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Wonderful is the fifth solo studio album and the eighth LP overall of English musician Adam Ant, released in March 1995 by EMI. It peaked at number 24 on the UK Album Chart and number 143 on the US Billboard 200 chart. The band for this album included Ant's long-time collaborator Marco Pirroni, along with ex-Ruts drummer Dave Ruffy and Morrissey's guitarist Boz Boorer.
| Wonderful | ||||
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| Released | 7 March 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1994[1] | |||
| Studio | Abbey Road, London | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 46:44 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer | David Tickle | |||
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| Singles from Wonderful | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| NME | 6/10[4] |
| Rolling Stone | [5] |
| Trouser Press | (unfavourable)[6] |
This album includes more acoustic songs than 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 US and UK, as was the single "Wonderful" which became Ant's third 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 eleven appeared on the final product.[citation needed] The Japanese release came with a mini poster. Promotional cards were released, each card related to one of the album's tracks including Ant's real meanings behind the lyrics of the track.[citation needed]
Track listing edit
All tracks are written by All songs written by Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni & Boz Boorer, except as indicated.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Won't Take That Talk" | 3:59 | |
| 2. | "Beautiful Dream" | Ant, Pirroni, Kevin Mooney, John Reynolds | 4:12 |
| 3. | "Wonderful" | Ant, Pirroni, Bonnie Hayes | 4:22 |
| 4. | "1969 Again" | 4:18 | |
| 5. | "Yin and Yang" | 4:33 | |
| 6. | "Image of Yourself" | 4:02 | |
| 7. | "Alien" | 3:39 | |
| 8. | "Gotta Be a Sin" | 4:13 | |
| 9. | "Vampires" | 4:35 | |
| 10. | "Angel" | 4:39 | |
| 11. | "Very Long Ride" | Ant, Pirroni, Mooney, Reynolds | 4:39 |
| Total length: | 46:44 | ||
Personnel edit
- Adam Ant – vocals
- Marco Pirroni – acoustic guitar, guitar
- Boz Boorer – acoustic guitar, guitar, backing vocals
- Bruce Witkin – bass, mellotron, backing vocals
- Dave Ruffy – drums (except 10, 11)
- John Reynolds – drums (10, 11), drum programming (2, 10, 11)
- Technical
- David Tickle – producer, mixing (at The Bunker, Malibu, California), band photography
- Chris Lawson – engineer
- Guy Massey – assistant engineer
- Anton Corbijn – photography
- Area – design
References edit
- ^ "Adam Ant". juicemagazine.com. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Discography". adam-ant.net. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ Wonderful at AllMusic
- ^ Dalton, Stephen (8 April 1995). "Long Play". NME. p. 53. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Wonderful". Rolling Stone. 1995. Archived from the original on 9 February 2007.
- ^ Young, Jon; Lewis, Kate; Rompers, Terry. "Adam Ant". Trouser Press. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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