Foolish Thing Desire

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Foolish Thing Desire
Studio album by
Released1992
StudioWoodbine Studios
Genre Gothic rock, [1] alternative rock
Label Beggars Banquet Records/PolyGram/Columbia Records
Producer John A. Rivers, Daniel Ash
Daniel Ash chronology
Coming Down
(1991)
Foolish Thing Desire
(1992)
Daniel Ash
(2002)

Foolish Thing Desire is the second solo album by the English musician Daniel Ash. [2] It was released in 1992. It was a success on Billboard's Alternative Albums chart. [3] Ash supported the album with a North American tour. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
Calgary Herald D [6]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Philadelphia Inquirer Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

The Calgary Herald deemed the album "boring as hell." [6] Newsday wrote that "songs such as 'Here She Comes Again' and 'The Hedonist' spotlight Ash's no-holds-barred guitar style." [8] The Philadelphia Inquirer concluded that "'Bluebird', perhaps the only song of interest on this 10-cut disc, finds Ash masquerading as a goth Kenny Loggins." [7]

Track listing

  1. Here She Comes 4:51
  2. Foolish Thing Desire 5:27
  3. Bluebird 5:11
  4. Dream Machine 6:54
  5. Get Out of Control 4:25
  6. The Void 5:39
  7. Roll On 5:30
  8. Here She Comes Again 5:51
  9. The Hedonist 6:44
  10. Higher Than This 3:47
  11. Paris '92 (exclusive to Japanese Version)
  12. Acid Rain (exclusive to Japanese Version)
  13. Firedance (exclusive to Japanese Version)

Personnel

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