Vinyl Album - Adam And The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier - CBS

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Adam And The Ants
Title:	Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Label:	CBS
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	S CBS 84549
Date:	3 Nov 1980
Format:	LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	54 Own
Price Guide:	Valuation Page
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Adam And The Ants	Dog Eat Dog	Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni	Rate
A2	Adam And The Ants	"Antmusic"	Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni	Rate
A3	Adam And The Ants	Feed Me To The Lions	Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni	Rate
A4	Adam And The Ants	Los Rancheros	Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni	7.0 Rate
A5	Adam And The Ants	Ants Invasion	Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni	Rate
A6	Adam And The Ants	Killer In The Home	Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni	Rate
B1	Adam And The Ants	Kings Of The Wild Frontier	Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni	Rate
B2	Adam And The Ants	The Magnificent Five	Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni	Rate
B3	Adam And The Ants	Don't Be Square (Be There)	Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni	6.0 Rate
B4	Adam And The Ants	Jolly Roger	Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni	Rate
B5	Adam And The Ants	Making History	Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni	Rate
B6	Adam And The Ants	The Human Beings	Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni	Rate

Notes

Produced by Chris Hughes
Engineered by Hugh Jones
Recorded at Rockfield Studios, August 1980

Issued with 12 page booklet.

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sladesounds ● 5th Dec 2013		Review All Music Guide Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine 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. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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Linked Releases

Europe - CBS - 1980

Yugoslavia - CBS - 1980

South Africa - CBS - 1981

USA - Epic - 1981