Adam and the Ants

Adam and the Ants – B-Side Babies (1994)


16 tracks | Genre: Rock | Release: 1994 | MP3 320 kbps | 165 MB

One of the seminal figures of new wave, Adam Ant (born Stuart Leslie Goddard) had several distinct phases to his career. Initially, he explored a jagged, guitar-oriented post-punk with his group Adam & the Ants before giving way to a more pop-oriented, glam-tinged musical direction that brought him to the top of the charts. After that had run its course, he refashioned himself as a mainstream singer, which enabled him to stretch his career out for a couple of years. Once it seemed like his musical career had evaporated, he made an unexpected comeback in the early ’90s as an adult alternative artist. During all this time, he recorded several great pop singles and had a surprisingly large impact on alternative rock.

B-Side Babies is a compilation album showcasing old b-sides from Adam and the Ants and Adam Ant’s solo work.

Since Adam Ant once had a group called the B-Sides, it makes sense that his singles, both as lead singer of Adam and the Ants and as a solo, would have non-LP B-sides. And since Ant was a hit in the U.K. before he made it in America, and was always bigger in Britain, many of those B-sides appeared only on English singles. This is a collection of songs recorded between 1980 and 1985 that gave Ant a chance to try novelty approaches while the A-sides relentlessly beat out his trademark “Antmusic.” In fact, songs like “Making History” do have that characteristic yodel and the Burundi-style drumming of Terry Miall and Merrick. But elsewhere, Ant tries different things, frequently light, slight things like “Juanito the Bandito.” But fun was always one of his qualities, and it’s here in abundance.


Tracklist:

01. Fall-In
02. Making History
03. Beat My Guest
04. Friends (Version 2)
05. Red Scab
06. Juanito The Bandito
07. Why Do Girls Love Horses
08. Yours, Yours, Yours
09. Kiss The Drummer
10. B-Side Baby
11. Greta-X
12. Human Bondage Den
13. Physical (You’re So)
14. It Doesn’t Matter
15. Christian D’Or
16. Viva Le Rock (Instrumental Dub Mix) (Bonus exclusive to this CD only track)






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