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Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar Marrying the Gunner's Daughter

Adam Ant

Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar Marrying the Gunner's Daughter

The pop singer who had his heyday in the 80s, now 58, with his first album in 18 years

ADM rating[?]

5.8

Label
Blueblack Hussar
UK Release date
21/01/2013
US Release date
22/01/2013
  1. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    It's sprawling, overdue and not for everyone, but at least it's not a play-it-safe comeback with the hot producer of the day
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  2. 8.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    It may take a bit to process, but there’s undeniably more than enough to admire, and the bottom line is that Adam Ant hasn’t sounded this inspired in decades
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  3. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    An absorbing, troubling, sometimes brilliant album
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  4. 6.0 |   The Arts Desk

    As aural autobiographies go this isn’t an easy ride, but it is one worth taking
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  5. 6.0 |   Q

    Nothing quite has the focus and clarity of his brilliant late-'70s tribal glam. Print edition only

  6. 6.0 |   The Independent

    It's a feisty, assertive affair, but let down by weak production and a lack of musical focus
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  7. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Confessionals too heroically wonky to be dull. Print edition only

  8. 5.0 |   The Digital Fix

    To say Gunners Daughter is a disappointment is a considerable understatement
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  9. 4.0 |   The Observer

    An unwieldy sprawl from its title in
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  10. 4.0 |   NME

    Experimentalism meanders into the bizarre and unlistenable
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