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Antmusic: The Very Best of

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Okay, someone's getting crazy with the compilations. After Antics in the Forbidden Zone I didn't see any reason to have any more Best Of Adam Ant albums.

But here are the changes in song selections from Antics in the Forbidden Zone to Very Best of Adam and the Ants:

Very Best of Adam and the Ants is not in chronological order. I kind of like that, some people don't mind either way.

The following songs from [Antics] are not on [Very Best]
X - "Beat My Guest" (classic song, also from the film SLC Punk!)
X - "Killer In The Home" (haunting classic)
X - "Los Ranceros" (interesting country two-step)
X - "Place In The Country" (my favourite Ant song!)
X - "Whip In My Valise" (menacing classic)

These songs were added to [Very Best of Adam and the Ants]:
"Can't Set Rules About Love" (saccharine pop ballad)
"Deutscher Girls" (obscure b-side)
"Friends" (classic b-side)
"Room At The Top" (latter day sacccharine dance pop)
"Wonderful" (latter day adult-contemporary drivel)
"Young Parisians" (obscure b-side)

*ALL 16 OTHER SONGS ARE THE SAME ON BOTH ALBUMS.

A look at these changes brings me to the following conclusions. They wanted to add songs from subsequent albums Wonderful and Manners & Physique and add some B-Sides for fun. The only new song worth having is "Friends". "Young Parisians" (the French song?) and "Deutscher Girls" (the German song?) are good but don't belong on a "very best of Adam Ant" compilation. I grant that maybe "Los Rancheros" isn't needed on [Antics] and could probably have been replaced with from "(You're So) Physical" which is the one song missing from both compilations.

Taking the new albums into consideration, I would have probably rather added "Beautiful Dream" from [Wonderful] and "Anger, Inc" and the title song from [Manners & Physique]

Of any of the B-Sides I would have added "Doggy Style".

RECOMMENDATIONS:
Antics in the Forbidden Zone
B-Side Babies

whether ur part of the insect nation or an ant virgin, this is definatley a must buy for everyone. his unique singing voice and the band. There r some great classics and ones which wil be new to people. There are so many songs as well. Great value for money. One of the best cds in my large collection

this is a superb cd and my favs on it hav to be
antmusic, stand and deliver, prince charming, apollo 9 and most of the rest.

by far the best collection of ant music out there.plenty of ant favorites plus some very hard to find classics also if you were lucky enough to get a early copy of this it came with a live concert cd this is a must for all fans everywhere.............

These are great fun songs, and they sounded good on MTV in the 1980s (cheap TV speakers)

I don't know if it's due to the original production quality, or poor reproduction in the CDs they're selling today,
but the sound quality was disappointing.

In ancient times recording studios sometimes used to EQ recordings with cheap TV speakers and AM radio in mind.

I bought 3 Souxie and the Banshees CDs at one point and they were the same way.

I would keep my ears open for a remastered series one of these years.

NOT SURE WHY HE WASN'T A SUPERSTAR, MAYBE TOO EARLY FOR HIS TIME! SURE BEATS THE HELL OUT OF RAP-CRAP!!

No record titled "The Very Best of Adam and the Ants" could live up to its name if it did not contain 'Deutscher Girls.'

That is all.

What a great collection. If you want to know where much of today's alternative music originated, listen to this. His blend of various genres paired with his personal flair, great vocals and original lyrics will please the toughest of critics.

Favs- can't set rules about love, wonderful, desperate but not serious, and heck...the rest of them