B-Side Babies
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{{Infobox album
| name = B-Side Babies
| type = compilation
| artist = Adam Ant
| cover = BSideBabies.jpg
| alt =
| caption = The cover image for B-Side Babies comes from a 12" single of "Young Parisians", though neither "Young Parisians" nor its B-side, "Lady", appear on this collection.
| released = 27 September 1994
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| length = 57:14
| label = CBS Epic Records
| producer = Adam Ant, Richard James Burgess, Chris Hughes, Marco Pirroni, Tony Visconti
| prev_title = Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Wonderful
| next_year = 1995
}}
B-Side Babies is a compilation album by English new wave musician Adam Ant, released by Epic Records in 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/b-side-babies-mw0000118669|author=William Ruhlmann|title=B-Side Babies (Review)|website=AllMusic, a division of All Media Network, LLC.}} It is not to be confused with The B-Sides, a 7-inch EP of "Friends" b/w "Kick"/"Physical", released by Do It Records in 1982.{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-ant.net/bsides.html|author=Adam and the Ants|title=The B-sides|website=Adam-Ant.net}}
Consisting primarily of single B-sides—both solo and with the Ants—the collection is described in the following manner on the back cover of the CD:{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-ant.net/bside.html|last=Ant|first=Adam|date=1994|title=B-Side Babies|website=Adam-Ant.net}}
{{cquote|The album Adam Ant always wanted you to have! Call it 'Yours, Yours, Yours,' because that's exactly what he intended! A true gift of Antmusic as a special thank you to all the fans who have been eagerly awaiting a chance to listen to the B-sides and bonus tracks they've never had before! In addition to US-released B-sides, other goodies found here include 7 tracks never before released in the US and 1 extra special treat never before released anywhere! So put on your dancing shoes and be Adam Ant's 'B-Side Baby!'}}
Most of the tracks on this collection were fairly well known to Adam Ant fans, regardless of whether or not they owned any of the singles.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} "Beat My Guest" was the first song Adam and the Ants played at their debut gig at the ICA restaurant in May 1977.{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-ant.net/aabio.html|title=Biography|website=Adam-Ant.net}} "Fall-In" is an old Ants song from 1977, co-written with Lester Square. "Red Scab", "Juanito the Bandito" and "B-Side Baby" also date back to 1977. "It Doesn't Matter" was performed at a John Peel session on 23 January 1978, and "Physical" and "Friends" were performed at a Peel session on 10 July 1978. "Christian D'or", originally called "Christian Dior", is also from 1978, as are "Why Do Girls Love Horses?" and "Greta X". The "extra special treat never before released anywhere" is a previously unreleased version of "It Doesn't Matter".
"Physical" was later covered by Nine Inch Nails, and appears as one of the two bonus songs on their 1992 EP Broken.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/broken-mw0000615804|author=Steve Huey|title=Broken by Nine Inch Nails (Review)|publisher=Interscope Records|website=allmusic.com}}
Track listing
{{track listing
|all_writing = Adam Ant, except where noted
|extra_column = Producer(s)
|total_length = 57:14
|title1 = Fall-In
|note1 = B-side to UK release of "Antmusic", 1980{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-ant.net/antmusic.html|author=Adam Ant|date=28 November 1980|title=Antmusic|publisher=EMI Music Publishing Ltd.|website=Adam-Ant.net}}
|writer1 = Ant, Lester Square
|extra1 = Chris Hughes
|length1 = 2:09
|title2 = Making History
|note2 = From the UK version of the Kings of the Wild Frontier LP, 1980{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-ant.net/kotwf.html|author=Adam and the Ants|date=3 November 1980|title=Kings of the Wild Frontier|publisher=EMI Music Publishing Ltd.|website=Adam-Ant.net}}
|extra2 = Hughes
|length2 = 2:57
|title3 = Beat My Guest
|note3 = B-side to "Stand and Deliver", 1981. Also included on the compilation Antics in the Forbidden Zone, 1990.{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-ant.net/stand.html|author=Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni|date=27 March 1981|title=Stand and Deliver|publisher=EMI Music Publishing Ltd.|website=Adam-Ant.net}}
|extra3 = Hughes
|length3 = 3:11
|title4 = Friends (Version 2)
|note4 = B-side to UK release of "Ant Rap", 1981{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-ant.net/antrap.html|author=Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni|date=30 November 1981|title=Ant Rap|publisher=EMI Music Publishing Ltd.|website=Adam-Ant.net}} Also appears on the compilation Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant, 1993.
