Name: Friend or Foe [Bonus Tracks]
Brand: Sony Bmg European Services
SKU: 1251622
Price: 10.51 USD
Availability: InStock

Friend or Foe [Bonus Tracks]

Rating

Album: Friend or Foe [Bonus Tracks]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Friend or Foe
2)	Something Girls
3)	Place in the Country
4)	Desperate but Not Serious
5)	Here Comes the Grump
6)	Hello I Love You
7)	Goody Two Shoes
8)	Crackpot History and the Right to Lie
9)	Made of Money
10)	Cajun Twisters
11)	Try This for Sighs
12)	Man Called Marco
13)	Goody Two Shoes [Chris Hughes Single Mix] - (Chris Hughes Single Mix, remix)
14)	Coup D'Etat [Original Album Outtake] - (take)
15)	Goody Two Shoes - (Chris Hughes Single Mix, previously unreleased)
16)	Here Comes the Grump - (previously unreleased)
17)	Little Italy - (previously unreleased)
18)	Made of Money - (previously unreleased)
19)	Place in the Country - (previously unreleased)
20)	And So You Shall - (previously unreleased)
21)	Yellowbeard - (previously unreleased)
22)	I Know They Know - (previously unreleased)
23)	Gargoyles Are Go - (previously unreleased)
24)	Good Sex Rumples the Clothing - (previously unreleased)

Album: Friend or Foe [Bonus Tracks]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Friend or Foe
2)	Something Girls
3)	Place in the Country
4)	Desperate but Not Serious
5)	Here Comes the Grump
6)	Hello I Love You
7)	Goody Two Shoes
8)	Crackpot History and the Right to Lie
9)	Made of Money
10)	Cajun Twisters
11)	Try This for Sighs
12)	Man Called Marco
13)	Goody Two Shoes [Chris Hughes Single Mix] - (Chris Hughes Single Mix, remix)
14)	Coup D'Etat [Original Album Outtake] - (take)
15)	Goody Two Shoes - (Chris Hughes Single Mix, previously unreleased)
16)	Here Comes the Grump - (previously unreleased)
17)	Little Italy - (previously unreleased)
18)	Made of Money - (previously unreleased)
19)	Place in the Country - (previously unreleased)
20)	And So You Shall - (previously unreleased)
21)	Yellowbeard - (previously unreleased)
22)	I Know They Know - (previously unreleased)
23)	Gargoyles Are Go - (previously unreleased)
24)	Good Sex Rumples the Clothing - (previously unreleased)

Performer Notes

Personnel: Adam Ant (vocals, acoustic guitar, violin, marimba, triangle, percussion); Vicki Brown, Jude Kelly, Sonia Jones (vocals); Marco Pirroni (guitar, bass guitar, castanets, percussion); Jeff Daly (saxophone); Martin Drover (trumpet, flugelhorn); Bogdan Wiczling (drums).
Adam Ant's first record without his back-up band The Ants proved to be his strongest album to date, as well as his mainstream commercial breakthrough. Keeping only guitarist Marco Pirroni on hand, Ant seriously backed off on the campy pirate/Indian/tribal-drumming motif that marked his earlier releases. The advent of MTV proved to be fortuitous for the dashing singer. His breakthrough single, "Goody Two Shoes," and its accompanying video got brought Ant a much larger American audience and introduced the libidinous side of the singer, a facet which was to become more pronounced in later releases.
Elsewhere, the album chugs along with a heavy backbeat and piping horns, giving "Friend or Foe," "Place in the Country," and "Crackpot History and the Right to Lie" a percolating feel. Pirroni's 50's style twang guitar is a complementary counterpoint to Ant's British pop stance. "Here Comes the Grump" and "Made of Money" both benefit from his reverb-drenched guitar lines. The latter features a multi-part acapella section, a first for Ant.

Professional Reviews

Uncut (p.115) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[B]right and amusing..."