Wonderful (Adam Ant album)

Wonderful
Studio album by
Adam Ant
Released7 March 1995
Recorded1994[1]
StudioAbbey Road, London
GenrePop[2]
Length46:44
LabelEMI
ProducerDavid Tickle
Adam Ant chronology
B-Side Babies
(1994) 		Wonderful
(1995) 		Redux
(2005)
Singles from Wonderful
  1. "Wonderful"
    Released: January 1995
  2. "Gotta Be a Sin"
    Released: May 1995[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
NME6/10[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Trouser Press(unfavourable)[7]

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.

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 electric ones. The album was a moderate hit in the USA and UK, as was the single "Wonderful" which became Ant's third American Top 40 hit single. This was the first Adam Ant album to be released in the USA 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 LP.[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

All tracks are written by All songs written by Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni & Boz Boorer, except as indicated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Won't Take That Talk" 3:59
2."Beautiful Dream"Ant, Pirroni, Kevin Mooney, John Reynolds4:12
3."Wonderful"Ant, Pirroni, Bonnie Hayes4:22
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, Reynolds4:39
Total length:46:44

Personnel

  • 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

References

  1. ^ "Adam Ant". juicemagazine.com. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  2. ^ Orski, Alan (1998). "Adam Ant/Adam & the Ants". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 29–30.
  3. ^ "Discography". adam-ant.net. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  4. ^ Wonderful at AllMusic
  5. ^ Dalton, Stephen (8 April 1995). "Long Play". NME. p. 53. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Wonderful". Rolling Stone. 1995. Archived from the original on 9 February 2007.
  7. ^ Young, Jon; Lewis, Kate; Rompers, Terry. "Adam Ant". Trouser Press. Retrieved 28 August 2016.


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