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Grey Will Fade

~ Charlotte Hatherley
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (28 Feb 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Double Dragon
  • ASIN: B0002FR0Z6
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 24,716 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Kim Wilde
2. Rescue Plan
3. Paragon
4. Summer
5. Down
6. Stop
7. Where I'm Calling From
8. Why You Wanna?
9. Bastardo
10. Grey Will Fade

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

Though Grey Will Fade marks her solo debut, Charlotte Hatherley will already be a familiar name to fans of Ash. Back in 1997, she made the Northern Irish trio into a fourpiece, adding her guitar and sweet vocal harmonies just in time for their 'difficult second album', Nu-Clear Sounds. Interestingly, though, Grey Will Fade doesn't sound much like an Ash album at all. While her bandmates are keen to make the transition to straightforward rock (as heard on 2004's excellent Meltdown), Hatherley seems happier sticking to her indie roots. Grey Will Fade is, for the most part, a great little indie rock album, filled with bouncy little guitar gems. Hatherley has chosen her influences wisely, and the ghost of the Pixies looms large throughout, particularly in her incendiary, Joey Santiago-esque guitar playing on "Summer" and "Stop", where the solos tear along in the middle of the melody. And the upbeat, power pop vibe on "Kim Wilde" and "Paragon" are reminiscent of Weezer's best and catchiest work. In fact, the only real misstep here is "Down", which threatens to derail the album at the halfway point with it's plodding pace and tepid lyrics. But Grey Will Fade quickly regains its balance, and proves that Ash's Charlotte Hatherley has a voice all her own, and it's one worth listening to. --Robert Burrow


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Ash guitarist Hatherley unleashes her debut solo effort. Whilst reminiscent of the classic Ash songwriting style, this features a more retro sound inspired by girl guitar pop bands like the Bangles and the Go-Gos and 90s indie rockers Lushand the Breeders. Produced by Eric Drew Feldman (Frank Black, Deus, Polyphonic Spree), it includes the single 'Summer'.

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Charlotte Hatherley - Rock Queen!, 3 Aug 2004
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This album is brilliant. Beginning with the download only single Kim Wilde and finishing with the title track Grey Will Fade this album is a rollercoaster of emotions. To start at the beginning Kim Wilde, Rescue Plan and Paragon are amazing tracks. The use of harmonies on the tracks add so much depth to this album. Other highlights include the first single, Summer. Upbeat and fun it is by far one of the best tracks on the album. Another favourite of mine is Why You Wanna? which makes use of the fantastic harmonies again and Charlotte's fantastic voice. Ending with Bastardo and grey Will Fade you are left wanting more than the ten tracks on the album. this would therefore be my only complaint. The album is too short! overall this is amazing and i recommend it to anyone who likes good music!
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Album of 2004?, 7 Nov 2004
By A Customer
I'm not that big a fan of Ash but after reading an interview with Charlotte about her new album, I bought the single 'Summer' just before I went on holiday. I barely listened to any other songs for two weeks. The gutar-piano harmonies take a while to get used to, but once you do it's nigh on impossible to get it out of your head. So once I returned, I bought the album. Kim Wilde is one of the best songs on the CD and of the year, and even catchier than Summer. One of the best pop records of recnt years, you have to hear it. Other highlights include Paragon, Why You Wanna and Bastardo. The seemingly weakest track is Down. After a few listens, however it reveals itself to be as beautifully written as anything else on the album.
Grey Will Fade is an essential purchase, whether you're a fan of Ash or not.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Utter brilliance from the Ash guitar whizkid, 30 Aug 2004
By bunters (Norwich, UK) - See all my reviews
Girls with guitars are just the coolest thing. We know from her seven years as second guitarist with Ash that Charlotte Hatherley can knock out a mean guitar riff or two. We know she's got beauty and poise combined with a rock chick Kim Deal cool. But in Grey will Fade Charlotte has delivered a superb solo album that proves she's not only all of these things but a genius songwriter and a cracking singer, too.

