Line #112 Music/KingsOfTheWildFrontier


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2	[[caption-width-right:250: ''Music for a future age. Don't be square, be there! All good clean fun, whatever that means.'']]
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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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7	!! Tracklist:
8
9	[[AC: Side One]]
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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]]
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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)
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27
28	!! Bonus Tracks:
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30	# "Physical (You're So)" (4:26)
31	# "Stand and Deliver" (3:06)
32	# "Press Darlings" (4:12)
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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
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43
44	!! Feed Me to the Tropes:
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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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