Friend or Foe (album)

Following the disbandment of the successful Adam and the Ants earlier in 1982, Adam Ant began a solo career with fellow "Ant" guitarist and songwriter Marco Pirroni.

Like their previous band, which achieved 7 top-10 hits (2 at No. 1) in the UK Singles chart and the best-selling album of 1981 (Kings of the Wild Frontier), Ant's debut single "Goody Two-Shoes" was a smash hit. The single reached No. 1 in the UK and Australia in June 1982 and No. 12 in the US - Ant's first US hit single. The single "Friend or Foe" was released one month prior to the album in September 1982 and charted as high as No. 9 in the UK.

The album Friend or Foe, was released in October 1982 and reached No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 16 on the US Billboard Album Chart, becoming Adam Ant's most successful solo album, and was certified Gold by the BPI for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.[http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx BPI online database] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315204844/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |date=15 March 2015 }} In addition to "Goody Two-Shoes" & "Friend or Foe", the album included another hit single: "Desperate But Not Serious" (UK No. 33 / US No. 66).

A remastered version of the album was released in 2005, featuring twelve additional tracks.

Ant performed the album live on tour in the UK in late 2019. A United States tour planned for 2020 was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and later cancelled.

{{track listing

| all_writing = Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni, except "Hello, I Love You" by Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore.

| headline = Side A

| title1 = Friend or Foe

| length1 = 3:22

| title2 = Something Girls

| length2 = 3:52

| title3 = Place in the Country

| length3 = 2:50

| title4 = Desperate But Not Serious

| length4 = 4:14

| title5 = Here Comes the Grump

| length5 = 3:35

| title6 = Hello, I Love You

| note6 = originally recorded by the Doors

| length6 = 2:37

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side B

| title7 = Goody Two Shoes

| length7 = 3:28

| title8 = Crackpot History and the Right to Lie

| length8 = 2:44

| title9 = Made of Money

| length9 = 3:28

| title10 = Cajun Twisters

| length10 = 2:56

| title11 = Try This for Sighs

| length11 = 3:03

| title12 = Man Called Marco

| length12 = 3:27

}}

{{track listing

| headline = 2005 reissue bonus tracks

| title13 = Goody Two Shoes

| note13 = Chris Hughes single version

| length13 = 3:21

| title14 = Coup d'Etat

| note14 = Original album outtake

| length14 = 3:11

| title15 = Goody Two Shoes

| note15 = Demo recording

| length15 = 3:12

| title16 = Here Comes the Grump

| note16 = Demo recording

| length16 = 2:27

| title17 = Little Italy

| note17 = Demo recording of "Man Called Marco"

| length17 = 2:19

| title18 = Made of Money

| note18 = Demo recording; Adam on drums

| length18 = 2:50

| title19 = Place in the Country

| note19 = Demo recording; Adam on drums

| length19 = 3:01

| title20 = And So You Shall

| note20 = Demo recording

| length20 = 3:40

| title21 = Yellowbeard

| note21 = Demo recording

| length21 = 2:26

| title22 = I Know They Know

| note22 = Demo recording

| length22 = 3:50

| title23 = Gargoyles Are Go

| note23 = Demo recording

| length23 = 2:23

| title24 = Good Sex Rumples the Clothing

| note24 = Previously unreleased track

| length24 = 3:01

}}

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=Friend or Foe|type=Album liner notes|others=Adam Ant|publisher=CBS |year=1982}}

• Adam Ant – vocals (1–11), bass (1–8, 10–12), marimba (1), percussion (1, 2), sticks (1, 11), acoustic guitar (3, 7), rhythm guitar (4), violin (8), triangle (8), backing vocals (12), brass arrangements, production, cover design
• Marco Pirroni – guitar (1–12), castanets (8), bass (9), acoustic guitar (12), percussion (12), spoken vocals (12), brass arrangements, production
• Bogdan Wiczling – drums (1–12), sticks (1, 11)
• Martin Drover – trumpet (1–4, 6–11), flugelhorn (10)
• Jeff Daly – saxophone (1–4, 6–9, 11)
• Jude Kelly – additional vocals (4)
• Sam Brown, Sonia Jones, Vicki Brown – backing vocals (6)

;Technical

• Alan Douglas – engineer
• Gavin Mackillop – tape operator
• George Chambers – tape operator
• Allan Ballard – front cover photography
• Julian Balme – graphic design

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