Adam Ant : Kings Of The Wild Frontier

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Sell date: 3/2008
Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
Mfg's Catalog#: 724323
CDC Part#: 1177615
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Not Returnable, Not Cancellable.
 
Full title is: Kings of the Wild Frontier

Length: 47:21

  Adam Ant - Vocals

Hooking up with Malcolm McLaren was a pivotal moment for Adam Ant, since the manager not only introduced Ant to the thundering, infectious Burundi drum beat that became his signature, he stole his band, too. Adam and the rest of the Ants had just worked up how to exploit the Burundi style when McLaren pirated the boys off to support Annabella Lwin in Bow Wow Wow -- using the very same sound they had developed with Adam Ant. It was now a race to get that sound into the stores first, and Adam lucked out when he joined forces with guitarist Marco Pirroni, who quickly proved to be invaluable. Adam and Marco knocked out a bunch of songs that retained some of the dark artiness of Dirk Wears White Sox, largely anchored by those enormous Burundi beats and given great, irresistible pop hooks -- plus a flash sense of style, as the new Ants dressed up in something that looked like American Indians with a velveteen touch of a dandy fop. It was a brilliant, gonzo move -- something that quickly overshadowed Bow Wow Wow -- and the resulting record, Kings of the Wild Frontier, is one of the great defining albums of its time. There's simply nothing else like it, nothing else that has the same bravado, the same swagger, the same gleeful self-aggrandizement and sense of camp. This walked a brilliant line between campiness and art-house chutzpah, and it arrived at precisely the right time -- at the forefront of new wave, so Adam & the Ants exploded into the British popular consciousness. If image was all that they had, they would've remained a fad, but Kings of the Wild Frontier remains a terrific album because it not only has some tremendous songs -- the title track and 'Antmusic' are classic hits, while 'Killer in the Home' and 'Physical (You're So)' are every bit their equal -- but because it fearlessly, imperceptibly switches gears between giddy and ominous, providing nothing short of a thrill ride in its 13 songs. That's why it still sounds like nothing else years after its release. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

 
 Tracks and Sound Clips   Click here for the Windows Media player
 
Dog Eat Dog - Adam & the Ants - 3:09 Play the Windows Media clip
Antmusic - Adam & the Ants - 3:36 Play the Windows Media clip
Rancheros - Adam & the Ants - 3:28 Play the Windows Media clip
Feed Me to the Lions - Adam & the Ants - 3:01 Play the Windows Media clip
Press Darlings - Adam & the Ants - 4:14 Play the Windows Media clip
Ants Invasion - Adam & the Ants - 3:20 Play the Windows Media clip
Killer in the Home - Adam & the Ants - 4:21 Play the Windows Media clip
Kings of the Wild Frontier - Adam & the Ants - 3:56 Play the Windows Media clip
Magnificent Five - Adam & the Ants - 3:07 Play the Windows Media clip
Don't Be Square (Be There) - Adam & the Ants - 3:33 Play the Windows Media clip
Jolly Roger - Adam & the Ants - 2:11 Play the Windows Media clip
Physical (You're So) - Adam & the Ants - 4:30 Play the Windows Media clip
Human Beings - Adam & the Ants - 4:30 Play the Windows Media clip
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