The Last of the Mohicans (EP)
{{Infobox album
| name = The Last of the Mohicans
| type = EP
| artist = Bow Wow Wow
| cover = Bow Wow Wow The Last of the Mohicans.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1982|05}}
| recorded = 1981–1982
| venue =
| studio = Criteria (Miami){{cite web |last1=Reesman |first1=Bryan |title=Classic Tracks: Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy" |url=https://www.mixonline.com/recording/classic-tracks-bow-wow-wows-i-want-candy-365877 |website=mixonline.com |publisher=Future Plc |access-date=29 December 2021 |date=1 October 2007}}
| length = 12:27
| label = RCA Records
| producer = Kenny Laguna
| prev_title = See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy!
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Teenage Queen
| next_year = 1982
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Griggs|first=Tim|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-last-of-the-mohicans-mw0001878654|title=The Last of the Mohicans – Bow Wow Wow|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=10 December 2020}}
| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
| rev2score = B{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|chapter=B|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=B&bk=80|access-date=17 August 2020|via=robertchristgau.com|title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|publisher=Pantheon Books|year=1990|isbn=0-679-73015-X}}
| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite book|last=Considine|first=J. D.|author-link=J. D. Considine|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor1-link=Nathan Brackett|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|editor2-link=Christian Hoard|chapter=Bow Wow Wow|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/99 99–100]}}
}}
The Last of the Mohicans is an EP by English new wave band Bow Wow Wow, released in May 1982 by RCA Records. It was produced by Kenny Laguna of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts fame.
The Last of the Mohicans peaked at number 67 on the Billboard 200, Bow Wow Wow's highest entry on the chart. The EP contains the band's biggest hit, a cover of the Strangeloves' "I Want Candy".
The cover photograph, taken by Andy Earl, depicts Bow Wow Wow recreating Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe by Édouard Manet, and caused outrage when it first appeared as the cover of the band's debut album See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy!.{{cite news|last=McLean|first=Craig|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/apr/19/bow-wow-wow-leigh-gorman-annabella-lwin|title=Bow Wow Wow haven't lost their bite|newspaper=The Guardian|date=19 April 2012|access-date=10 December 2020}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = I Want Candy
| writer1 = {{hlist|Bert Berns|Bob Feldman|Jerry Goldstein|Richard Gottehrer}}
| length1 = 2:43
| title2 = Cowboy
| writer2 = {{hlist|Matthew Ashman|David Barbarossa|Leigh Gorman|Pierre Grillet|Malcolm McLaren|Stephane Pietri}}
| length2 = 3:30
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title3 = Louis Quatorze
| writer3 = {{hlist|Ashman|Barbarossa|Gorman|McLaren}}
| length3 = 2:48
| title4 = Mile High Club
| writer4 = {{hlist|Ashman|Barbarossa|Gorman|McLaren}}
| length4 = 3:26
| total_length = 12:27
}}
Notes
- "Cowboy" is credited as being written by Ashman, Barbarossa, Gorman and McLaren on The Last of the Mohicans.{{cite AV media notes|title=The Last of the Mohicans|title-link=The Last of the Mohicans (EP)|others=Bow Wow Wow|publisher=RCA Victor|year=1982|id=CPL1-4314|type=liner notes}} Later releases, including the 1982 compilation album I Want Candy, have credited it as being written by Ashman, Barbarossa, Gorman, Grillet and Pietri.{{cite AV media notes|title=I Want Candy|title-link=I Want Candy (album)|others=Bow Wow Wow|publisher=RCA Victor|year=1982|id=AFL1-4375|type=liner notes}} Sources such as the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/writer/431519773/MC%20LAREN%20MALCOLM%20ROBERT%20ANDREW|title=ACE Repertory – Mc Laren Malcolm Robert Andrew|publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|access-date=10 December 2020}} and the Australasian Performing Right Association{{cite web|url=https://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt|title=Works Search – Bow Wow Wow|publisher=APRA AMCOS|access-date=10 December 2020}} Type Bow Wow Wow in the Performer field and then press Search. continue to credit McLaren as a writer on the song.
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"| Chart (1982) !scope="col"| Peak |
| {{Album chart|Billboard200|67|artist=Bow Wow Wow|accessdate=10 December 2020|rowheader=true|refname="Billboard"}} |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|181207|The Last of the Mohicans}}
- {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=138b17a9-9f83-4aa5-9b98-679c633920f3|name=The Last of the Mohicans}}
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