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Artist:Adam Ant
Title:Friend Or Foe
Label:  CBS
Country:UK
Catalogue:CBS 25040
Date:15 Oct 1982
Format:LP
Collection:  I Own It     I Want It 
Community: 6 Own
Price Guide:$6
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TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
A1Adam AntFriend Or FoeAnt, MarcoRate
A2Adam AntSomething GirlsAnt, MarcoRate
A3Adam AntPlace In The CountryAnt, MarcoRate
A4Adam AntDesperate But Not SeriousAnt, MarcoRate
A5Adam AntHere Comes The GrumpAnt, MarcoRate
A6Adam AntHello, I Love YouThe DoorsRate
B1Adam AntGoody Two ShoesAnt, MarcoRate
B2Adam AntCrackpot History And The Right To LieAnt, MarcoRate
B3Adam AntMade Of MoneyAnt, MarcoRate
B4Adam AntCajun TwistersAnt, MarcoRate
B5Adam AntTry This For SighsAnt, MarcoRate
B6Adam AntA Man Called MarcoAnt, MarcoRate


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Produced by Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni

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Comments and Reviews
 
sladesounds
7th Dec 2013
 All Music Guide Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni ditched the rest of the Ants not long after the release of the widely derided Prince Charming, which provided them with the perfect opportunity for a new statement of purpose in the first Ant-less album, 1982's Friend or Foe.

They had already begun moving away from Burundi beats and Indians on Prince Charming, but here they ditch any pretence at the underground, favouring big, glitzy glam pop. There's still residual artiness, of course, since Adam and Marco are post-modernists that love to paste together seemingly incongruous strands of pop culture in an attempt to craft something new. The difference is, they've wrapped this instinct in big, big production and cheerful, unabashed pop hooks, best heard on "Place in the Country" and the hits "Friend or Foe," "Desperate But Not Serious," and "Goody Two Shoes," the latter becoming Adam's biggest hit in the U.S.

Since these are deliberate pop trifles, several critics laughed off Ant as a silly lightweight, but that's missing the point -- these are intentionally tongue-in-cheek tunes, delivered with an excess of flair and good humour. Though Friend or Foe does lose momentum on the second side and the cover of the Doors' "Hello, I Love You" falls a little flat, this is good, giddy fun, one of Ant's best records and one of the best new wave albums.

 

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Linked Releases

Netherlands - CBS - 1982

USA - Epic - 1982

Yugoslavia - CBS - 1983


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