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He gets filed under "new wave" because of the era in which he appeared, but you really can’t file Adam Ant under anything. He has steered his music into the waters of post-punk, glam, pop and throwback rock ’n’ roll over the years, coming out on top again and again thanks to his obvious charisma, effortlessly charming vocals and rare capacity for self reinvention. This early classic—his U.S. breakthrough, nearing the Top 40 in the States—came out a year and a half before "'Goody Two Shoes" (and the associated buccaneer chic) made him an MTV star. This was Adam Ant’s first true masterpiece, an intoxicating mix of style, humor, pounding tom-tom beats, distorted guitars and swaggering vocals. It sounded like nothing else then and still leaps out of the speakers with vivacious power and giddy glee today. Get the original 1981 album on newly pressed, remastered vinyl, or pick up the 2-CD deluxe edition to also get demos of "Don’t Be Square," "Los Rancheros," "Making History" and "The Human Beings," live versions of "Dog Eat Dog," "The Magnificent Five," "Cleopatra," "Press Darlings," "(You’re So) Physical" and the title song, B-sides, rough cuts and more rare and unreleased stuff. Go super deluxe to get the deluxe edition, the vinyl album and a DVD packed with a full "Live in Tokyo" show plus music videos, performances on "Top of the Pops" and "The Old Grey Whistle Test" and a mini-documentary on the Ants’ first invasion of the U.S.! Sony Legacy.