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Trailer by Ash
Trailer is an album by Ash, released in 1994. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Jack Names The Planets”, on 1 list with a best position of #12.
Trailer, Ash's mini album, came out on Infectious in October 1994, and the name says it all: the band saw it as a coming attraction for the proper debut still to come. Tim Wheeler on vocals and guitar, Mark Hamilton on bass and Rick McMurray on drums were a three-piece out of Downpatrick, County Down, and the record gathers their first three singles, with an expanded edition adding four B-sides.
It's scrappy, hyperactive guitar pop from a band in a hurry, all fuzz and sugar. "Uncle Pat" got a leg up from a Heineken advert that pushed the band's name further out in both Ireland and Britain, and the full-length they were trailing, 1977, followed in 1996. The Britpop tag followed them too, though the band never felt easy wearing it, since leaning on Britishness could read as sectarian back home in Northern Ireland.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Trailer on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Names The Planets | 1 | #12 | – | 1994 | |
| 2 | Uncle Pat | 1 | #28 | – | 1994 | |
| 3 | Petrol | 1 | #33 | – | 1994 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.