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Hauptmann Englande is a character from [[Marvel Comics]] and a character in the [[Captain Britain]] comics.
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!align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|''1977''
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|align="center" colspan="3"|[[Image:Ash1977.jpg|Album cover]]
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!align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|[[vinyl record|LP]], [[CD|Compact Disk]] & limited edition CD by [[Ash (band)|Ash]]
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!align="left" valign="top"|Released
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[May 6]], [[1996]]
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!align="left" valign="top"|Recorded
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Rockfield Studios]] [[January]] [[1996]]
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!align="left" valign="top"|[[Musical genre|Genre]]
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Rock (music)|Rock]]
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!align="left" valign="top"|Length
|colspan="2" valign="top"|61 [[minute|min]] 52 [[second|s]]
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!align="left" valign="top"|[[Record label]]
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Infectious Records]]
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!align="left" valign="top"|[[Record producer|Producer]]
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Ash (band)|Ash]] and [[Owen Morris]]
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!bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews
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!align="left" valign="top"|<small>[http://www.allmusic.com AMG]</small>
|valign="top"|4.5 stars out of 5
|valign="top"|<small>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70402211144452833&sql=A25o20r6at48x link]</small>
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!align="left" valign="top"|<small>''[[Q magazine|Q]]''</small>
|valign="top"|4 stars out of 5
|valign="top"|<small>[http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.artist.review&fixture_review=128185&fixture_artist=141556 May 1996]</small>
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!bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Ash Chronology
|-align="center"
|valign="top"|<small>''[[Trailer (album)|Trailer]]''<br />([[1994]])</small>
|valign="top"|<small>''1977''<br />([[1996]])</small>
|valign="top"|<small>''[[Live at the Wireless (Ash album)|Live at the Wireless]]''<br />([[1997]])</small>
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Translated from German to mean ''Captain Englishman'' (Possibly a reference to fellow superhero [[Captain England]]), Hauptmann Englande is a representative for an alternate Earth called ''Earth 597'' for the [[Captain Britain Corps]].
'''''1977''''' is a [[Rock (music)|Rock]] album by [[Ash (band)|Ash]], released in May of [[1996]] (see [[1996 in music]]). The [[punk rock]] influenced album proved popular in the [[United Kingdom]] and, to a lesser degree elsewhere, where Britpop was a small cult phenomenon.
Earth 597 is an alternate Earth where the Nazis have won the Second World War, and Hauptmann Englande is the leader of the Lightning Squad, his worlds' equivalent of ''[[Excalibur]]''.
The name is a reference to year of three events which shaped the band - the births of two members of the band, the year ''[[Star Wars: A New Hope]]'' was released, and the year the first [[punk rock|punk]] albums were released, though it has been suspected that the ''Star Wars'' reference is the most important; the album opens with the sound of a [[TIE Fighter]], and ends with the track "Darkside Lightside", whose title is a Star Wars reference, and which also ends with a choral version of the ''Star Wars'' main theme. The band have also [[cover version|covered]] "Cantina Band", on the "Girl From Mars" [[b-side]].
The song "Kung Fu" mentions [[Jackie Chan]] in the lyrics. In reciprocation, Chan has used the song for the end credits of his movie ''[[Rumble in the Bronx]]''.
The first 50,000 pressings of the CD begin with "Don't Know" and the original version of "[[Jack Names the Planets (1994 single)| Jack Names the Planets]]" ([[February 1994]]). There is also a [[hidden track]] named "Sick Party" which appears after "Darkside Lightside" on all versions.
==Track listing==
#"Lose Control" (Hamilton/Wheeler)
#"[[Goldfinger (1996 single)|Goldfinger]]" (Wheeler)
#"[[Girl From Mars]]" (Wheeler)
#"I'd Give You Anything" (Wheeler)
#"Gone the Dream" (Wheeler)
#"[[Kung Fu (1995 single)|Kung Fu]]" (Wheeler)
#"Oh Yeah" (Wheeler)
#"Let It Flow" (Wheeler)
#"Innocent Smile" (Hamilton)
#"[[Angel Interceptor]]" (McMurray/Wheeler)
#"Lost in You" (Wheeler)
#"Darkside Lightside" (Wheeler)
*"Sick Party" ([[hidden track]])
==Singles==
*"Kung Fu" was released on [[March 20]], [[1995]] with "Day Of The Triffids" and "Luther Ingo's Star Cruiser".
*"Girl From Mars" was released on [[July 31]], [[1995]] with "Astral Conversations" and "Cantina Band"
*"Angel Interceptor" was released on [[October 9]], [[1995]] with "5am Eternal" and "Gimme Some Truth" (by [[John Lennon]])
*"Goldfinger" was released on [[April 15]], [[1996]] with "I Need Somebody", "Sneaker", and "Get Ready" ([[Smokey Robinson]]). "Get Ready" itself was released as a [[fan club]] only single in [[December]], [[1995]] (as a [[Christmas]] present), with " Zero Zero"
*"Oh Yeah" was released on [[June 24]], [[1996]] with "T-Rex", "Everywhere Is All Around" (Wheeler/Carr), and "Does Your Mother Know" ([[ABBA]]).
==Personnel==
*Phil Thornalley - Mixing
*Nick Ingman - String Arrangements
*Owen Morris - Producer, String Arrangements
*Mark "Spike" Stent - Mixing
*Ash - Producer, Photography
*Lisa Moorish - Vocals
*Brian Cannon - Design, Photography, Sleeve Director
*Rick "Rock" McMurray - Drums
*Tim Wheeler - Guitar, Vocals, String Arrangements
*Mark Hamilton - Bass, Sleeve Assistant
*Nick Brine - Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant, Studio Assistant
[[Category:Ash albums]]
[[Category:1996 albums]]
[[Category:Albums with hidden tracks]]
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