Very Best Of Adam And The Ants, The - Adam & The Ants > Reviews > Taken back to my youth

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Advantages:	Its the best of adam & the ants
Disadvantages:	The kids think i'm mad

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Adam Ant (or Stuart Goddard to his fans) brings out another compliation of his best tracks.
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This album is full of songs from the 1979 right through to the early 90's.

The songs that are on it are as follows:

1) Stand & Deliver (Prince Charming 1981)
2) Kings of the WIld Frontier (Kings of the WIld Frontier 1980)
3) Dog Eat Dog (Kings of the Wild Frontier 1980)
4) Wonderful ( Wonderful 1995)
5) Room at the Top (Manners And Physique 1990)
6) Apollo 9 (Vive La Rock 1984)
7) Car Trouble (Dirk Wears White Sox 1979)
8) Friends (single)
9) Desperate But Not Serious (Friend or Foe 1982)
10) Prince Charming (Prince Charming 1981)
11) Goody Two Shoes (Friend or Foe 1982)
12) Puss in Boots (Strip 1983)
13) Friend or Foe (Friend or Foe 1982).
14) Strip (Strip 1983)
15) Vive La Rock (Vive La Rock 1984)
16) Zerox (from the 2nd release of Dirk wears White sox in 1983)
17) Antmusic (Kings of the WIld Frontier 1980)
18) Deutscher Girls (single)
19) Ant Rap (Prince Charming 1981)
20) Kick (Antics in the Forbidden Zone 1990)
21) Young Parisians (single)
22) Can't set the rules (Manners And Physique 1990)

I have tried to get the right track to the right album and year-apologies to the people that know better than me if I have got any wrong.

As you can see from the years this mix of songs spreads itself through the 70s,80s and 90s.

Personally I prefer the more punk of the late 70's. I love the Dirk wears White Sox LP even though my husband laughs at the lyrics.
I was initally disapointed to see 3 songs on this album from the Kings of the WIld Fronteir album as I hated every record bar one (antrap-who can forget the single cover set out like an advent calender and seeing terry-lee's face popping out from behind a window) . Although I dont know if now due to age I have mellowed abit but I found myself singing away to even these songs (much to the kids amusement).

I feel the title of 'Adam & The Ants the very Best of' is misleading as it has 10 songs that Adam recorded on his own (without the ants).

BUT I love it. I was sent back to the school disco or in my bedroom with my mother screaming to 'Turn it down!'.
So funny now to hear me saying that to the kids now.

Go out and show Stuart (sorry Adam) that we stil love him and buy this CD.

P.S. I beleive he got the name Adam Ant from Adam the first man and Ant because he wanted to be like the Beatles. I could be wrong about that though-kinda remember reading it somewhere.