Adam Ant - Persuasion (1993)

'Persuasion' was to be the fifth studio solo album by Adam Ant, planned for 1992-3, but never released. It featured a collaboration between the Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni partnership and Bernard Edwards, longtime bass player with the disco group Chic. Edwards' Chic bandmate Tony Thompson played drums on most of the album, except for 'Headgear', 'Survival Of The Fetish', and the title track, which utilised Dave Ruffy, who had previously worked with Pirroni on Sinéad O'Connor's 1990 'The Year Of The Horse' concert. Cameo guitarist Larry Blackmon featured on the track 'Little Devil', and former Adam and the Ants bassist Leigh Gorman also helped out. Despite the US Top 20 success of the single 'Room At The Top' from previous MCA album 'Manners & Physique', the label rejected the album and dropped Ant, as they felt that 'Manners & Physique' had not performed as well as they'd hoped, and had failed to achieve gold status in the US. Following the rejection of the album by MCA, Ant formed a new band with Pirroni and Ruffy, and embarked on the 1993 Persuasion Tour to try to attract a new label for the album. Although he managed to persuade Capitol Records to sign him up in the US and EMI for the UK, MCA refused to let go of the 'Persuasion' master tapes, and so Ant and the band had to record a brand new album for the new labels, releasing 'Wonderful' in 1995. Here's 'Persuasion' for you to decide if you think that MCA made the right decision.  

Track listing

01 Persuasion
02 Headgear
03 All Girl Action
04 Brain Candy
05 Obsession
06 Little Devil
07 Sexatise You
08 Survival Of The Fetish
09 Charge Of The Heavy Brigade
10 Don't Knock It ('Til You Got It) 
11 Seems To Me