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The Best of Bow Wow Wow | 
| Artist: Bow Wow Wow
Label: RCA
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 89095
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 078636694320
EAN: 0078636694320
ASIN: B000002WZP
Release Date: October 29, 1996
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | C30, C60, C90, Go! | | • | W.O.R.K. (N.O. Nah, No No My Daddy Don't) | | • | Go Wild in the Country | | • | Do You Wanna Hold Me? | | • | Man Mountain | | • | Louis Quatorze | | • | I Want Candy | | • | Where's My Snake [#] | | • | Joy of Eating Raw Flesh | | • | Cowboy | | • | Golly! Golly! Go Buddy! | | • | Prince of Darkness (Sinner! Sinner! Sinner!) | | • | Chihuahua | | • | (I'm A) TV Savage | | • | Baby, Oh No | | • | What's the Time (Hey Buddy) | | • | Elimination Dancing | | • | Mile High Club | | • | Aphrodisiac | | • | See Jungle! (Jungle Boy) | | • | Don't Dance With Strangers (Annabella) | | • | Fever (Annabella) |
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Amazon.com
Only punk rock entrepreneur Malcolm McClaren would think of putting a 15-year-old Burmese temptress (Annabella Lwin) in a wisp of a loin cloth in front of a bunch of guys with painted faces, all beating on drums. Bow Wow Wow, another of his projects after the Sex Pistols, was a celebration of all things tribal. Songs like "Golly Golly Go Buddy!" and "TV Savage" were percussive enough to rattle everything in the cupboards with Annabella's sing-song vocals barely, if not enthusiastically, carrying the melodies. There was a great deal borrowed from primitive chants, and "Prince of Darkness" and "Chihuahua" both sounded as if the band was conjuring up some voodoo spirits. "I Want Candy," Bow Wow Wow's biggest hit, reverberated with a big hollow body guitar lead and again drums, drums, and more drums. By the time of "Candy" and "Louis Quatorze" Annabella's vocals were starting to mature past the yelps, and she finally sounded as if she could catch her breath. Her solo turn, "Fever" had Lwin fully in control of her sensuality, and her version of the classic is as strong as any. When assembled en masse, Bow Wow Wow's Best of suggests the band was more than just a McClaren footnote, being contenders in their own right. --Steve Gdula
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Get the import! May 30, 2003
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Bow Wow Wow have some great tunes, but my favorites are all on the IMPORT The Best of Bow Wow Wow, not this domestic version. The import has the original versions, which I prefer. The tracks on the domestic CD are overproduced and play like "extended disco versions".
 One of the worlds most underrated bands December 3, 1999
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Bow Wow Wow have always been just a band that only a few people have heard of , let alone listened to, but they have always deserved a lot more than this. The musicianship on all their songs is top notch especially the bass playing and the drumming.I honestly would say that Leroy Gorman (the bassist ), is the best, fastest amd most interesting bass player that I have ever heard. All in all, it is a great album by one of the real anomalies of pop music. Buy and be pleasantly delighted.
 I haven't listened to this stuff since the 80's.... March 27, 2001
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
...I must say it's nice to come back to after hearing the dreck that's out nowadays. The drums & bass on this CD are far above what you hear these days. The bass player is very funky in a non-overkill-slapping way (e.g. Flea). He's sort of a cross between Rocco Prestia (Tower of Power) with a little bit of Mark King (another Brit, from Level 42) thrown in. Very rhythmic stuff and more power to them in pulling it off in a post-punk/new-wave pop era & style. One thing the CD lacks is the naughty song "Sexy Eiffel Tower" which is sort of the 80's version of a Donna Summer album (a lot of heavy breathing). But overall this is an excellent CD for the money for an underrated and hard-to-find band.
A very underrated, creative band April 22, 1999
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Like much of early eighties new wave, Bow Wow Wow has been largely dismissed by mainstream rock critics as being too shallow and gimmicky. Now, 15 years after their heyday, maybe people will forget about the haircuts and look at all the great songs these guys wrote. With the big, hollow-body punk/rockabilly guitars over exotic, tribal rhythms, Bow Wow Wow had an intoxicating, unique sound, and Anabella's voice was really strong on her best stuff. With the nineties full of depressing,negative, one-dimensional junk like Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, Bow Wow Wow is a welcome reminder that rock music can be creative, rebellious and edgy, but still FUN! Do You Want To Hold Me is simply one of the most perfect singles ever recorded--edgy, exotic, sensual, warm and incredibly catchy. All in all, a great summertime CD.
Actually...the band *is* "the Ants" :) September 25, 2005
Kai Cherry (Baltimore, MD USA)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
...and not a "rip off" thereof. Adam "Ant" left the band...the band (Adam and the Ants) and their manager found a new singer, and a new direction, in Myant Myant Aye...er, Anabella Lwin.
Just wanted to clear that "rip off/stolen" thing up...and add that I listen to this record often...C30,C60,C90 Go!...relevant for our times, even tho a lot of people don't know what a C30/60/90 even is anymore :)
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