Dirk Wears White Sox [Cutout]

Adam & The Ants | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 14, 2000)
• Format: Cutout
• ASIN: B00004YZWW
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,640,531 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Car Trouble

2. Kick

3. Digital Tenderness

4. Nine Plan Failed

5. Family Of Noise

6. Tabletalk

7. Zerox

8. Cleopatra

9. Never Trust A Man (With Egg On His Face)

10. Animals And Men

11. The Idea

12. Whip In My Valise

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars do not buy this cd, October 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Dirk Wears White Sox (Audio CD)

'dirk wears white sox' is one of my favourite documents of the post-punk era, but this american release is just dreadful. many tracks have been deleted, while others have been remixed beyond recognition. even the cover is awful.

do yourself a favour: visit amazon.co.uk, pick up the original and cherish it!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars There's no reason to buy this., March 20, 2005

By 

Scott Gibbons (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dirk Wears White Sox (Audio CD)

Dirk Wears White Sox is one of the finest albums to come from the post-punk era. Quirky songs, great arrangements, fantastic musicianship, and very musical engineering. This American issue is an atrocity. I gave it 2 stars only because it does have some great songs on it. But it sounds like hell (flat, listless mastering) and the packaging and track selections betray the aesthetics that the Ants had going on in 1979. And most strangely, it contains material from two completely different lineups. If it had been released as a sort of "Best of Adam & the Ants Vol 1" it probably would have been acceptable (though shamefully incomplete!), but... anyway. Yeah. I imagine fans would be disappointed and as an introduction, it would give a misleading first impression. The 2004 remastered version is almost definitive (it substitutes another version of Kick in representing the Antmusic / B-Sides EP). THAT one is very highly recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Punk-Era Antmusic, February 14, 2003

By 

Shaun Burton (Peoria, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dirk Wears White Sox (Audio CD)

Dirk Wears White Sox is one of those albums that quickly vanished into obscurity, overshadowed by the bands later successes at the height of their career 'Kings of the Wild Frontier' and 'Prince Charming'. The album reflects the punk roots of Adam and the Ants. On the CD you get two excellent bonus tracks, 'Kick' and 'Xerox'. My only complaint is that the song 'The Day I Met God' from the original vinyl release of the album does not appear on any CD version of this album, import or otherwise. I suppose in today's more politically correct environment it was a decision not to offend people that caused this track to be removed when the album made it to CD, but personally I think a 'parental advisory' or similar label would be a better choice rather than remove this classic song altogether.