1 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kingsofthewildfrontier_-_copy_7439.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:250: ''Music for a future age. Don't be square, be there! All good clean fun, whatever that means.'']] |
3 | |
4 | ''Kings of the Wild Frontier'' is the second studio album by ''Music/AdamAndTheAnts'', released in 1980. It was the first album done with the new band line-up. Hit singles were "Kings of the Wild Frontier," "Dog Eat Dog," and "Antmusic." |
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6 | |
7 | !! Tracklist: |
8 | |
9 | [[AC: Side One]] |
10 | |
11 | # "Dog Eat Dog" (3:11) |
12 | # "Antmusic" (3:37) |
13 | # "Feed Me to the Lions" (3:03) |
14 | # "Los Rancheros" (3:30) |
15 | # "Ants Invasion" (3:19) |
16 | # "Killer in the Home" (4:22) |
17 | |
18 | [[AC: Side Two]] |
19 | |
20 | # "Kings of the Wild Frontier" (3:56) |
21 | # "The Magnificent Five" (3:07) |
22 | # "Don't Be Square (Be There)" (3:32) |
23 | # "Jolly Roger" (2:11) |
24 | # "Making History" (2:59) |
25 | # "The Human Beings" (4:32) |
26 | ---- |
27 | |
28 | !! Bonus Tracks: |
29 | |
30 | # "Physical (You're So)" (4:26) |
31 | # "Stand and Deliver" (3:06) |
32 | # "Press Darlings" (4:12) |
33 | ---- |
34 | |
35 | !! Principal Members: |
36 | |
37 | * Music/AdamAnt - lead vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica |
38 | * Chris "Merrick" Hughes - drums |
39 | * Terry Lee Miall - drums |
40 | * Kevin Mooney - bass |
41 | * Marco Pirroni - guitar |
42 | ---- |
43 | |
44 | !! Feed Me to the Tropes: |
45 | |
46 | * AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Killer in the Home:" |
47 | -->''I live the life that I've been left'' |
48 | * AlliterativeTitle: "'''D'''og Eat '''D'''og." |
49 | * BrokenRecord: "Press Darlings:" |
50 | -->''We are the press darlings'' (14x) |
51 | * CallBack: In "Don't Be Square (Be There)" the line, "Dirk wears white socks," is a call back to [[Music/DirkWearsWhiteSox the title of their debut]]. |
52 | * ContinuityNod: Much like their previous album, ''Music/DirkWearsWhiteSox'' the album continues ant and warrior imagery. |
53 | * ConceptAlbum: Much like their stage act all the songs allude to warrior images, in this case TheWildWest. |
54 | * FaceOnTheCover: A close-up of Adam's face. |
55 | * GratuitousSpanish: "Los Rancheros." |
56 | * HeavyMeta: "Antmusic." |
57 | -->''So unplug the jukebox and do us all a favour, yeah, yeah\ |
58 | Yeah, yeah, that music's lost its taste\ |
59 | So try another flavour: Antmusic'' |
60 | * HurricaneOfPuns: |
61 | ** "Ants Invasion" makes a pun on the word "ants" and "antics:" |
62 | --->''Too many antics in the forbidden zone'' |
63 | ** "Press Darlings" |
64 | --->''We depress the press, darlings'' |
65 | * IntercourseWithYou: |
66 | ** "Don't Be Square (Be There):" |
67 | --->''Ant music for sex people\ |
68 | Sex music for ant people'' |
69 | ** "Physical:" |
70 | --->''I want your rough house, maybe\ |
71 | I want this night in your ear\ |
72 | You let me feel your danger\ |
73 | I want to make this feeling clear, oo-hoo'' |
74 | * InjunCountry: |
75 | ** "The Human Beings:" |
76 | --->''Blackfoot, Pawnee, Cheyenne, Crow, Apache, Arapaho'' |
77 | ** "Kings of the Wild Frontier:" |
78 | --->''I feel beneath the white\ |
79 | There is a redskin suffering\ |
80 | From centuries of taming'' |
81 | * LampshadeHanging: "Don't Be Square (Be There):" |
82 | -->''And love goes to war, whatever that means'' |
83 | * ListSong: "The Human Beings" just names a bunch of Native American tribes. |
84 | * MundaneMadeAwesome: "Ants Invasion," a song about an invasion of ants. |
85 | * RecordProducer: Chris Hughes, AKA drummer Merrick. |
86 | * RealTime: "Ants Invasion" has the protagonist thinking about whether he should take a decision. The first verse has the time set at 10:35, the second at 10:36 and the third at 10:38, which is also when he realizes he made the wrong decision. |
87 | * {{Remaster}}: In 2004, with six bonus tracks. |
88 | * ShoutOut: |
89 | ** "Kings of the Wild Frontier" is a shout-out to the TV series based around UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett, who had this as a subtitle. |
90 | ** "Killer in the Home" references Native American chief Geronimo: |
91 | --->''But deep inside Geronimo is tearing me apart\ |
92 | I've seen him in the streets\ |
93 | And I've seen him in the pictures\ |
94 | Killer in the home'' |
95 | ** "Los Rancheros" is a shout-out to Creator/ClintEastwood and his Western films. |
96 | --->''[[Film/ForAFewDollarsMore A few dollars more]]\ |
97 | They'll [[Film/HangEmHigh hang me high]]\ |
98 | (...) Rancheros (Clint)\ |
99 | (...) Rancheros (Eastwood)'' |
100 | ** "Jolly Roger:" |
101 | --->''Of all the pirates on the seas\ |
102 | The worst of them was UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}}\ |
103 | So damnable a fiend from Hell\ |
104 | He was the one they most feared\ |
105 | Any man who sailed with him\ |
106 | Was taking quite a chance\ |
107 | He'd hang them from the gallows\ |
108 | Just to see if they could dance, haha'' |
109 | ** "The Magnificent Five" is a shout-out to the western ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]].'' |
110 | * TakeThat: "Dog Eat Dog:" |
111 | -->''You may not like the things we do\ |
112 | Only idiots ignore the truth'' |
113 | * TitleTrack: "Kings of the Wild Frontier," but the title doesn't appear in the lyrics. |
114 | * WorstAid: "Killer in the Home:" |
115 | -->''Oh well, they cut you half with a gun\ |
116 | And they give you a band-aid'' |
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