “Annabel” – Islands (2018)
- “Anything Is Possible” – Kablammo! (2015)
- “Aphrodite” – Nu-Clear Sounds (1998)
- “Arcadia” – A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
- “Binary” – A-Z Vol. 2 (2010)
- “Blacklisted” – Twilight of the Innocents (2007)
- “Braindead” – Race the Night (2023)
- “Bring Back the Summer” – Kablammo! (2015)
- “Burn Baby Burn” – Free All Angels (2001)
- “Burn Out” – Nu-Clear Sounds (1998)
- “Buzzkill” – Islands (2018)
- “Candy” – Free All Angels (2001)
- “Carnal Love” – A-Z Vol. 2 (2010)
- “Change Your Name” – A-Z Vol. 2 (2010)
- “Cherry Bomb” – Free All Angels (2001)
- “Clones” – Meltdown (2004)
- “Cocoon” – Kablammo! (2015)
- “Coming Around Again” – A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
- “Command” – A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
- “Confessions in the Pool” – Islands (2018)
- “Crashed Out Wasted” – Race the Night (2023)
- “CTRL-ALT-DEL” – A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
- “Dare to Dream” – A-Z Vol. 2 (2010)
- “Dark and Stormy” – Twilight of the Innocents (2007)
- “Darkside Lightside” – 1977 (1996)
- “Day of the Triffids” – Trailer (expanded edition) (1995)
- “Deadly Love” – Ad Astra (2025)
- “Death Trip 21” – Nu-Clear Sounds (1998)
- “Dehumanised” – Ad Astra (2025)
- “Detonator” – Meltdown (2004)
- “Did Your Love Burn Out?” – Islands (2018)
- “Different Today” – Trailer (expanded edition) (1995)
- “Dionysian Urge” – A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
- “Dispatch” – Kablammo! (2015)
- “Do You Feel It?” – A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
- “Don’t Need Your Love” – Islands (2018)
- “Double Dare” – Race the Night (2023)
- “Embers” – A-Z Vol. 2 (2010)
- “End of the World” – Twilight of the Innocents (2007)
- “Envy” – Intergalactic Sonic 7″s (2002)
- “Evel Knievel” – Kablammo! (2015)
- “Evil Eye” – Meltdown (2004)
F–J
- “Folk Song” – Nu-Clear Sounds (1998)
- “For Eternity” – Kablammo! (2015)
- “Fortune Teller” – Nu-Clear Sounds (1998)
- “Free” – Kablammo! (2015)
- “Fun People” – Ad Astra (2025)
- “Get Out” – Trailer (1994)
- “Ghosting” – Ad Astra (2025)
- “Girl from Mars” – 1977 (1996)
- “Give Me Back My World” – Ad Astra (2025)
- “Go! Fight! Win!” – Kablammo! (2015)
- “Goldfinger” – 1977 (1996)
- “Gone the Dream” – 1977 (1996)
- “Hallion” – Ad Astra (2025)
- “Hedonism” – Kablammo! (2015)
- “Hulk Hogan Bubblebath” – Trailer (expanded edition) (1995)
- “I’d Give You Anything” – 1977 (1996)
- “I’m Gonna Fall” – Nu-Clear Sounds (1998)
- “I Started a Fire” – Twilight of the Innocents (2007)
- “Ichiban” – A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
- “Incoming Waves” – Islands (2018)
- “Innocent Smile” – 1977 (1996)
- “Insects” – A-Z Vol. 2 (2010)
- “Instinct” – A-Z Vol. 2 (2010)
- “Intense Thing” – Trailer (1994)
- “Is It True?” – Islands (2018)
- “It’s a Trap” – Islands (2018)
- “Jack Names the Planets” – Trailer (1994)
- “Jesus Says” – Nu-Clear Sounds (1998)
- “Joy Kicks Darkness” – A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
- “Jump in the Line” – Ad Astra (2025)
- “Juvenilia” – Kablammo! (2015)
K–O
- “Keep Dreaming” – Ad Astra (2025)
- “Kung Fu” – 1977 (1996)
- “Let It Flow” – 1977 (1996)
- “Let’s Ride” – Kablammo! (2015)
- “Like a God” – Race the Night (2023)
- “Like a God (Extended Version)” – Race the Night (Expanded) (2024)
- “Like a God (Reprise)” – Race the Night (2023)
- “Lose Control” – 1977 (1996)
- “Lost in You” – 1977 (1996)
- “Low Ebb” – Nu-Clear Sounds (1998)
- “Machinery” – Kablammo! (2015)
- “Meltdown” – Meltdown (2004)
- “Mind Control” – A-Z Vol. 2 (2010)
- “Moondust” – Kablammo! (2015)
- “My Favourite Ghost” – Ad Astra (2025)
- “Neon” – A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
