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| 1. Vive Le Rock |
| 2. Miss Thing |
| 3. Razor Keen |
| 4. Rip Down |
| 5. Scorpio Rising |
| 6. Apollo 9 |
| 7. Hell's Eight Acres |
| 8. Mohair Locker Room Pin-Up Boys |
| 9. No Zap |
| 10. P.O.E. |
| 11. Apollo 9 |
| 12. Human Bondage Den |
| 13. Vive Le Rock |
| 14. Apollo 9 |
| 15. Doggy Style |
| 16. Night They Vietcong |
| 17. Big Big Man (Razor Down) |
| 18. Rip Down |
| 19. Apollo 9 |
| 20. Vive Le Rock |
Product Description
Digitally remastered, with 9 rare BONUS tracks! 1985 album, produced by Tony Visconti. Post Adam & The Ants
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Vive Le Rock is an album that can best be described as glam-punk. The title track is a straightforward catchy rocker, and the glam influences really kick in on Miss Thing, Apollo 9, and P.O.E. At just 36 minutes long this is an excellent album full of catchy tunes, which would probably have done a lot better commercially if it had been made in the mid-late 90s. However, lyrically its a stinker, with many nonsensical verses e.g. "well its a dopey mopey doop de boop civilian time its all mine"....what?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This seems to be a derided album just because Adam's star was falling at the time and so didn't do so well in chart terms but take no notice of that. This is Ant/Marco/Chris De Niro/Count Wiczling with a very rock'n'roll album and sounding like they enjoyed every minute of it. Tony Visconti producing gives it a very T.Rex feel which may have been the goal and it works excellently. I would go as far as say this is Adam's most consistant album. The title track should have been a massive hit but wasn't (it has to be mentioned that the Live Aid version was far better still) so it was left with Apollo 9 as the only hit single from this release. The remaining tracks are all very catchy with Adam's multi layered vocals great and Marco's guitars outstanding. The remaster adds bonus remixes which are interesting if not essential. The only downside is the addition of demos. In those cases 'previously unissued' tracks should have stayed that way but thats what program button function on CD players are meant for. Thers still more than enough great music here to enjoy.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
RETURN OF THE ANTS?
15 Oct 2000
Format:Audio CD
Viva Le Rock never got proper recognition for being a return to Adam Ant's punkier roots. This album was the last of Adam's 'classic' albums and after his appearance on Live Aid that year(1985), he would disappear into acting and only return to making albums very sporadicaly(only two since then). Here, Viva Le Rock is more guitar-heavy, similar to the early/mid-80's pop-punk of Billy Idol, with Adam and the boys decked out in cucumber-cool tough hombre mode. When Adam disbanded the Ants to 'go solo', he dropped the double-drum line-up and punk guitars but retained a lot of his 18th century pirate/highwayman/sexy rogue image. He also incorporated horns and strings on those two post-Ants albums, the smash 'Friend Or Foe' and the campy/pop sex-obsessed 'Strip'. On Viva Le Rock, Adam went back to a 'band' format with a four-piece group consisting of Marco(of course), Chris DeNiro(bass) and Count Wiczling(drums). The music(and back photo)certainly does make it seem like there was more of a group thinking here. In my opinion, this album was put out by a new Ants. It could have been credited to Adam & The Ants- Adam certainly had a solid band here. A shame he didn't keep them long, Viva Le Rock was a return to form and more guitar-oriented than the previous two albums. The title track is one of his best rockers and was a hit(as was 'Apollo 9). Other great tracks were 'Miss Thing', 'Hell's 8 Acres', 'Rip Down' and a humorous 'P.O.E.' which is about the arms race(Viva Le Rock does have an 80's theme of nuclear war, Russians and other Reagan-era concerns done in humorous manner). Not the Ants with the make-up and war paint, but clearly an Ants album in everything but in name. Definately a product of the 80's but worth hearing for much more than the two hits. Try it.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
The Best Adam Ant Record
21 Feb 2003
Format:Audio CD
This record blew me away when it first came out, and it's still one of my favorites. It was supposed to be Adam Ant's big rock record, and rock it does! (Some writers have described it as rockabilly, but I don't get that as the dominant feel.) The sound is huge (at least by Adam Ant standards), and almost every song is relentlessly catchy. True, Adam's vocal overacting, yodeling, and made-up gibberish words (see "Razor Keen") can be irritating at times, but the band's nonstop rocking attack simply plows over those shortcomings. I also sense an undercurrent of homoeroticism (check out "Scorpio Rising") that adds another intriguing dimension. Best of all, though, is Marco's guitar work; his playing and palette of tones are so astonishingly good on the entire record that it's difficult to pick standouts--although "Miss Thing," "Razor Keen," and "Hell's Eight Acres" are good places to start. Apparently considered a flop at the time of its release, Vive le Rock is simply a great, grossly underrated record. (Note: I have both the CD and the LP, and the CD sounds, well, compressed; the LP sounds much bigger.)
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Whoa!
13 Nov 2003
Format:Audio CD
This album is unbelievable. I really REALLY wish it was easier to get. I could only get a used copy. And I am still on the hunt for a new one. It is punk, guitar rock and rockibilly all rolled into one. In a style that ONLY Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni could pull off. The cover art is beautiful. Maybe the best picture of Adam ever. The songs have to be heard to be believed. Hell's Eight Acres is probably in my top 5 favorite songs of all time. And the more I listen to it the better it gets. No Zap- another gem. I don't even know what else to say. This album really blows my mind.
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