Release
Kings of the Wild Frontier was released on 3 November 1980 by CBS Records in the UK and Epic records internationally. It reached No. 1 in the UK Album Chart,[4] and spawned three hit singles: "Kings of the Wild Frontier", which was released in July and reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart; "Dog Eat Dog", which reached No. 4; and 'Antmusic', released in December and reaching No. 2,[5] as well as No. 1 in Australia for five weeks.[6] The album was the UK number 1 selling album in 1981 (and the 48th best seller in 1980) and won Best British Album at the 1982 Brit Awards.
The US version of the album dropped "Making History" in favour of two tracks penned by Ant prior to teaming up with Marco Pirroni, "(You're So) Physical" and "Press Darlings".
The album was remastered and reissued in 2004 with several bonus tracks.
A multi-disc "Super Deluxe Edition" was released 20 May 2016. It includes a DVD of the long out-of-print Ants in Japan concert video and a CD of a 1981 concert from Chicago.[7] This edition scraped a single week in the UK Album Chart in its own right at number 69 and is considered to be a separate chart hit from the original album (rather than a 67th week for the album as a whole)[8]
Reception
In his retrospective review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called it "one of the great defining albums of its time. There's simply nothing else like it, nothing else that has the same bravado, the same swagger, the same gleeful self-aggrandizement and sense of camp. This walked a brilliant line between campiness and art-house chutzpah, and it arrived at precisely the right time – at the forefront of new wave".[9] Trouser Press cites it as the album where Adam Ant "found his groove".[18]
Track listing
All tracks written by Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni.
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1. | "Dog Eat Dog" | 3:11 |
2. | "'Antmusic'" | 3:37 |
3. | "Feed Me to the Lions" | 3:03 |
4. | "Los Rancheros" | 3:30 |
5. | "Ants Invasion" | 3:19 |
6. | "Killer in the Home" | 4:22 |
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1. | "Kings of the Wild Frontier" | 3:56 |
2. | "The Magnificent Five" | 3:07 |
3. | "Don't Be Square (Be There)" | 3:32 |
4. | "Jolly Roger" | 2:11 |
5. | "Making History" | 2:59 |
6. | "The Human Beings" | 4:32 |
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13. | "Antmusic (Alternative Mix)" | 3:43 |
14. | "Antmusic (Demo)" | 3:28 |
15. | "Feed Me to the Lions (Demo)" | 3:02 |
16. | "The Human Beings (Demo)" | 2:30 |
17. | "S.E.X. (Demo)" | 3:57 |
18. | "Omelette from Outerspace (Demo)" | 3:06 |
US version
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1. | "Dog Eat Dog" | | 3:07 |
2. | "Antmusic" | | 3:36 |
3. | "Los Rancheros" | | 3:28 |
4. | "Feed Me to the Lions" | | 2:59 |
5. | "Press Darlings" | Ant | 4:12 |
6. | "Ants Invasion" | | 3:20 |
7. | "Killer in the Home" | | 4:19 |
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1. | "Kings of the Wild Frontier" | | 3:53 |
2. | "The Magnificent Five" | | 3:05 |
3. | "Don't Be Square (Be There)" | | 3:29 |
4. | "Jolly Roger" | | 2:09 |
5. | "Physical (You're So)" | Ant | 4:26 |
6. | "The Human Beings" | | 4:24 |
- Cassette version
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1. | "Dog Eat Dog" | | 3:07 |
2. | "Jolly Roger" | | 2:09 |
3. | "Los Rancheros" | | 3:28 |
4. | "Feed Me to the Lions" | | 2:59 |
5. | "Press Darlings" | Ant | 4:12 |
6. | "Ants Invasion" | | 3:20 |
7. | "Killer in the Home" | | 4:19 |
8. | "Beat My Guest" | Ant | 3:12 |
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1. | "Kings of the Wild Frontier" | | 3:53 |
2. | "The Magnificent Five" | | 3:05 |
3. | "Don't Be Square (Be There)" | | 3:29 |
4. | "Antmusic" | | 3:36 |
5. | "Physical (You're So)" | Ant | 4:26 |
6. | "The Human Beings" | | 4:24 |
7. | "Stand and Deliver" | | 3:06 |
Super Deluxe Edition
On 20 May 2016, Sony Music/Legacy Recordings issued a lavish four disc super deluxe box set of Kings Of The Wild Frontier. The box included two CDs, a DVD & a 180g gold newly remastered vinyl LP.[21]
CD 1
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1. | "Dog Eat Dog" | 3.09 |
2. | "Antmusic" | 3.36 |
3. | "Feed Me To The Lions" | 3.01 |
4. | "Los Rancheros" | 3.29 |
5. | "Ants Invasion" | 3.20 |
6. | "Killer In The Home" | 4.21 |
7. | "Kings Of The Wild Frontier" | 3.55 |
8. | "The Magnificent Five" | 3.06 |
9. | "Don’t Be Square (Be There)" | 3.31 |
10. | "Jolly Roger" | 2.09 |
11. | "Making History" | 2.57 |
12. | "The Human Beings" | 4.31 |
13. | "Press Darlings" | 4.11 |
14. | "Physical (You’re So)" | 4.26 |
15. | "Fall In" | 2.08 |
16. | "Don’t Be Square (Be There) (KPM Studio Demo)" | 4.23 |
17. | "The Human Beings (KPM Studio Demo)" | 4.56 |
18. | "Los Rancheros (KPM Studio Demo)" | 3.33 |
19. | "Making History (KPM Studio Demo)" | 3.44 |
CD 2, Adam & The Ants Live in Chicago, 1981
All tracks mastered by Adam Ant & Walter Coelho. Tracks 1-17 previously unissued on CD. Tracks 19 & 20 previously unreleased.
