Bravest of the Brave

This article is about the 2015 Adam Ant album. For the 19th century French General whose nickname this was, see Michel Ney.
Bravest of the Brave
Studio album by Adam Ant
Released Early 2015 "[1]
Recorded Jan - Dec 2014
Genre Rock, pop rock, post-punk
Label Blueblack Hussar
Adam Ant chronology

Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter
(2013)		 Bravest of the Brave
(2015)
Singles from Bravest of the Brave
  1. "The Rokka [1]"
    Released: Early 2015 [1]

Bravest of the Brave is the upcoming seventh solo studio album by Adam Ant. It is due for release in early 2015. Originally, the title track was to have been released in advance on Ant's sixtieth birthday, 3 November 2014;[1] a different track was then scheduled instead for release a week later, again being delayed until early 2015.[2]

Background and development

In 2013, as Ant released his first album in 18 years Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter, he revealed to music magazine Vive Le Rock that he was already at work on ideas for songs for a follow-up album.[3] Interviewed by the same magazine a year later, he cited his next album as an example of the forward planning which was possible for him on his own label. "I'm looking ahead to 2015 already now, planning the next album and working out when to release it, because I'm releasing it."[4]

By early 2014, sessions for the album had commenced at One Louder Studios in London, England. Interviewed at the time by John Robb for his online music magazine Louder Than War, Ant reported that the cancellation of a tour of Germany and seven of the twelve UK warm-up dates for his live performance of debut Adam and the Ants album Dirk Wears White Sox at the Hammersmith Apollo was due to the commitment to making the album. "I’m sorry that I had to cancel some of the gigs because I had some problems with access to a producer in LA that I may be working with on the new album, and we managed to get some time with him right slap bang in the middle of the tour. So I had to knock seven of the shows on the head so I could start the sessions for the new album. The producer contacted me and schedules were very tight. I’ve written lots of new stuff, and I’m going out there to do the work and get the new album started." [5]

The new album was officially announced by Ant when he appeared on the 7 August 2014 edition of Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel as a birthday surprise for co-host Melanie Sykes, a fan of Ant. On the show, Ant announced the release of the Bravest of the Brave single with B-side Garden of Earthly Delights for 3 November, with the album to follow shortly after. This was subsequently confirmed in an electronic press release.[1]

It was subsequently announced that the first single would instead be The Rokka and this would be released on 10 November.[2]

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