God help me, one of my first musical loves was Adam & The Ants!

Has anyone heard the Andre Cymone produced Manners & Physique?

andyman91 said:

ha! I meant to edit, not quote myself!
[Edited 1/7/05 13:50pm]

Room at the top was ok.

superspaceboy said:

I do remember that song vaguely. I'm as curious about Andre's work as Adam's, which I am pretty familiar with.

I only heard the singles "Room At The Top" and "Can't Set Rules About Love". It's definitely a far cry from his Dandy Highwayman days.

NWF said:

Yeah, the first record Dirk Wears White Sox is actually pretty good to me still, as is much of Kings of the Wild Frontier. But I left off with Strip, which had a couple catchy moments, at best.

I recently got this album last year in a junk shop. I really like a couple of the tracks. Andre seems to produce most of it, whilst adam still provides the rather off the wall lyrics.

If u have heard Jody Watleys "larger then life" album, then it sounds like a poppy version of that. It is heavy on the drum programming.....


I like "room at the top" "can't set rules about love" (my fav) "manners and physique" best. The rest is pretty average filler.....worth it cheap though definately!

thesexofit said:

dont know if you know this but adam ant had two drummers playing at the same time even at live gigs thats how he got the heavy drum sound ,.. u can really hear it on kings of the wild frontier ,n' i saw adam and the ants live at tiffanys (now the garage) in glasgow 80/81 i think ? n there was defo two full on drummers with full kit !

danielboon said:

It's sort of a gimmick, but it definitely gave him a sound. They definitely used two drummers when I saw them live in about 1981 (my first concert ever).

The early albums have some crap, but they also have some interesting stuff. In a few tracks I hear stuff that actually reminds me of what Nirvana did 10 years later.

Oh my god! I bought Manners & Physique for $3.00. On first listen it sounds like possibly one of the worst records I've ever heard. If Adam is even there he's hidden in the ridiculously cliche 80's production. I can't blame it all on Andre, though, Adam wrote the songs and went through with recording them.