Friend or Foe (1982)

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Title: Friend or Foe
Artist: Adam Ant
Genre: New Wave
Released: 1982

Tracks:
1 - Friend or Foe - 3:22
2 - Something Girls - 3:52
3 - Place in the Country - 2:50
4 - Desperate but Not Serious - 4:14 -
5 - Here Comes the Grump - 3:35
6 - Hello, I Love You - 2:37
7 - Goody Two Shoes - 3:28
8 - Crackpot History and the Right to Lie - 2:44
9 - Made of Money - 3:28
10 - Cajun Twisters - 2:56
11 - Try This for Sighs - 3:03
12 - Man Called Marco - 3:26

Overview:
Friend or Foe is the debut solo album by Adam Ant, released in July 1982 by Columbia Records. The album peaked at number 5 in the UK, Adam Ant's highest charting solo 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 1980 (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 1st US hit single. The single "Friend or Foe" was released 1 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" (UK No. 33 / US No. 66).

A remastered version of the album was released in 2005, featuring twelve additional tracks.
Music information in first post provided by The AudioDB
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