Adam Ant discography

Adam Ant is a British post-punk, new wave artist. He was the lead singer of Adam & the Ants until their split in early 1982, by which time they had recorded three studio albums. Ant, however, would go solo, and release an additional five studio albums throughout the 1980s and early 1990s (one other album recorded during this period remains unreleased). After a gap of nearly 18 years, his sixth solo studio album was released in early 2013.

Adam Ant discography
Studio albums10
Compilation albums6
Music videos26
Singles25

His greatest UK chart success was Adam & the Ants' 1980 album Kings of the Wild Frontier which was number one in the UK Albums Chart for a total of twelve weeks. However, it was the follow-up album, Prince Charming which produced the biggest hit singles with "Stand and Deliver" and the title track, achieving five weeks and four weeks respectively as number one singles on the UK Singles Chart.

In the United States, Ant's biggest chart success was his solo debut, 1982's Friend or Foe album, which reached the Top 20 on the Billboard 200. It also included the hit single "Goody Two Shoes" which was a Top 20 hit single on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as a third number one single for Ant on the UK Singles Chart.

Albums

Studio albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
UK
[1]		 UK indie
 US
[2]		 AUS
[3]		 SWE
[4]		 NZ
[5]		 AUT
[6]		 NED
1979 Dirk Wears White Sox (Adam & the Ants)
  • Release date: 30 November 1979
  • Label: Do It
 16 1
[7]		 — — — — — ---
1980 Kings of the Wild Frontier (Adam & the Ants)
  • Release date: 3 November 1980
  • Label: CBS
 1 — 44 2 4 7 18 16
1981 Prince Charming (Adam & the Ants)
  • Release date: 14 November 1981
  • Label: CBS
 2 — 94 7 29 43 — 9
  • UK: Platinum[8]
1982 Friend or Foe
  • Release date: 11 October 1982
  • Label: CBS
 5 — 16 60 36 — — 42
1983 Strip
  • Release date: 7 November 1983
  • Label: CBS
 20 — 65 — — — — ---
1985 Vive Le Rock
  • Release date: 2 September 1985
  • Label: CBS
 42 — 131 — — — — ---
1990 Manners & Physique
  • Release date: 12 March 1990
  • Label: MCA
 19 — 57 — — — — ---
1991 Persuasion
  • Release date: Unreleased
  • Label: MCA
 — — — — — — — ---
1995 Wonderful
  • Release date: 7 March 1995
  • Label: EMI
 24 — 143 — — — — ---
2013 Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter
  • Release date: 21 January 2013
  • Label: Blueblack Hussar
 25
[10]		 3
[11]		 — — — — — ---
2019 Bravest of the Brave
  • Release date: 2019
  • Label: Blueblack Hussar
 — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

    Compilation albums
    Year Album details Peak positions
    UK
    [1][12]
    1990 Antics in the Forbidden Zone
    • Release date: 1990
    • Label: Epic
    		 —
    1990 Peel Sessions —
    1993 Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant
    • Release date: 1993
    • Label: Arcade
    		 6
    1994 B-Side Babies
    • Release date: 27 September 1994
    • Label: Epic/Legacy
    		 —
    1998 Super Hits
    • Release date: 1998
    • Label: Epic
    		 —
    1999 The Very Best of Adam and the Ants
    • Release date: 5 April 1999
    • Label: Sony BMG
    		 30
    2001 Live at the BBC —
    2003 The Essential Adam Ant —
    2005 Redux —
    2006 Stand & Deliver
    • Release date: 26 September 2006
    • Label: Columbia
    		 —
    2007 Dandy Highwaymen (The best of..)
    • Release date: 26 November 2007
    • Label: Music Club
    		 39
    "—" denotes releases that did not chart

    Box sets
    Year Album details
    2000 ANTBOX
    • Release date: December 2000
    • Label: Columbia
    2005 Adam Ant Remastered
    2016 Kings of the Wild Frontier Super Deluxe Edition

