Jack Names the Planets
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| "Jack Names The Planets" | ||
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| Single by Ash | ||
| from the album Trailer | ||
| B-side(s) | "Don't Know" | |
| Released | February 1994 | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | 1993 | |
| Genre | Brit-Pop | |
| Length | 3:12 | |
| Label | La La Land | |
| Producer(s) | Mark Waterman | |
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| Ash singles chronology | ||
| none | "Jack Names The Planets" (1994) |
"Petrol" (1994) |
| "Jack Names The Planets (2002 Re-Release)" | ||
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| Single by Ash | ||
| from the album Intergalactic Sonic 7″s | ||
| B-side(s) | "Don't Know", "Season" |
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| Released | December 2, 2002 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Recorded | 1993 | |
| Genre | Brit-Pop | |
| Length | 3:12 | |
| Label | Double Dragon | |
| Producer(s) | Mark Waterman | |
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| Ash singles chronology | ||
| "Envy" (2002) |
"Jack Names The Planets" (2002) |
"Orpheus" (2004) |
"Jack Names the Planets" is a song by Ash. It was their first official single release in February 1994. It was originally released on vinyl only. The single version of the song is also entirely different from the album version that appears on their debut album, Trailer. The single was re-released in 2002 in CD format, and the Raptor 12" version of "Season" as an extra b-side, as a limited edition release on December 2, 2002 as part of the promotion for the "Intergalactic Sonic 7″s" greatest hits collection.
The song first appeared on the "Shed" demo tape, recorded in September 1993 and again on the "Garage Girl" and "Pipe Smokin' Brick" demo-tapes. They were first signed when a copy of "Garage Girl" was given to Stephen 'Tav' Tavner, and signed them on the basis of Jack Names the Planets.
Only 2,000 copies of the single were released, and the single was recorded on a £300 budget. However, the band were unhappy with the version released on the 1994 single, and re-recorded it for their debut album.
The title of the track is taken from a chapter of a Stephen King and Peter Straub novel called "The Talisman". This book is further referenced in some of the lyrics.
The single's B-side, "Don't Know", first appeared on the "Garage Girl" demo tape. The video for "Jack Names the Planets" was released in 1995 when it was part of the soundtrack for the film "Angus" and consisted of Ash perfoming as figures in moving posters, mixed with images from the film. The video was directed by Phil Harder.
Additionally, the first 50,000 pressings of Ash's debut full-length album, 1977 began with "Jack Names the Planets" and "Don't Know" as the first two tracks on the album, before the usual opener "Lose Control". "Jack Names The Planets" also appeared on Ash's first greatest hits collection "Intergalactic Sonic 7″s", and is considered somewhat of a fan and band favourite, rarely being out of their live setlist.
[edit] Track Listing
1994 7"
- "Jack Names the Planets" (Wheeler)
- "Don't Know" (Ash)
2002 CD Re-Release
- "Jack Names the Planets" (Wheeler)
- "Don't Know" (Ash)
- "Season" (Wheeler)
[edit] External Links
Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzqJp332N0k
| Ash |
| Tim Wheeler | Mark Hamilton | Rick McMurray |
| Charlotte Hatherley |
| Ash Discography |
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| Albums: Trailer | 1977 | Nu-Clear Sounds | Free All Angels | Meltdown | Twilight of the Innocents |
| Live albums and compilations: Live at the Wireless |Tokyo Blitz | Intergalactic Sonic 7″s |
| 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 | 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 |
| EPs and Fan Club Releases: Get Ready | Barbie | Got A Beautiful Face... Got A Fucked Up Inside | Numbskull | I'm On Drugs | Satellite Transmissions Volume 1 | Commando |
| Demo Tapes: Solar Happy | Shed | Home Demo | Garage Girl | Pipe Smokin' Brick |
