Adam And The Ants - Prince Charming

Original Release Date

1981

Release Information

UK LP 1981 (CBS - CBS 85268)
US LP 1981 (Epic - ARE 37615)

1 Scorpios 2:44
2 Picasso Visita El Planeta De Los Simios 3:28
3 Prince Charming 3:16
4 Five Guns West 4:59
5 That Voodoo! 4:13
6 Stand And Deliver 3:34
7 Mile High Club 2:42
8 Ant Rap 3:22
9 Mowhok 3:26
10 S.E.X. 5:18

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Europe CD 2006 (Columbia - 88697003002)

Original November 1981 Album Release
1 Scorpios 2:46
2 Picasso Visita El Planeta De Los Simios 3:28
3 Prince Charming 3:18
4 Five Guns West 5:02
5 That Voodoo! 4:18
6 Stand And Deliver 3:35
7 Mile High Club 2:42
8 Ant Rap 3:26
9 Mowhok 3:28
10 S.E.X. 5:00
Original 1981 Demos and Writing Tapes
11 Prince Charming 3:09
12 Stand And Deliver 3:04
13 Showbiz 3:06
14 Picasso Visits The Planet Of The Apes 3:21
15 Who's A Goofy Bunny Then? 4:24
16 Scorpio (Writing) 3:20

Chart Placings

UK Chart Hit: 13, 6 wks

Chart Placings

UK Chart Hit: 2, 21 wks

US Billboard Chart: 94

Credits

UK LP:

Made by Marco, Merrick, Terry Lee Miall, Gary Tibbs & Adam Ant
Produced by Chris Hughes
Arranged and directed by Adam Ant and Marco
Engineered by Ross Cullum
Assisted by Nigel Barker
Recorded at Air Studios, London, August 1981

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Additional Credits on CD:

Tracks 1-10 Produced by Chris Hughes

Project Producer: Marco Pirroni
Additional Production: Chris Hughes
Digital Mastering by Andy Pearce at Masterpiece

Additional Credits

Adam Ant - vocals
Marco Pirroni - guitar
Gary Tibbs - bass
Terry Lee Miall - drums
Merrick - drums

Reviews & Opinions

PUNKY GIBBON: The point at which the band goes to the dogs, ejecting the abrasive elements and sinking to toe-curling depths of inanity on the appalling 'Ant Rap' and the incredibly naff title song. The brilliant 'Stand And Deliver' compensates.

JOE YOUNG/IRA ROBBINS/KATE LEWIS, THE TROUSER PRESS RECORD GUIDE, 1991: Prince Charming is a letdown. "Stand and De- liver" offers more percussive entertainment a la "Dog Eat Dog," and the title track is florid melodrama, but much of the LP seems forced, ill-tempered and silly. Adam hits bottom on "Ant Rap," an embarrassing stab at rap filled with braggadocio.

MARK PAYTRESS, RECORD COLLECTOR, 1996: ...the tribal glam racket on which his pop reputation was founded had been significantly neutered by this time... [read this review of a 1996 CD reissue review here]

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UK LP 1981 (CBS - CBS 85268). Click here for more

US LP 1981 (Epic - ARE 37615). Click here for more

Europe CD 2006 (Columbia - 88697003002). Click here for more (This same version had been previously issued as a digipak in 2004. I prefer jewel cases, so here it is.)