- “Nicole” – Free All Angels (2001)
- “Nightfall” – A-Z Vol. 2 (2010)
- “Numbskull” – Nu-Clear Sounds (1998)
- “Obscure Thing” – Trailer (1994)
- “Oh Yeah” – 1977 (1996)
- “Oh Yeah (Teenage Years)” – Race the Night (Expanded) (2024)
- “On a Wave” – Meltdown (2004)
- “Orpheus” – Meltdown (2004)
- “Oslo” – Race the Night (2023)
- “Out of the Blue” – Meltdown (2004)
- “Over & Out” – Race the Night (2023)
P–T
- “Pacific Palisades” – Free All Angels (2001)
- “Palace of Excess” – Twilight of the Innocents (2007)
- “Peanut Brain” – Race the Night (2023)
- “Peanut Brain (Acoustic)” – Race the Night (Expanded) (2024)
- “Petrol” – Trailer (1994)
- “Physical World” – A-Z Vol. 2 (2010)
- “Polaris” – Twilight of the Innocents (2007)
- “Princess Six” – Twilight of the Innocents (2007)
- “Pripyat” – A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
- “Projects” – Nu-Clear Sounds (1998)
- “Punk Boy” – Trailer (expanded edition) (1995)
- “Race the Night” – Race the Night (2023)
- “Race the Night (Acoustic)” – Race the Night (Expanded) (2024)
- “Race the Night (Antosh v Ash Remix)” – Race the Night (Expanded) (2024)
- “Renegade Cavalcade” – Meltdown (2004)
- “Return of White Rabbit” – A-Z Series (2009)
- “Reward in Mind” – Race the Night (2023)
- “Reward in Mind (Acoustic)” – Race the Night (Expanded) (2024)
- “Ritual” – Twilight of the Innocents (2007)
- “Season” – Trailer (1994)
- “Shadows” – Twilight of the Innocents (2007)
- “Shark” – Free All Angels (2001)
- “Shattered Glass” – Twilight of the Innocents (2007)
- “Shining Light” – Free All Angels (2001)
- “Shutdown” – Kablammo! (2015)
- “Silver Suit” – Islands (2018)
- “Sky Burial” – A-Z Vol. 2 (2010)
- “Someday” – Free All Angels (2001)
- “Somersault” – Islands (2018)
- “Sometimes” – Free All Angels (2001)
- “Song of Your Desire” – A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
- “Space Shot” – A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
- “Spellbound” – A-Z Vol. 2 (2010)
- “Spheres” – A-Z Vol. 2 (2010)
- “Starcrossed” – Meltdown (2004)
- “Submission” – Free All Angels (2001)
- “Summer Snow” – A-Z Vol. 2 (2010)
- “Teenage Wildlife” – A-Z Vol. 2 (2010)
- “Terraform” – Kablammo! (2015)
- “The Creeps” – A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
- “The Dead Disciples” – A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
- “There Is Hope Again” – A-Z Vol. 2 (2010)
- “There’s a Star” – Free All Angels (2001)
- “This Time Tomorrow” – Kablammo! (2015)
- “Tracers” – A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
- “True Love 1980” – A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
- “True Story” – Islands (2018)
- “Twilight of the Innocents” – Twilight of the Innocents (2007)
U–Z
- “Uncle Pat” – Trailer (1994)
- “Usual Places” – Race the Night (2023)
- “Usual Places (Acoustic)” – Race the Night (Expanded) (2024)
- “Vampire Love” – Meltdown (2004)
- “Walking Barefoot” – Free All Angels (2001)
- “War with Me” – A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
- “Which One Do You Want?” – Ad Astra (2025)
- “Wildsurf” – Nu-Clear Sounds (1998)
- “Won’t Be Saved” – Meltdown (2004)
- “World Domination” – Free All Angels (2001)
- “You Can’t Have It All” – Twilight of the Innocents (2007)
- “Zarathustra” – Ad Astra (2025)
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Ash Studio Albums
1977 (1996)
Nu-Clear Sounds (1998)
Free All Angels (2001)
Meltdown (2004)
Twilight of the Innocents (2007)
Kablammo! (2015)
Islands (2018)
Race the Night (2023)
Ad Astra (2025)
Additional Ash Releases Represented
Trailer (mini-album, 1994)
A-Z Vol. 1 (2010)
A-Z Vol. 2 (2010)
Race the Night (Expanded) (2024)
Updated July 30, 2026.
Complete List Of Ash Songs From A to Z article published on ClassicRockHistory.com © 2026
