Free All Angels is the third studio album by Ash

Ash (band)

Ash are an alternative rock band that formed in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland in 1992. The band has sold 8 million albums worldwide.-Band beginning, Trailer and 1977 :...

, which was initially released on 16 April 2001, through Infectious Records

Infectious Records

Infectious Records is a record label whose bands have included Ash, Local Natives, Symposium, My Vitriol, Seafood, The Paradise Motel, General Fiasco and The Subways. Infectious was established by Korda Marshall after leaving RCA, and became part of Marshall's Mushroom Records UK operation in the...

. The name of the album is taken from a T-shirt worn by a Hells Angel.

On August 7, 2001 Free All Angels was released in the United States

United States

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.

The album entered the charts at #1 in the UK, and has won numerous awards, including awards for the singles "Shining Light

Shining Light

"Shining Light" is a song by Ash, which was released as the first single from their album Free All Angels. It was released on 29 January 2001. It was released as a single CD and as a 7" vinyl . It was also Ash's first single to be released as an enhanced CD...

" and "Burn Baby Burn". It is also certified Platinum by the BPI

British Phonographic Industry

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. The UK version has a (CD-ROM

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 Enhanced CD

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), the ashvideomixer that allows fans to make and share online their own music video.

The American edition was released on the Kinetic Records

Kinetic Records

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 label. It includes the bonus track "So the Story Goes" and also a remixed "Burn Baby Burn", which subsequently appeared on Intergalactic Sonic 7"s.

A German Special Tour Edition of the album featured with different artwork and a second CD of b-sides, acoustic tracks and the French version of "Candy".

The Japanese release includes the tracks "Warmer Than Fire" and "Gabriel".

Reception

Initial critical response to Free All Angels was positive. At Metacritic

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, which assigns a normalized

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 rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average

Weighted mean

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 score of 76, based on 11 reviews.

The album has sold 3 million records worldwide.

Track listing

1. "Walking Barefoot" (Wheeler) – 4:13
2. "Shining Light
   Shining Light
   "Shining Light" is a song by Ash, which was released as the first single from their album Free All Angels. It was released on 29 January 2001. It was released as a single CD and as a 7" vinyl . It was also Ash's first single to be released as an enhanced CD...
   
   " (Wheeler) – 5:09
3. "Burn Baby Burn
   Burn Baby Burn (song)
   "Burn Baby Burn" is a song by Ash, released as the second single from the Free All Angels album on 2 April 2001, reaching number 13 in the UK singles chart. It was released as a single CD and as a 7" vinyl, and was also released for the first time on DVD format...
   
   " (Wheeler) – 3:28
4. "Candy
   Candy (Ash song)
   "Candy" is a song by Ash, released as the fourth single from their album Free All Angels on October 1, 2001. It was released as a single CD as a 7" vinyl , as well as on DVD format...
   
   " (Wheeler/Bacharach/David) – 4:52
5. "Cherry Bomb" (Wheeler) – 3:16
6. "Submission" (Wheeler/McMurray) – 3:32
7. "Someday" (Wheeler) – 4:31
8. "Pacific Palisades" (Wheeler) – 1:57
9. "Shark" (Wheeler/Hamilton/Hatherley) – 3:18
10. "Sometimes
    Sometimes (Ash song)
    "Sometimes" was the third single released from the Free All Angels album by the band Ash on June 9, 2001. It was released as a single CD as a 7" vinyl , as well as on DVD format...
    
    " (Wheeler) – 4:04
11. "Nicole" (Wheeler/Hamilton) – 3:26
12. "There's a Star
    There's a Star
    "There's a Star" is a song by Ash, released as the fifth and final single from their album Free All Angels, on 31 December 2001. It was released as a single CD as a 7" vinyl, as well as on DVD format...
    
    " (Wheeler) – 4:20
13. "World Domination" (Wheeler) – 2:17

European Edition (German Tour Edition Extra Disc)

1. "Skulfull of Sulphur" - 3:09
2. "So The Story Goes" - 2:59
3. "The Sweetness of Death by the Obsidian Knife" - 3:31
4. "Melon Farmer (Live)" - 2:10
5. "Nocturne" - 3:34
6. "Stay in Love Forever" - 3:43
7. "Thinking About You" - 3:52
8. "Candy (French version radio edit)" - 3:48
9. "Shining Light (Acoustic version)" - 4:12
10. "Burn Baby Burn (Acoustic version)" - 3:30
11. "Candy (Video CD Rom)"
12. "Sometimes (Video CD Rom)"