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Manners Physique | 
| Artist: Adam Ant
Label: Cherry Pop
Category: Music
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 15313
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
EAN: 5013929422421
ASIN: B002CVQ7RA
Release Date: July 20, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | Room At The Top | | • | Rough Stuff | | • | If You Keep On | | • | Manners And Physique | | • | Can't Set Rules About Love | | • | USSA | | • | Bright Lights Black Leather | | • | Piccadilly | | • | Young Dumb And Full Of It | | • | Anger Inc | | • | Bruce Lee | | • | Room At The Top | | • | Rough Stuff | | • | Room At The Top | | • | Rough Stuff |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Adam Ant For the 1990's May 17, 2005
James Choma
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
Sadly, when this album came out in 1989, Adam Ant was well on his way to "Where Are They Now?" status. While this album's predecessor, "Vive Le Rock" generated the hits "Apollo 9" and the title track, the five year gap between albums proved costly to Adam's ability to sell albums. By 1989/1990, Antmusic in the USA was all but forgotten. pOne thing I like about Adam is that he's a huge Marc Bolan (T. Rex) fan, and it shows in his image and music. Like Bolan, Adam's albums from "Prince Charming" to "Wonderful" have shown various shifts in style. "Prince Charming" and "Friend or Foe" = the Dandy; "Strip"= The Romantic; "Viva Le Rock"= Space Age Cowboy;" and "Manners Physique"= 90's GQ model. p"Manners and Physique" is a Dance album, pure and simple. It is a far cry from the tribal rhythms and harmonies found on his albums with the Ants and "Friend or Foe" through "Viva;" but on its own, it works. It works as a great dance album, and as yet another incarnation in Adam Ant's personas. pOkay, if it's so good, why wasn't it more popular? Good question! There were two singles form the album, "Room at the Top" and the excellent "Can't Set Rules About Love." "Room" had some major MTV airplay, and was a minor dance hit in the US; while "Rules" charted in the UK, but not the US. My feeling is that if this album had been released a few years earlier, it might have done better. pWith the shift of mainstream music to grunge and the onset of Hip Hop, "Manners Physique" really didn't fit into any play list. As a result, it dropped like a stone. This is also the reason that Adam's former label MCA decided to shelve the follow up to "Manners," 1993's excellent "Persuasion." Even though this album was shelved, booted copies have leaked out. pSo if you're an Ant fan from the "Friend or Foe" area and you're expecting the same thing, you're going to be sorely disappointed. If you like Adam Ant, and like 80's Dance oriented music, this album album is a must have. I guarantee You'll find yourself singing along with "Anger Incorporated" "USSA," "Manners Physique," and "You Can't Set Rules About Love."
 New edition adds 1 rarity but misses 2 others July 27, 2009
Will B (Cambridge, MA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Nice to see Adam's "lesser" albums getting some attention. Nice to see the rarity "Bruce Lee" on this new edition. However, the Manners Physique b-side "How to Steal the World" is missing! And the demo of "Stick Move" is missing too. I'd rather have those b-sides/demos than the remixes, but perhaps whoever put this edition together wasn't aware of them.
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br /As such, this special edition is somewhat of a failure insofar as special editions usually include more than one "new" song. There could have been three "new" songs and fewer remixes.
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br /I'll get it anyway, but I hope the missing songs are released digitally to make up for the oversight.
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