Adam Ant – Remastered Redux
1.“Prick Up Your Ears” (Demo) – This would eventually become “The Magnificent Five”. It’s fun to see how the song developed.
2.“Jolly Roger” (Demo) – the missing lyrics are equal or superior to the final version. I wish they had included them on what is one of my favorite Adam Ant songs.
3.“Making History” (Demo) – A sloppy version of an already lesser track.
4.“Don’t Be Square (Be There)” (Demo) – I always like hearing unpolished tracks, with flubs and all. When I would record I would talk while waiting for my turn to sing. If not for that, I don’t think I would care for any of these demos.
5.“Mowhok” (Demo) – Yay. What the world truly needed. ANOTHER version of this song.
6.“That Voodoo” (Demo) – I don’t know. Why do we need these again, Marco? There’s an expanded nonsense lyric section, but I didn’t need to hear it.
7.“Five Guns West” (Demo) – If you thought they were having a grand time on the final version, this one is madcap!
8.“Ups and Downs” (Demo) – from that familiar bassline I was hoping that it was the original “Ant Rap”. No such luck. This is the first version of “Mile High Club”.
9.“Friend or Foe” comes off as some hybrid Kings era Antmusic sound and Kraftwerk.
10.“7 Up” (Demo) – is an instrumental reworking of “5 Guns West” while sounding almost completely different. Cute. Inessential.
11.“Desperate But Not Serious (Manzanera Mix) – I don’t know if this means Phil Manzanera or what but it’s bigger and acoustically heavy on the treble. And it’s another fully instrumental track. The official version is far superior.
12.“Saigon” (Demo) – A demo for a track that never made it to the final track listings. I think they’re trying to tell us something. I think they really wanted to include this on FoF. It can be found in better form on the Antbox.
13.“Scorpio Rising” (Demo) – Great. Another version of a vastly inferior song.
14.“Mohair Locker Room Pin-Up Boys” (Demo) – features Piano heavily, turning itself into a honky tonk. Not what the song should be. Curious, but I prefer the Vive Le Rock version.
15.“Dandy in the Underworld” (Demo) – A cover of a T. Rex track. Sounds like it was recorded for the Wonderful sessions. So, it’s too smooth to be glam rock. Which is what T.Rex was all about.
In short. Skip the Redux. It’s a waste of your time. And I just spent an hour on it.
For you.
Cause I love you.