|extra4 = Hughes
|length4 = 3:32
|title5 = Red Scab
|note5 = B-side to "Goody Two Shoes", 1982{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-ant.net/g2s.html|author=Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni|date=7 May 1982|title=Goody Two Shoes|publisher=EMI Music Publishing Ltd.|website=Adam-Ant.net}}
|extra5 = Hughes
|length5 = 4:08
|title6 = Juanito the Bandito
|note6 = B-side to "Friend or Foe", 1982{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-ant.net/fofuk.html|author=Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni|date=11 September 1982|title=Friend or Foe|website=Adam-Ant.net|publisher=EMI Music Publishing Ltd.}}
|extra6 = Ant, Marco Pirroni
|length6 = 4:27
|title7 = Why Do Girls Love Horses?
|note7 = B-side to "Desperate But Not Serious", 1982{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-ant.net/dbns.html|author=Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni|date=19 November 1982|title=Desperate But Not Serious|website=Adam-Ant.net|publisher=EMI Music Publishing Ltd.}}
|extra7 = Hughes
|length7 = 3:06
|title8 = Yours, Yours, Yours
|note8 = B-side to "Strip", 1983{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-ant.net/strip.html|author=Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni|date=1983|title=Strip|website=Adam-Ant.net|publisher=EMI Music Publishing Ltd.}}
|writer8 = Ant, Pirroni
|extra8 = Ant, Pirroni
|length8 = 3:07
|title9 = Kiss the Drummer
|note9 = B-side to "Puss'n Boots", 1983{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-ant.net/pnb.html|author=Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni|date=1983|title=Puss'n Boots|website=Adam-Ant.net|publisher=EMI Music Publishing Ltd.}}
|writer9 = Ant, Pirroni
|extra9 = Richard James Burgess, Ant, Pirroni
|length9 = 3:35
|title10 = B-Side Baby
|note10 = B-side to "Apollo 9", 1985{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-ant.net/apollo.html|author=Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni|date=10 September 1984|title=Apollo 9|website=Adam-Ant.net|publisher=EMI Music Publishing Ltd.}}
|extra10 = Tony Visconti
|length10 = 4:42
|title11 = Greta-X
|note11 = B-side to "Vive Le Rock", 1985{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-ant.net/vive.html|author=Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni|date=1 July 1985|title=Vive Le Rock|website=Adam-Ant.net|publisher=EMI Music Publishing Ltd.}}
|writer11 = Ant, Pirroni
|extra11 = Visconti
|length11 = 3:18
|title12 = Human Bondage Den
|note12 = Cassette only track from Vive Le Rock, 1985
|writer12 = Ant, Pirroni
|extra12 = Visconti
|length12 = 3:09
|title13 = Physical (You're So)
|note13 = B-side to UK release of "Dog Eat Dog", 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-ant.net/dog.html|author=Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni|date=3 October 1980|title=Dog Eat Dog|publisher=EMI Music Publishing Ltd.|website=Adam-Ant.net}} Also used for the US version of the Kings of the Wild Frontier LP, 1980, and the compilation Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant, 1993.
|extra13 = Hughes
|length13 = 4:28
|title14 = It Doesn't Matter
|note14 = Previously unreleased, 1985
|extra14 = Visconti
|length14 = 2:14
| title15 = Christian D'Or
| note15 = B-side to UK release of "Prince Charming", 1981{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-ant.net/pc.html|author=Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni|date=4 September 1981|title=Prince Charming|publisher=EMI Music Publishing Ltd.|website=Adam-Ant.net}}
| extra15 = Hughes
| length15 = 4:15
| title16 = Vive Le Rock (Instrumental Dub Mix)
| note16 = B-side to "Vive Le Rock" (12"), 1985
|writer16 = Ant, Pirroni
| extra16 = Ant, Pirroni
| length16 = 5:11
}}
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