Wonderful (Adam Ant album)
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Wonderful is Adam Ant's
fifth solo studio album
, the eighth LP overall of his career and at present his most recently released album. It peaked at #143 on the Billboard 200
chart. The band for this album included ex-Ruts drummer Dave Ruffy and Morrissey
's guitarist Boz Boorer
and Marco Pirroni
. This album is significant for showcasing more acoustic songs than Adam Ant's previous albums. This album repositioned Adam as a more mature pop-rocker, with crafted songs that featured acoustic guitars as prominently as electrics. The album was a moderate hit in the U.S. and the U.K., as was the single Wonderful which became Ant's third ever US Top 40 hit single. This was the first Adam Ant album to be released in the US before the UK. Its working title was Slapdash Eden and 25 tracks had been written for the project, of which 11 appeared on the final product. The Japanese release came with a mini poster. Promotional cards were released, each card related to one of the album's tracks including Adam's real meanings behind the lyrics of the track.
Adam Ant
Adam Ant is an English musician who gained popularity as the lead singer of New Wave/post-punk group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring ten UK top ten hits between 1980 and 1983, including three No.1s...
fifth solo studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
, the eighth LP overall of his career and at present his most recently released album. It peaked at #143 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
chart. The band for this album included ex-Ruts drummer Dave Ruffy and Morrissey
Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey , known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career,...
's guitarist Boz Boorer
Boz Boorer
Boz Boorer is a British guitarist and producer most known for his work founding the new wave rockabilly group, The Polecats, and later for his work as a co-writer, guitarist and musical director with Morrissey.-The Polecats:The band "Cult Heroes" was formed in 1977 by Tim Worman , Boz...
and Marco Pirroni
Marco Pirroni
Marco Francesco Andrea Pirroni is an English guitarist, songwriter and record producer...
. This album is significant for showcasing more acoustic songs than Adam Ant's previous albums. This album repositioned Adam as a more mature pop-rocker, with crafted songs that featured acoustic guitars as prominently as electrics. The album was a moderate hit in the U.S. and the U.K., as was the single Wonderful which became Ant's third ever US Top 40 hit single. This was the first Adam Ant album to be released in the US before the UK. Its working title was Slapdash Eden and 25 tracks had been written for the project, of which 11 appeared on the final product. The Japanese release came with a mini poster. Promotional cards were released, each card related to one of the album's tracks including Adam's real meanings behind the lyrics of the track.
Track listing
- Won't Take That Talk
- Beautiful Dream
- Wonderful
- 1969 Again
- Yin And Yang
- Image Of Yourself
- Alien
- Gotta Be A Sin
- Vampires
- Angel
- Very Long Ride