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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''.]]
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4''Manners & Physique'' is the fourth studio album by Music/AdamAnt, released in 1990.
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6----
7!! Tracklist:
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9[[AC: Side One]]
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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)
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17[[AC: Side Two]]
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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)
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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\
30An 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.
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