Adam
Ant –
Antics
In The Forbidden Zone
CD Compilation, Remastered
Epic
Adam
Ant's survey from the first album From
Dirk Wears White Sox to
Vive
Le Rock.
Impressive work and maybe the best way to hear Adam's work. Not
saying that he's solely a singles artist, but choosing specific cuts
gives his work a greater strength. Here's a great resume to give out to someone who haven't heard Adam or his Ants.
I
always felt he was extremely underrated, and sort of a joke figure,
where in fact his recordings (especially with Marco his long-termed
guitarist) are really forward sounding, but taking sounds from the
past. In that sense it is similar to the first Roxy Music album.
Traces are there to remind one of a past, but what we are talking
about is the future or at the very worst, the now. Through out the
early years – both with the Ants and solo, his work has been
commercial, but with a specific edge and respect to its roots. Adam
knows his history – mostly culturally, and uses it in his music and
visuals. There is not a bad cut on this 'greatest hits' collection,
its all pure sunlight, but we all know the darkness that lurked
behind that brightness.
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