Dirk Wears White Sox

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Dirk Wears White Sox
Dirk Wears White Sox cover
Studio album by Adam & the Ants
Released October 30, 1979
Recorded Sound Development Studios August 24 - August 29, 1979
Genre Post punk
Length 40:39
Label Do It Records
Producer Adam Ant, Chris Hughes
Professional reviews
Adam & the Ants chronology
Dirk Wears White Sox
(1979)		 Kings of the Wild Frontier
(1980)
Alternate cover
1983 U.S. re-release with different running order and track selection
1983 U.S. re-release with different running order and track selection

Dirk Wears White Sox is Adam & the Ants' first album (as "Adam and the Antz"), released on Do It Records in 1979. The album was made with the original lineup of Adam and the Ants, which disbanded after the album was released (with the other members going on to form Bow Wow Wow), before Adam went on to fame with "Kings of the Wild Frontier". Dirk Wears White Sox features a much more eclectic, sometimes brooding sound than Ant's later work. Many of the songs, notably "Cleopatra" and "Never Trust a Man (With Egg on his Face)" remained a part of Adam Ant's live repertoire throughout his career, both with the Ants and later as a solo artist.

When the Ants became commercially successful the singles "Zerox" (7/79 reached # 45 in 1/81) and "Cartrouble" (3/80 reached # 33 in 1/81) were re-issued.

After Adam Ant acquired the rights to the album, it was re-released by Epic Records in 1983, at the peak of his popularity, with new cover artwork similar to that of Friend Or Foe. This angered many fans because some of the tracks had been remixed and two lyrically controversial songs, "Catholic Day" (about John F. Kennedy) and "Day I Met God," were deleted, although they are arguably two of the album's highlights.

The album was re-released in the United Kingdom in 1995 with its original black and white artwork and all songs intact, although retaining the running order of the 1983 version. It was finally released in the United States in 2001. The album was remastered and reissued in 2004 with several bonus tracks from original single EP releases.

Contents

[edit] Various track listings

Dirk Wears White Sox has been released many times, each version varying from the previous version:

[edit] Original 1979 Do It release track listing

  1. "Car Trouble Part 1"
  2. "Car Trouble Part 2"
  3. "Digital Tenderness"
  4. "Nine Plan Failed"
  5. "Day I Met God"
  6. "Table Talk"
  7. "Cleopatra"
  8. "Catholic Day"
  9. "Never Trust a Man (With Egg On His Face)"
  10. "Animals and Men"
  11. "Family of Noise"
  12. "The Idea"

[edit] 1983 track listing

1983 re-release version with different album cover (Epic). "Catholic Day" and "The Day I Met God" are not on this release, and "Cartrouble" is one track, but it adds "Kick!" and "Zerox".

  1. "Cartrouble"
  2. "Kick!"
  3. "Digital Tenderness"
  4. "Nine Plan Failed"
  5. "Family Of Noise"
  6. "Tabletalk"
  7. "Zerox"
  8. "Cleopatra"
  9. "Never Trust A Man (With Egg On His Face)"
  10. "Animals And Men"
  11. "The Idea"
  12. "Whip In My Valise"

[edit] Remastered 1995 re-release track listing

1995 Sony version with original black and white album art.

  • Note: Some of the initial copies had just "Cartrouble" and not "Cartrouble (Parts 1 & 2) on this release.
  1. "Cartrouble (Parts 1 & 2)" – 6.51
  2. "Digital Tenderness" – 3.03
  3. "Nine Plan Failed" – 5.18
  4. "Tabletalk" – 5.34
  5. "Cleopatra" – 3.15
  6. "Never Trust A Man (With Egg On His Face)" – 3.13
  7. "Animals And Men" – 3.20
  8. "Family Of Noise" – 2.36
  9. "The Idea" – 3.26
  10. "Catholic Day" – 3.08
  11. "Day I Met God" - 2:58

[edit] Remastered 2004 version track listing

In 2004 many bonus tracks were added to the album:

  1. "Cartrouble (Parts 1 & 2)" – 6.51
  2. "Digital Tenderness" – 3.03
  3. "Nine Plan Failed" – 5.18
  4. "Day I Met God" - 2:58
  5. "Tabletalk" – 5.34
  6. "Cleopatra" – 3.15
  7. "Catholic Day" – 3.08
  8. "Never Trust A Man (With Egg On His Face)" – 3.13
  9. "Animals And Men" – 3.20
  10. "Family Of Noise" – 2.36
  11. "The Idea" – 3.26
  12. "Zerøx" – 3.48"
  13. "Whip In My Valise" – 4.00
  14. "Kick!" – 1.36
  15. "Physical" – 3.59
  16. "Cartrouble (Parts 1 & 2) (Hughes Mix)" – 6.36
  17. "Friends" – 2.40
  18. "Cartrouble (Single Version)" – 3.24
  19. "Kick! (Single Version)" – 2.06

Tracks 12–13 from original "Zerøx" 7" single release (July 1979, Do-It Dun 8)

Tracks 14–17 from original "Kick" 12" EP release (March 1982, Do-It Dun 20)

Tracks 18–19 from original "Cartrouble" 7" single release (March 1980, Do-It Dun 10)


[edit] Personnel

  • Adam Ant – all voices, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, harmonica
  • David Barbe – percussion
  • Matthew Ashman – guitar, piano
  • Andrew Warren – bass
  • Marco Pirroni – guitars on tracks 18–19
  • Jon Moss – drums on tracks 18–19

[edit] Production

  • Producer: Adam Ant (Chris Hughes for tracks 18–19)
  • Engineer: Benny King
  • Assistant engineer: Paul Ludgate