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Adam Ant Is the BlueBlack Hussar In Marrying The Gunner's Daughter
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  • Summary: The first studio release in 17 years for the British pop singer was produced with Boz Boorer.
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  • Record Label: Relativity
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Dance-Rock
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. AllMusic
    Jan 25, 2013
    80
    There's too much going on in every individual song and, at 17 cacophonic tracks, Adam Ant Is the BlueBlack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter is simply way too much to take in at once...and yet, that's precisely its charm.
  2. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Jan 22, 2013
    80
    It's sprawling, overdue and not for everyone, but at least it's not a play-it-safe comeback with the hot producer of the day.
  3. The Guardian
    Jan 22, 2013
    60
    The 17 tracks offer a rickety but entertaining mix of the best elements of his imperial period.
  4. Q Magazine
    Jan 24, 2013
    60
    His ninth record is ramshackle and there's a lot of it, but it's always entertaining. [Feb 2013, p.101]
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  5. Mojo
    Feb 6, 2013
    60
    A sounding board for confessionals too heroically wonky to be dull. [Mar 2013, p.86]
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  6. New Musical Express (NME)
    Jan 22, 2013
    40
    Ant's famous sartorial attention to detail doesn't extend to the music here, as experimentalism meanders into the bizarre and unlistenable.
  7. The Observer (UK)
    Jan 22, 2013
    40
    Unfocused, yes, but it's never dull.

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  1. marcabru
    Jan 26, 2013
    10
  2. darkprincess1
    Jul 13, 2013
    10
    too much too handle, as always with Adam..But once you manage to handle it.. its' as always too much Thank you Adam for sharing with us yourtoo much too handle, as always with Adam..But once you manage to handle it.. its' as always too much Thank you Adam for sharing with us your demons and inner turnmoils.. you were and still are a black haired orgasm on legs...and this is musical orgasm, maybe for many hard to reach.. but for the lucky ones .....ooohhh … Expand
  4. Jools86
    Jan 25, 2013
    9
    A perfect analogy would be, this is like George Lucas made a new Star Wars trilogy, and this new film is better than Return of the Jedi (KingsA perfect analogy would be, this is like George Lucas made a new Star Wars trilogy, and this new film is better than Return of the Jedi (Kings of the Wild Frontier), not as good as Empire Strikes Back (Prince Charming), but on a par with the original (Dirk Wears White Sox).

    This is the best album I have heard since Skying by The Horrors. So many layers to the songs. I cannot believe the adam ant who wrote "manners & physique" and "wonderful" could write such an amazing album.

    It goes to show you, that Adam Ant had got his head straight and is writing music for himself. Fantastic, now will someone get Morrisey and Johnny Marr back into the studio so both my 80's legends come back.    … Expand