Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant

Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant
Greatest hits album by Adam Ant
Released September 1993
Genre Punk rock, pop, New Romantic
Length 2:01:47
Label Arcade Records
Adam Ant chronology

Persuasion
(1991)
Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant
(1993)
B-Side Babies
(1994)

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.[1]

This greatest hits package reached number six on the UK album chart[2] 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

The first CD covers all top the 100 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".

Disc two

The second record is a series of very raw live recordings recorded around the time Adam was promoting the (then-upcoming) release of his shelved album, Persuasion. They were performed in the United States in 1993, at Burbank Stage in Los Angeles. It was also available as a single CD version, and remains the only live album or even live recordings Ant has ever issued.

Track listing

All songs written and composed 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 Hughes 3:47
2. "Stand and Deliver" (from the album Prince Charming) Hughes 3:07
3. "Room at the Top" (from the album Manners & Physique)Ant, Pirroni & André CymoneCymone 4:09
4. "Vive Le Rock" (from the album Vive Le Rock) Tony Visconti 3:39
5. "Apollo 9" (from the album Vive Le Rock) Visconti 3:22
6. "Zerox" (from the album Dirk Wears White Sox)AntAnt 3:45
7. "Dog Eat Dog" (from the album Kings of the Wild Frontier) Hughes 3:07
8. "Cartrouble" (from the album Dirk Wears White Sox)AntHughes 3:28
9. "Friends" (B-side to 7" single "Ant Rap")AntAnt & Pirroni 3:33
10. "Desperate But Not Serious" (from the album Friend or Foe) Ant & Pirroni 3:54
11. "Prince Charming" (from the album Prince Charming) Hughes 3:16
12. "Goody Two Shoes" (from the album Friend or Foe) Hughes 3:19
13. "Puss'n Boots" (from the album Strip) Phil Collins 4:01
14. "Friend or Foe" (from the album Friend or Foe) Ant & Pirroni 3:23
15. "Strip" (from the album Strip) Collins 3:58
16. "Physical (You're So)" (B-side to 7" single "Dog Eat Dog")AntHughes 4:25
17. "Kings of the Wild Frontier" (from the album Kings of the Wild Frontier) Hughes 3:52
18. "Deutscher Girls" (from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Jubilee)AntGuy Ford 2:28
19. "Ant Rap" (from the album Prince Charming) Hughes 3:39
20. "Kick" (B-side to 7" single "Cartrouble")AntHughes 2:05
21. "Young Parisians"  AntAnt & Jo Julian 2:59
22. "Can't Set Rules About Love" (from the album Manners & Physique) Cymone 4:00
Total length:
77:43

All songs written and composed 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"  Ant 3:22
4. "Never Trust a Man (With Egg on His Face)"  Ant 3:06
5. "Dog Eat Dog"    3:12
6. "Killer in the Home"    4:08
7. "Room at the Top"  Ant, Pirroni & Cymone 3:52
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 Bolan 3:49
15. "Red Scab"  Ant 3:53
16. "Shakin' All Over" (Johnny Kidd & the Pirates cover)Johnny Kidd & Gus Robinson 3:37
17. "Fall In"  Ant & Lester Square 2:19
18. "Physical (You're So)"  Ant 6:06
Total length:
64:04
VHS
No. Title Length
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

  1. Adam Ant (September 1993). "Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant". Adam-Ant.net.
  2. "Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant". officialcharts.com. Official Charts Company.