Dirk Wears White Sox

by Adam and the Ants

Dirk Wears White Sox cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 30 November 1979
  • Label: Do It
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:10:32
  • Community rating: 3.34/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Matthew Ashman, Andy Warren, Dave Barbarossa, Adam Ant

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Before achieving massive mainstream success with their reinvented tribal-pop sound, the original incarnation of the English group debuted with a remarkably strange and jagged post-punk vision. The record pairs angular guitar work with esoteric, fetish-obsessed lyricism reflecting art-school provocations. Shortly after its release, manager Malcolm McLaren controversially convinced the backing band to abandon frontman Adam Ant in order to form Bow Wow Wow.

Genres

Descriptors: Alienation, Bleak, Clinical, Detached, Hostile, Menacing, Tense, Theatrical, Volatile, rhythmic, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. Car Trouble (Parts 1 & 2) (6:48)
  2. Digital Tenderness (3:03)
  3. Nine Plan Failed (5:11)
  4. The Day I Met God (2:57)
  5. Tabletalk (5:32)
  6. Cleopatra (3:15)
  7. Catholic Day (3:05)
  8. Never Trust A Man (With Egg On His Face) (3:13)
  9. Animals And Men (3:17)
  10. Family Of Noise (2:36)
  11. The Idea (3:25)
  12. Zer酶x (3:46)
  13. Whip In My Valise (4:00)
  14. Kick! (1:34)
  15. Physical - Single Version (3:56)
  16. Car Trouble (Parts 1 & 2) - Chris Hughes Mix (6:36)
  17. Friends - Single Version (2:38)
  18. Car Trouble - Single Version (3:24)
  19. Kick! - Single Version (2:06)

Credits

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