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1. | "The Human Beings" | 3.35 |
2. | "Dog Eat Dog" | 3.14 |
3. | "The Magnificent Five" | 3.03 |
4. | "Don’t Be Square (Be There)" | 3.20 |
5. | "Los Rancheros" | 3.33 |
6. | "Ants Invasion" | 3.12 |
7. | "Killer In The Home" | 4.15 |
8. | "Cleopatra" | 2.54 |
9. | "Press Darlings" | 3.47 |
10. | "Kick!" | 1.55 |
11. | "Antmusic" | 3.14 |
12. | "Beat My Guest" | 3.04 |
13. | "Jolly Roger" | 2.11 |
14. | "Zerox" | 3.11 |
15. | "Cartrouble" | 3.21 |
16. | "Kings Of The Wild Frontier" | 4.33 |
17. | "Physical (You’re So)" | 5.22 |
18. | "A.N.T.S." | 3.30 |
19. | "Antmusic (Rough Cut)" | 3.24 |
20. | "Don’t Be Square Be There (Rough Cut)" | 3.52 |
DVD
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1. | "Kings of the Wild Frontier" | |
2. | "Dog Eat Dog" | |
3. | "Antmusic" | |
4. | "Physical (You’re So)" (Live in Manchester) | |
5. | "Dog Eat Dog" (Live) | |
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6. | "Dog Eat Dog" (Top Of The Pops, 16 October 1980) | |
7. | "Ants Invasion" (Old Grey Whistle Test, January 1981) | |
8. | "Killer in the Home" (Old Grey Whistle Test, January 1981) | |
9. | "Antmusic" (Top of the Pops, December 1980) | |
10. | "Dog Eat Dog" (Top of the Pops, 30 October 1980) | |
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11. | "The Magnificent Five" | |
13. | "Don’t Be Square (Be There)" | |
14. | "Ants Invasion" | |
15. | "Killer in the Home" | |
16. | "Never Trust a Man (With Egg On His Face)" | |
17. | "Kick!" | |
18. | "Press Darlings" | |
19. | "Christian D’or" | |
20. | "Los Rancheros" | |
21. | "Cartrouble" | |
22. | "Dog Eat Dog" | |
23. | "Kings of the Wild Frontier" | |
24. | "Physical (You’re So)" | |
25. | "ANT INVASION: a documentary of the first Adam & the Ants US tour 1981" | |
Gold Vinyl LP
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1. | "Dog Eat Dog" | 3.09 |
2. | "Antmusic" | 3.36 |
3. | "Feed Me To The Lions" | 3.01 |
4. | "Los Rancheros" | 3.29 |
5. | "Ants Invasion" | 3.20 |
6. | "Killer In The Home" | 4.21 |
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1. | "Kings Of The Wild Frontier" | 3.55 |
2. | "The Magnificent Five" | 3.06 |
3. | "Don’t Be Square (Be There)" | 3.31 |
4. | "Jolly Roger" | 2.09 |
5. | "Making History" | 2.57 |
6. | "The Human Beings" | 4.31 |
Personnel
- Adam and the Ants
Chart positions
- Album (original releases 1980-1981)
- Album (Deluxe reissue 2016)
Singles
Year |
Single |
Chart |
Peak position |
1980 |
"Kings of the Wild Frontier" |
UK Singles Chart |
48[5] |
"Dog Eat Dog" |
4[5] |
"Antmusic" |
2[5] |
1981 |
"Kings of the Wild Frontier" (re-release) |
2[5] |
"Dog Eat Dog" |
Billboard Club Play Singles |
19 |
"Antmusic" |
Billboard Mainstream Rock |
14 |
"Dog Eat Dog" |
Billboard Mainstream Rock |
15 |
"Physical (You're So)" |
Billboard Mainstream Rock |
19 |
References
- ↑ Ant, Adam. "Adam and the Ants Catalog". Adam Ant. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ↑ Jackson, Josh (8 September 2016). "The 50 Best New Wave Albums". Paste. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ↑ Palmer, Robert (25 November 1981). "The Pop Life; Latest British Invasion: 'The New Tribalism'". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- 1 2 "The Official UK Charts Company: All the Number 1 Albums". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Adam & the Ants | Artist | Official Charts". Official Charts. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Adam and the Ants – Antmusic". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ Gilbert, Pat (2016-04-01). "Creation Record". MOJO.
- 1 2 3 http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/kings%20of%20the%20wild%20frontier
- 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Kings of the Wild Frontier – Adam and the Ants". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ Gilbert, Pat (May 2016). "Creation record". Mojo (270): 100.
- ↑ "Adam and the Ants: Kings of the Wild Frontier". Q (100): 265. January 1995.
- ↑ Rathbone, Oregano (July 2016). "Adam & The Ants – Kings Of The Wild Frontier". Record Collector (455). Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ↑ DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly, eds. (1992). "Adam and the Ants". The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 6. ISBN 0-679-73729-4. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ Ellen, Mark (13–26 November 1980). "Album Reviews". Smash Hits. 2 (23): 29.
- ↑ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- ↑ Lewis, John (July 2016). "Adam and the Ants: Kings of the Wild Frontier". Uncut (230): 89.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (2 March 1981). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ Young, Jon; Lewis, Kate; Rompers, Terry. "Adam Ant". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ↑ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
- ↑ Paul Sinclair (6 September 2012). "Great British Albums / 20 Disc Box". Super Deluxe Edition.
- ↑ Paul Sinclair (25 April 2016). "Adam and the Ants / Kings of the Wild Frontier Super Deluxe Edition". Super Deluxe Edition.
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