    Singles
    As Adam & the Ants
    Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
    (sales threshold)    		 Album
    UK
    [1]    		 US
    [13]    		 US Main
    [13]    		 US Mod
    [13]    		 US Dance
    [13]    		 SWE
    [14]    		 NL
    [15]    		 AUT
    [16]    		 AUS
    [3]
    1978 "Young Parisians" — — — — — — — — — Non-album song
    1979 "Zerox" — — — — — — — — —
    1980 "Cartrouble"
    (re-recording[nb 1])    		 — — — — — — — — — — Dirk Wears White Sox (contains original recording)
    "Kings of the Wild Frontier" 48 — — — 19 — — — — Kings of the Wild Frontier
    "Dog Eat Dog" 4 — 15 — 19 — — — 22
    "Antmusic" 2 — 14 — 19 11 41 — 1
    "Young Parisians" (re-release) 9 — — — — — — — — Non-album song
    1981 "Zerox" (re-release) 45 — — — — — — — —
    "Cartrouble" (re-release) 33 — — — — — — — — — Dirk Wears White Sox (contains original recording)
    "Kings of the Wild Frontier" (re-release) 2 — — — — — — — — Kings of the Wild Frontier
    "Stand and Deliver" 1 — — — 38 17 4 9 12 Prince Charming
    "Prince Charming" 1 — — — — 20 8 14 4
    "Ant Rap" 3 — — — — — — — 43
    1982 "Deutscher Girls" 13 — — — — — — — — Jubilee [OST] (1978)
    The B-Sides (EP)
    ("Friends"b/w "Kick"/"Physical")    		 46 — — — — — — — — three out-takes from Dirk Wears White Sox (1979)
    As Adam Ant
    Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
    (sales threshold)    		 Album
    UK
    [12]    		 US
    [13]    		 US Main
    [13]    		 US
    Mod
    [13]    		 US Dance
    [13]    		 SWE
    [14]    		 NL
    [15]    		 AUT
    [16]    		 AUS
    [3]
    1982 "Goody Two Shoes"[nb 2] 1 12 7 — — — 13 — 1 Friend or Foe
    "Friend or Foe" 9 — — — — — 19 — 49
    "Desperate But Not Serious" 33 66 — — — — — — —
    1983 "Puss 'n Boots" 5 — — — — — 22 — 84 Strip
    "Strip" 41 42 — — — — — — — —
    1984 "Apollo 9" 13 — — — — — — — — Vive Le Rock
    1985 "Vive Le Rock" 50 — — — 29 — — — —
    1990 "Room at the Top" 13 17 — 17 3 — — — — Manners & Physique
    "Rough Stuff" — — — — 14 — — — —
    "Can't Set Rules About Love" 47 — — — — — — — —
    1995 "Wonderful" 32 39 — 7 — — — — — Wonderful
    "Gotta Be a Sin" 45 — — — — — — — —
    2012 "Cool Zombie" 154 — — — — — — — — Adam Ant is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter
    "—" denotes releases that did not chart
    1. 'Cartrouble' the single is a re-recorded version of Part 2 of the track 'Cartrouble Parts 1 & 2' which featured on Dirk Wears White Sox. The single featured also different personnel including new band member Marco Pirroni and session drummer Jon Moss (later of Culture Club). Nonetheless, it was recorded and released while Dirk Wears White Sox was the current album, and to fulfil the same contract with Do It Records as under which the album was released. As such, it qualifies as a single from Dirk Wears White Sox.
    2. Some UK copies of the single "Goody Two Shoes" were credited to Adam and the Ants although it was intended as the first Adam Ant solo release (with Marco Pirroni as co-songwriter and guitarist and Chris 'Merrick' Hughes as drummer and producer). The album version of the song is a different mix from the single, which was released months before the album and not long after Adam and the Ants had split up, thus causing some UK copies to be credited under the old bandname. The US edition of the single featured the album version and hit its chart peak in early 1983, nearly a year after the UK.

    Videography

    Video albums
    Year Video
    1981 Live in Tokyo
    1982 Prince Charming Revue
    1986 Hits
    2000 Ant Video
    2007 Stand & Deliver (DVD)
    2015 Dirk Live at the Apollo (DVD)

    Music videos
    Year Song Director
    1977 "Plastic Surgery"[nb 1] unknown
    1979 "Tabletalk"[nb 2] Stephanie Gluck/Clive Richardson
    "Cartrouble pt2"
    "Zerox"[nb 3]
    1980 "Kings of the Wild Frontier"[nb 4]
    "Dog Eat Dog"[nb 5] (Top of the Pops out-take licensed to CBS)
    "Dog Eat Dog"/"Kings of the Wild Frontier"/"Physical (You're So)"
    (live in Manchester)[nb 6]    		 Steve Barron
    "Antmusic" Steve Barron/Daniel Kleinman
    1981 "Stand and Deliver" Mike Mansfield/Adam Ant
    "Prince Charming"
    "Ant Rap"
    1982 "Goody Two Shoes"
    "Friend or Foe"
    "Desperate But Not Serious"
    1983 "Puss 'n Boots"
    "Strip"
    1984 "Apollo 9" Daniel Kleinman
    1985 "Vive le Rock" Frances de Lea
    1990 "Rough Stuff" Daniel Kleinman
    "Room at the Top"
    "Can't Set Rules About Love"
    1995 "Wonderful" Tony Kunewalder
    "Beautiful Dream"
    "Gotta Be a Sin"
    2012 "Cool Zombie" Adam Ant/Adam Ross
    1. Support video footage for the Derek Jarman film Jubilee of the Ants (including Kenny Morris guesting on drums) performing in an empty studio. This video was used in the film as a television screen image in a scene of Ant's character Kid watching himself and his band on TV performing on Top of the Pops. Although Jarman directed the film, he was not present for this video shoot.
      This footage should not be confused with the performance of this song filmed at Drury Lane Theatre and featured elsewhere in the film to represent Kid's audition for media mogul character Borgia Ginz.
    2. This video and "Cartrouble pt2" were demonstration videos made as audition footage for Malcolm McLaren and were filmed in Richardson's back garden.
    3. Surviving footage from "video film" project "Xerox Machine" filmed at the studio of artist Laurie Rae Chamberlain. There is one complete take of Ant performing the song in front of a set of neon lights plus short takes of Ant singing the outro while sat in a dentist's chair and a slideshow of "Xerography" still images created by Chamberlain of this and other video footage from the session. "Xerography" includes images of other takes of the song, including one performed in front of a stack of art equipment illuminated by disco lights.
    4. Stills from this video (and alternative takes, of which at least one survives) were used for the sleeve art for the Kings of the Wild Frontier album.
    5. Alternative take of performance of the song on 16 October 1980 edition of Top of the Pops. This has represented the song on video compilations since Antmusic – The Very Best of Adam Ant in 1993
    6. Concert footage from Manchester Apollo, 16 December 1980. Footage of Dog Eat Dog represented that single on the 1986 Hits video compilation. Footage of "Physical (You're So)" has represented The Antmusic EP on video compilations since Antmusic - The Very Best of Adam Ant in 1993
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    References
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    3. Australian chart peaks:
      • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 12. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA from mid-1983 until 19 June 1988.
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    7. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie hits : 1980-1989 : the complete U.K. independent charts (singles & albums). London: Cherry Red. ISBN 978-0-9517206-9-1. OCLC 38292499.
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    9. "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - March 31, 2010: Adam Ant certified albums". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
    10. https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/is-the-blueblack-hussar-in-marrying-the/
    11. https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20130127/131/
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