Phil Mongredien 

Adam Ant: Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner’s Daughter – review

Unfocused it may be, but Adam Ant's new album is far from dull, writes Phil Mongredien
  
  


In the post-Savile climate, one has to question the wisdom of a 58-year-old man singing: "Punky young girl needs a middle-aged man whose midlife crisis you began", even if the subject of the song is apparently Kate Moss. But such a disregard for common sense permeates Adam Ant's first album in 18 years, an unwieldy sprawl from its title in. The sometime dandy highwayman tackles a bewildering array of styles, from the bluesy drawl of Cool Zombie to the animated swagger of Shrink, via a nod to his early-80s heyday in Bullshit. And then there's the track dedicated to rubbishing the likes of Vinnie Jones and Ray Winstone (Hard Men Tough Blokes)… Unfocused, yes, but it's never dull.

 

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