Strip

Adam & The Ants | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000025XT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,778 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll love it or you'll hate it., November 12, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Strip (Audio CD)

I love it. This cd is very different. Not just from Adam's other cd's but from anything else I've heard. I'm sure you have all heard "Strip". It still seems to get a lot of airplay on "80's" stations. It's a catchy song for sure. My favorite song on this cd is Navel to Neck. I usually listen to it twice in a row. He was really experimenting here and he was obviously feeling a bit "excited" (if you catch my drift) when he wrote most of these songs. Some sexy stuff on here. Some of the songs are just weird. And they took a few listenings to for me to start to like them. But I really like the lyrics and it is pretty clever song writing. The pictures that come with the cd make a girl VERY HAPPY indeed. Lets face it, most of us ladies (and some guys) started listening to him in the first place because we thought he was hot. But he also happens to be incredibly talented which really shows in this cd. Give it a try. The worst that can happen is you are stuck looking at a picture that shows Adam, literally, Navel to Neck. And what a navel it is. My, my.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Naughty But Rather Nice...., October 21, 2005

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Morrighan61 "morrighan61" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strip (Audio CD)

I have always liked Adam and the Ants, and yes, even as a 19 year old I "got" what this album was all about. I like Adam Ant for the same reason I often like Prince, the cheeky bawdy lyrics done with panache...What can I say except Adam Ant brings out the kinkier aspects of my nature?

I have all his CD's but unlike most this one still gets decent play and yes, I do find the entire CD quite captivating.

When I was a teenaged girl, I was often taunted with the nickname "Goody Two Shoes" because I didn't drink, didn't smoke, and so when this one came out? Well, let's just say cranking on my headphones in the in the halls at school between had me smiling rather mysteriously and more than one guy overhearing it taking a second rather speculative look my way, particularly when I traded my jeans and t-shirts for a more "charming" look. (I still have my poet's shirt and pirate's boots, LOL...) Frankly I think "Libertine" came a lot closer to describing the person I was then but....

;)

Morrighan

PS: Yes, there's still a "whip in my valise" and some lucky guy has Adam Ant to thank for that!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You may find your clothes getting in the way., February 2, 2006

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Jason Stein (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Strip (Audio CD)

After the big succeses of "Prince Charming" and "Friend Or Foe", "Strip" seems overproduced and uninspired. In fact, two of the best tracks "Strip" and "Puss'n Boots" are produced by Phil Collins (of Genesis) and Hugh Padgham (producer of The Police, Genesis and others). The only other songs that truly stand out are "Vanity" and "Playboy". The rest are a bit average. The remastering is great, and the album as a whole benefits from the overproduction and glossy feel because it's that which makes "Strip" just miss being a great work.

There are eight bonus tracks, most of them are uninteresting demo versions of album tracks, but there are three originals. "Dirty Harry" is amusing and beats the Gorillaz by 22 years! "Horse You Rode In On" isn't to bad either, and "She Wins Zulus" is also promising as a demo. Why there needs to be two different versions of the song "Strip" as bonus tracks seems like overkill to me.

As with the other remasters in this series the booklet comes with all the lyrics and the artwork and graphic design are great. All in all, this album just missed being great and ends up being slightly above average in the end for Adam Ant.