1 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mannersandphysique_-_copy_2010.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:320: ''I love it when you tease, and better when you pose / But I can't kiss a lipstick or date a pile of clothes''.]] |
3 | |
4 | ''Manners & Physique'' is the fourth studio album by Music/AdamAnt, released in 1990. |
5 | |
6 | ---- |
7 | !! Tracklist: |
8 | |
9 | [[AC: Side One]] |
10 | |
11 | # "Room at the Top" (4:43) |
12 | # "Rough Stuff" (4:40) |
13 | # "If You Keep On" (4:16) |
14 | # "Manners & Physique" (3:30) |
15 | # "Can't Set Rules About Love" (4:43) |
16 | |
17 | [[AC: Side Two]] |
18 | |
19 | # "U.S.S.A." (4:27) |
20 | # "Bright Lights Black Leather" (5:22) |
21 | # "Piccadilly" (4:52) |
22 | # "Young Dumb and Full of It" (3:32) |
23 | # "Anger, Inc." (4:35) |
24 | |
25 | ---- |
26 | !! ''All that really matters is your manners and tropes'' |
27 | |
28 | * BornInTheWrongCentury: "Room at the Top" |
29 | --> ''Made in England, born an bred\ |
30 | An 18th century brain in a 21st century head'' |
31 | * FaceOnTheCover: Adam in close-up. |
32 | * FunWithAcronyms: "U.S.S.A.", which is an anagram of the U.S.A and the U.S.S.R. |
33 | * GenreShift: Much more on the Pop side of Rock. |
34 | * HellBentForLeather: Adam's suit on the cover. |
35 | * IntercourseWithYou: "Can't Set Rules About Love" |
36 | --> ''Just want to lie next to you'' |
37 | --> ''And appreciate the view'' |
38 | --> ''And hope it lasts forever'' |
39 | * InterplayOfSexAndViolence: "Rough Stuff". |
40 | --> ''Do it till you're sore'' |
41 | * OneWordTitle: "Piccadilly" |
42 | * PrayerPose: Adam does this pose on the album cover. |
43 | * RecordProducer: André Cymone and Marc Shaiman. |
44 | * ShoutOut: |
45 | ** Anger, Inc." |
46 | --> ''Poor Creator/JackKerouac'' |
47 | --> ''Riding with the paperback [[Creator/AlbertCamus Camus]]'' |
48 | --> ''(...) No friend of hoodlums anywhere'' |
49 | --> ''Like UsefulNotes/JohnDillinger - number one'' |
50 | --> ''Crime crazy filthiness all rolled into one'' |
51 | ** "Piccadilly" |
52 | --> ''They dress like Laurence Harvey'' |
53 | --> ''(...) You'll see Creator/FrancisBacon'' |
54 | --> ''He paints good and lovely'' |
55 | ** "Bruce Lee" to Creator/BruceLee. |
56 | ** "U.S.S.A." references ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' and ''Film/HowTheWestWasWon''. |
57 | --> ''Rocky's dead'' |
58 | --> ''That's Rocky 1003'' |
59 | --> ''(...) The film was called: "How the West Was Won"'' |
60 | ** "Young Dumb And Full Of It" references ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' |
61 | --> ''And be a real Hoss Cartwright on the Ponderosa'' |
62 | * TimeMarchesOn: "Room At The Top" |
63 | --> ''Made in England, born an bred'' |
64 | --> ''An 18th century brain in a 21st century head'' |
65 | * TitleTrack: "Manners And Physique". |
66 | --> ''Cause all that really matters is your manners and physique'' |
67 | * YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: "Young, Dumb And Full Of It" praises this mindset. |
68 |
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