An absolute joy, Grey Will Fade is a irresistible debut which fuses crunching, squalling Pixies guitars with life-affirming punk-pop melodies and the kind of gorgeous multi-layered girl-group harmonies Kirsty McColl would have been proud of.

This is easily my album of the year so far and hasn't been out of my CD player for a fortnight. Think the Bangles or the Go-Go's with a reflective, bittersweet edge, or a less grumpy Juliana Hatfield, or the Breeders with tunes you can hum. Taking on all the guitar and bass duties herself, Charlotte has harnessed the swirling keyboard work and production skills of one time Pixies collaborator Eric Drew Feldman and the drums of PJ Harvey stalwart Rob Ellis to give these songs a rock pedigree that lifts this fine album way above your usual run-of-the-mill side project.

The highlights are many. Twisting and turning all over the place, with more hooks than an anglers convention and more chord changes than many bands muster in whole careers, the opener and lead single Kim Wilde showcases the sweetness and purity of Charlotte's voice a treat - and yes, she does sound a lot like Kim on it.. Paragon is a thumping adrenaline rush, Summer and Why You Wanna are glorious and pop-perfect, the former featuring a rare sighting of the word "serotonin" in a song lyric. Best of all is Bastardo - a song about Charlotte's one-night-stand with a lowlife charmer who stole her prized guitar - boasting a kick-ass intro and a chorus so infectious you will be singing along to it in seconds. The slower songs add a more introspective mood - Down - neither plodding nor tepid to my ears, Mr. Amazon reviewer - is a poignant but ultimately optimistic delight, and the title track, starting off wistful and melancholic, soon succumbs to a surge of chiming guitars and wonderful harmonies which banish all traces of gloom from your mind.

So if you are having a tough time of it this summer - and why shouldn't you with the weather we've been having? - go out and buy this. I guarantee you'll feel a whole lot better very soon.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars A good addition to your Ash collection? Maybe...
No disrespect to Charlotte as an individual, but I am a huge Ash fan, which is why I took a chance and bought the album. Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2005

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as I thought
I purchased this album on the basis of a couple of good reviews and listened to it. I'm sorry, but I just think it's a poor album. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2005 by dan the man

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Debut
After hearing the debut single 'Kim Wilde' some time last year, just before it came out, I wasn't sure what to expect from the album and also the single itself. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2005 by placidcasual

5.0 out of 5 stars Grey was never this colourful
This is a frisky puppy of an album, with an overall feeling of fun. Some of the numbers rattle along at a breakneck pace, leaping from chord to chord like a mountain goat. Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2004 by James Warner

1.0 out of 5 stars Charlotte Heatherley - a disappointment
After the dreamy, moody support vocals on the songs from Ash, I was looking forward to listening to this and expected something a bit more considered. Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars An unexpected indie-delight...
First off, I'm not much of a fan of Ash- always thought bands like Husker Du & The Vaselines did that kind of thing much better- in fact my favourite Ash-track is Envy, as it... Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2004 by Jason Parkes

5.0 out of 5 stars Catchy, brilliant indie-pop
Thank God for someone telling me about the free download of Kim Wilde available from Charlotte Hatherley's website, otherwise I would probably have never have discovered one of my... Read more
Published on 13 Sep 2004 by D. S. Roberts

4.0 out of 5 stars Great album - and not just for Ash fans!
I found this album really refreshing. The unashamedly indie feel is reminiscent of bands like Weezer, the Juliana Hatfield Three and The Pixies, and while Hatherley might be... Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2004 by soulmedia

1.0 out of 5 stars Unlikely to set the world on fire
It's strange that young Charlotte Hatherley should dedicate the first track of her album to 'Kim Wilde', an artist whose career peaked when Charlotte was presumably still in a... Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than I thought
I was looking forward to this album just to see how much Miss. Hatherley's musical style differs from Tim Wheeler's. It is an easy difference to spot. Read more
Published on 19 Aug 2004

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