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Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant
Greatest hits album by
Adam Ant
ReleasedSeptember 1993
GenrePunk rock, pop, new wave
Length2:21:47
LabelArcade Records
Adam Ant chronology
Persuasion
(1991) 		Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant
(1993) 		B-Side Babies
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Music Week[1]
NME7/10[2]

Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant is a greatest hits compilation album from Adam Ant that covers his early work with Adam and the Ants as well as his solo work.[3]

This greatest hits package reached number six on the UK album chart[4] The corresponding VHS, with all the music videos to the classic Ant/Ants hits, also charted very well on the UK video charts.

Disc one[edit]

The first CD covers all of the UK Singles Chart hits from Adam Ant's career (with and without the Ants) from 1980–1990, beginning with Young Parisians & the earliest Dirk Wears White Sox singles from Do It Records (which were re-released once the Ants found fame and charted in the UK Top 40), and ending with the charting singles from his then most recent album, Manners & Physique - "Room at the Top" and "Can't Set Rules About Love".

The initial edition which hit number six on the UK Album charts was a single-disc release featuring only this disc.

Disc two[edit]

The second CD is a live recording of a private concert held on 21 February 1993 at a rehearsal studio in Burbank, Los Angeles. This show was a warm-up for a tour to attract A&R interest from potential new labels for the (then still forthcoming) release of his planned album, Persuasion after MCA Records had dropped Ant the previous year. (In the end, Ant signed with Capitol Records but Persuasion was eventually shelved when MCA refused to hand over the masters, so Wonderful was recorded and released instead.)

This second disc was added as part of a second edition of the album in early 1994.

Although Ant has released concert videos/DVDs, live bonus CD single tracks (on the 1995 single Gotta Be A Sin) and a live CD of a 2007 reading of his biography including acoustic versions of some of his songs, this CD remains one of only two full length audio-only live albums of a concert with a full band that Ant has ever issued, along with the 2016 release of a 1981 concert along with the remastered Kings of the Wild Frontier album.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni, except where noted

The Very Best of Adam Ant (Disc One)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Antmusic" (from the album Kings of the Wild Frontier) Chris Hughes3:47
2."Stand and Deliver" (from the album Prince Charming) Hughes3:07
3."Room at the Top" (from the album Manners & Physique)Ant, Pirroni & André CymoneCymone4:09
4."Vive Le Rock" (from the album Vive Le Rock) Tony Visconti3:39
5."Apollo 9" (from the album Vive Le Rock) Visconti3:22
6."Zerox" (from the album Dirk Wears White Sox)AntAnt3:45
7."Dog Eat Dog" (from the album Kings of the Wild Frontier) Hughes3:07
8."Cartrouble" (from the album Dirk Wears White Sox)AntHughes3:28
9."Friends" (B-side to 7" single "Ant Rap")AntAnt & Pirroni3:33
10."Desperate But Not Serious" (from the album Friend or Foe) Ant & Pirroni3:54
11."Prince Charming" (from the album Prince Charming) Hughes3:16
12."Goody Two Shoes" (from the album Friend or Foe) Hughes3:19
13."Puss'n Boots" (from the album Strip) Phil Collins4:01
14."Friend or Foe" (from the album Friend or Foe) Ant & Pirroni3:23
15."Strip" (from the album Strip) Collins3:58
16."Physical (You're So)" (B-side to 7" single "Dog Eat Dog")AntHughes4:25
17."Kings of the Wild Frontier" (from the album Kings of the Wild Frontier) Hughes3:52
18."Deutscher Girls" (from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Jubilee)AntGuy Ford2:28
19."Ant Rap" (from the album Prince Charming) Hughes3:39
20."Kick" (B-side to 7" single "Cartrouble")AntHughes2:05
21."Young Parisians"AntAnt & Jo Julian2:59
22."Can't Set Rules About Love" (from the album Manners & Physique) Cymone4:00
Total length:77:43

All tracks are written by Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni, except where noted

Live Burbank Stage LA 1993 (Disc Two)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Vive Le Rock" 3:43
2."Miss Thing" 2:52
3."Cartrouble"Ant3:22
4."Never Trust a Man (With Egg on His Face)"Ant3:06
5."Dog Eat Dog" 3:12
6."Killer in the Home" 4:08
7."Room at the Top"Ant, Pirroni & Cymone3:52
8."Ants Invasion" 2:54
9."Desperate But Not Serious" 4:04
10."Young Dumb and Full of It" 3:33
11."Stand and Deliver" 2:54
12."Antmusic" 3:29
13."Goody Two Shoes" 3:12
14."20th Century Boy" (T. Rex cover)Marc Bolan3:49
15."Red Scab"Ant3:53
16."Shakin' All Over" (Johnny Kidd & the Pirates cover)Johnny Kidd & Gus Robinson3:37
17."Fall In"Ant & Lester Square2:19
18."Physical (You're So)"Ant6:06
Total length:64:04
VHS
No.TitleLength
1."Antmusic"3:47
2."Stand and Deliver"3:07
3."Room at the Top"4:09
4."Prince Charming"3:16
5."Goody Two Shoes"3:19
6."Vive Le Rock"3:39
7."Apollo 9"3:22
8."Strip"3:58
9."Puss'n Boots"4:01
10."Desperate But Not Serious"3:54
11."Friend or Foe"3:23
12."Ant Rap"3:39
13."Dog Eat Dog"3:07
14."Kings of the Wild Frontier"3:52
15."Can't Set Rules About Love"4:00
16."Physical (You're So)"4:25
17."Rough Stuff"4:39
Total length:75:00

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jones, Alan (14 August 1993). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums — Pick of the Week" (PDF). Music Week. p. 15. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  2. ^ Harris, John (28 August 1993). "Long Play". NME. p. 35. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  3. ^ Adam Ant (September 1993). "Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant". Adam-Ant.net.
  4. ^ "Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant". officialcharts.com. Official Charts Company.
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