~ Adam and the Ants
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~ Adam & the Ants
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~ Adam and the Ants
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~ Adam Ant
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~ Adam & the Ants
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Prince Charming, the third Adam and the Ants' album and their biggest commercial success, was released in 1981 and includes the UK No.1 singles "Stand and Deliver", "Prince Charming" and the No.3 hit "Ant Rap". This expanded edition will is digitally remastered from the original two-track master tapes and includes never-before-heard early demo versions of "Prince Charming", "Mile High Club" and "Showbiz". The expanded edition will also include unreleased album demo tracks "Showbiz" and "Who's a Goofy Bunny Then?". Also features expanded album artwork with many rare or unseen photos from the original Allan Ballard photo sessions and three-page digipack with a 12-page booklet.
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Adam and the Ants' kitschy mix of Indian imagery, pirate costumes, African drums, and a '50s style guitar twang made them one of the more colourful groups of the early '80s British new wave scene. Excepting guitarist Marco Pirroni however,the band was really a backdrop for Adam Ant himself. The band's second effort, PRINCE CHARMING, found the band expanding a bit from its Duane Eddy meets Tarzan approach with the addition of horns. There is thankfully less shameless self-promoting here (although "Ant Rap" is a serious low point).
On the upside, "Prince Charming" and "Stand and Deliver" are among the finest moments in the Ants' catalogue. The former is a heartfelt ditty of self-affirmation in which the frequent ascending key changes add a nice touch. The latter is agalloping testament of what can happen when the Ants' weirdassortment of influences gels into a cohesive picture. Reverb guitar lines, rolling tom-toms, and dashing outlaws inject the song with enough life that by the time the doo-wop style background vocals kick in, its an intoxicating kitchen sink affair.
Prince Charming, the third Adam and the Ants' album and their biggest commercial success, was released in 1981 and includes the UK No.1 singles "Stand and Deliver", "Prince Charming" and the No.3 hit "Ant Rap". This expanded edition will is digitally remastered from the original two-track master tapes and includes never-before-heard early demo versions of "Prince Charming", "Mile High Club" and "Showbiz". The expanded edition will also include unreleased album demo tracks "Showbiz" and "Who's a Goofy Bunny Then?". Also features expanded album artwork with many rare or unseen photos from the original Allan Ballard photo sessions and three-page digipack with a 12-page booklet.
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Adam and the Ants' kitschy mix of Indian imagery, pirate costumes, African drums, and a '50s style guitar twang made them one of the more colourful groups of the early '80s British new wave scene. Excepting guitarist Marco Pirroni however,the band was really a backdrop for Adam Ant himself. The band's second effort, PRINCE CHARMING, found the band expanding a bit from its Duane Eddy meets Tarzan approach with the addition of horns. There is thankfully less shameless self-promoting here (although "Ant Rap" is a serious low point).
On the upside, "Prince Charming" and "Stand and Deliver" are among the finest moments in the Ants' catalogue. The former is a heartfelt ditty of self-affirmation in which the frequent ascending key changes add a nice touch. The latter is agalloping testament of what can happen when the Ants' weirdassortment of influences gels into a cohesive picture. Reverb guitar lines, rolling tom-toms, and dashing outlaws inject the song with enough life that by the time the doo-wop style background vocals kick in, its an intoxicating kitchen sink affair.
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