Friend or Foe (album)
Friend or Foe is the debut solo album by Adam Ant, released in October 1982 by Columbia Records. The album peaked at number 5 in the UK, Adam Ant's highest charting solo album.
Release
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 in the UK Singles chart and the best-selling album of 1980, 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. In addition to "Goody Two-Shoes" & "Friend or Foe", the album included another hit single: and "Desperate But Not Serious".
A remastered version of the album was released in 2005, featuring twelve additional tracks.
Track listing
Personnel
- Adam Ant – vocals, bass guitar, production
- Marco Pirroni – guitar, production
- Bogdan Wiczling – drums, percussion
- Martin Drover – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Jeff Daly – saxophone
- Jude Kelly - vocals on "Desperate But Not Serious"
- Sam Brown, Sonia Jones, Vicki Brown - backing vocals on "Hello I Love You"
- Alan Douglas - engineer
- Allan Ballard - front cover photography
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
| October 1982 | UK Albums Chart | 5 |
| October 1982 | US Albums Chart | 16 |
; Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
| 1982 | "Goody Two Shoes" | UK Singles Chart | 1 |
| 1982 | "Friend or Foe" | UK Singles Chart | 9 |
| 1982 | "Desperate But Not Serious" | UK Singles Chart | 33 |