Friend or Foe was the first solo album by Adam Ant

Adam Ant

Adam Ant is an English musician who gained popularity as the lead singer of New Wave/post-punk group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring ten UK top ten hits between 1980 and 1983, including three No.1s...

, released after Adam and the Ants

Adam and the Ants

Adam and the Ants were a British rock band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The original group, which existed from 1977 to 1980, became notable as a cult band marking the transition from the late-1970s punk rock era to the post-punk and New Wave era...

 disbanded in early 1982. Friend or Foe also became Adam Ant's most successful solo album giving him the hit song "Goody Two Shoes" which peaked at #1 on the UK charts, and at #12 in the USA; along with the innovative video, this made him a crossover (over the Atlantic) star. The traditional Ant sound was augmented by newer, more rockabilly

Rockabilly

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-influenced guitar as well as new beats, such as the Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley

Ellas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...

 beat on the fan favourite "Place in the Country". Other hits produced from the record were "Desperate But Not Serious" (UK #33) and "Friend or Foe" (UK #9). A remastered version was released in 2005, featuring 12 additional tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni except as noted.

1. "Friend or Foe
   Friend or Foe (song)
   "Friend or Foe" is t.A.T.u.'s second single from Dangerous and Moving, released in December 2005. For the single, t.A.T.u collaborated with some big names from the rock world. Dave Stewart has a hand in writing the single, Sting plays bass on the track and Bryan Adams has shot the striking cover...
   
   " – 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
   Hello, I Love You
   "Hello, I Love You" is a song by The Doors from their 1968 album Waiting for the Sun. It was released as a single that same year, reaching number one in the United States and selling over a million copies in the U.S. alone. In Canada, it hit number one as well...
   
   " (Jim Morrison/Robby Krieger/Ray Manzarek/John Densmore) – 2:37
   • Cover of The Doors
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" – 3:27

Additional tracks on the 2005 remaster

13. "Goody Two Shoes" (Chris Hughes
    Chris Hughes (record producer)
    Chris Hughes is a music producer and a former drummer for Adam and the Ants....
    
     Single mix)
14. "Coup d'Etat" (Original Album Outtake
    Outtake
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    )
15. "Goody Two Shoes" (Demo version
    Demo (music)
    A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
    
    )
16. "Here Comes the Grump" (Demo version)
17. "Little Italy" (Demo version)
18. "Made of Money" (Demo version)
19. "Place in the Country" (Demo version)
20. "And So You Shall" (Demo version)
21. "Yellowbeard" (Demo version)
22. "I Know They Know" (Demo version)
23. "Gargoyles Are Go" (Demo version)
24. "Good Sex Rumples the Clothing" (Unreleased B Side)

Personnel

• Adam Ant
  Adam Ant
  Adam Ant is an English musician who gained popularity as the lead singer of New Wave/post-punk group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring ten UK top ten hits between 1980 and 1983, including three No.1s...
  
   – Vocals, Bass, Producer, Main Performer
• Marco Pirroni
  Marco Pirroni
  Marco Francesco Andrea Pirroni is an English guitarist, songwriter and record producer...
  
  – Guitars, Producer
• Bogdan Wiczling - Drums and Percussion
• Martin Drover - Trumpet/Flugelhorn
• Jeff Daly - Saxophone

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Position
October 1982	UK Top 40 Albums	#5

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	"Goody Two Shoes"	UK Top 40 Singles	#1
1982	"Friend or Foe"	UK Top 40 Singles	#9
1982	"Desperate But Not Serious"	UK Top 40 Singles	#33