Track Listing

1. Scorpios
2. Picasso Visita El Planeta De Los Simios
3. Prince Charming
4. 5 Guns West
5. That Voodoo
6. Stand And Deliver
7. Mile High Club
8. Ant Rap
9. Mowhok
10. SEX
11. Stand And Deliver
12. Showbiz
13. Picasso Visita El Planeta De Los Simios
14. SEX
15. Who's A Goofy Bunny Then
16. Scorpio Writing

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32463 in Music
• Released on: 2006-09-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .27 pounds

Album Description
Prince Charming, the third Adam and the Ants' album and their biggest commercial success, was released in 1981 and includes the UK No.1 singles "Stand and Deliver", "Prince Charming" and the No.3 hit "Ant Rap". This expanded edition will is digitally remastered from the original two-track master tapes and includes never-before-heard early demo versions of "Prince Charming", "Mile High Club" and "Showbiz". The expanded edition will also include unreleased album demo tracks "Showbiz" and "Who's a Goofy Bunny Then?". Also features expanded album artwork with many rare or unseen photos from the original Allan Ballard photo sessions and three-page digipack with a 12-page booklet.

CD Description
Adam and the Ants' kitschy mix of Indian imagery, pirate costumes, African drums, and a '50s style guitar twang made them one of the more colorful groups of the early '80s Britishnew wave scene. Excepting guitarist Marco Pirroni however, the band was really a backdrop for Adam Ant himself. The band's second effort, PRINCE CHARMING, found the band expandinga bit from its Duane Eddy meets Tarzan approach with the addition of horns. There is thankfully less shameless self-promoting here (although "Ant Rap" is a serious low point).
On the upside, "Prince Charming" and "Stand and Deliver" areamong the finest moments in the Ants' catalogue. The formeris a heartfelt ditty of self-affirmation in which the frequent ascending key changes add a nice touch. The latter is a galloping testament of what can happen when the Ants' weird assortment of influences gels into a cohesive picture. Reverb guitar lines, rolling tom-toms, and dashing outlaws injectthe song with enough life that by the time the doo-wop style background vocals kick in, its an intoxicating kitchen sink affair.

Customer Reviews

A weird but wonderful album
This is the best-looking package of the first three remastered Adam & the Ants albums (and that's saying something!) - beautifully re-designed and making the original gatefold sleeve into a contemporary 2004 digipack. Mark Alleyne deserves extra credit here for his work on the sleeve...

This album has always been a part of my collection since it was released in November 1981, and still sounds great - check out "Scorpios" (one of the best drum breaks in any song, ever!), "Picasso" and "That Voodoo!" - now remastered and without the hiss that dogged the previous CD release.

Great to have the extra tracks and demos, but a few of the fantastic B-Sides added to the package would have been even better ("Beat My Guest" / "Christian Dior" / "Friends" - although these are available on the "B-Side Babies" CD from 1994).

Looking forward to completing the collection when Friend or Foe (1982), Strip (1984), and Vive Le Rock (1985) are given the same treatment over the next few months. Thanks Marco - you've given us a real treat with these releases!

From a 15 year old
This album rocks! By chance, I heard "Stand and Deliver" on the radio one day. The band sounded cool so I bought "Prince Charming". This album didn't disappoint. I had never heard much in the way of Glam Rock before and this was a fantastic way to get introduced to it. The standout tracks on this are "Stand and Deliver" (of course) and "Ant Rap", this has quite a cool beat to it. Their mad noises in the background and catchy tunes means that this Ants classic can rival many rock bands today. This just goes to show that you don't have to be an 80s teenager to enjoy fun and cool music.

The Punk Madrigal
This album is unlike any other released either before or since. The singles are classics, and the punk/madrigal title track sets the tone for a very odd mixture of influences and styles. The opening track, Scorpios, is undoubtedly the best Bond theme that never was, and there is a soundtrack-like quality to a few of the other songs here. Even in its weakest moments, this album is brimming with unique ideas that have nothing to do with convential rock/pop. This is a seminal album that adds up to far more than the sum of its parts. The packaging of this new re-release is also superb, and it includes some interesting demos and extra tracks. Essential.