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Strip (Adam Ant album)

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Released
  
November 1983

Artist
  
Adam Ant

Label
  
Epic/Sony Records

Strip(1983)
  
Vive Le Rock(1985)

Release date
  
November 1983

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Recorded
  
Summer 1983 in Stockholm, Sweden

Genres
  
Rock music, Pop music, New wave, Pop rock

Producers
  
Adam Ant, Richard James Burgess, Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham, Marco Pirroni

Similar
  
Adam Ant albums, Rock music albums

Strip is the second solo album by Adam Ant, released in 1983.

Contents

It marked a decline in Ant's success, as it only reached number 65 in the US and number 20 in the UK. It was poorly received by critics.

Adam ant strip extended version audio only


Production

Phil Collins plays drums on "Puss 'n Boots" and "Strip", Collins also aided in production duties for the two tracks he played on, and enlisted Hugh Padgham to assist with the production and engineering of those sessions. Singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad, of ABBA fame, also performs the female spoken part on "Strip".

Content

The cover photograph was fashioned after actress Jane Russell's famous photo from Howard Hughes's 1943 film The Outlaw.

Release

The lead single from the album was "Puss 'n Boots", which continued the pantomime themes and fashions of Ant's earlier work. The single reached number 5 on the UK chart in 1983, becoming Ant's final UK top 10 hit, although other top 20 hits would follow. The title track, "Strip" was released as a single in 1984 and reached number 41 on the UK singles chart and number 42 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

The album was re-released in a remastered edition in 2005 with eight bonus tracks.

Tour

An extensive tour of the US was undertaken after the release. In Adam Ant's 2006 autobiography, he mentions that the promoters and tour managers were given the incentive of higher pay if the album hit the Top 40 in the US. It got to number 65.

Some performances of the tour can be found on YouTube. It was the biggest American tour of Ant's career, with dates in many cities, and was famous for the showmanship involved; this included a vine-covered bridge suspended above the audience, and a Houdini-style immersion tank, which Ant would jump in and emerge from wearing only black shorts – after "stripping" his stage costume off during the course of the show.

Track listing

All songs written by Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni.

  1. "Strip" – 3:48
  2. "Baby, Let Me Scream at You" – 4:07
  3. "Libertine" – 4:19
  4. "Spanish Games" – 3:00
  5. "Vanity" – 4:08
  6. "Puss 'n Boots" – 3:52
  7. "Playboy" – 3:50
  8. "Montreal" – 4:23
  9. "Navel to Neck" – 3:41
  10. "Amazon" – 3:50
Additional tracks on the 2005 remaster
  1. "Strip" (Demo Version)
  2. "Dirty Harry" (Demo Version)
  3. "Horse You Rode in On" (Demo Version)
  4. "She Wins Zulus" (Demo Version)
  5. "Puss 'n Boots" (Demo Version)
  6. "Playboy" (Rehearsal)
  7. "Navel to Neck" (Rehearsal)
  8. "Strip" (Live)

Personnel

  • Adam Ant – vocals, bass guitar, production
  • Marco Pirroni – guitar, production
  • Richard James Burgess – keyboards, percussion, production
  • Phil Collins – drums, percussion, production
  • Anni-Frid Lyngstad – additional vocals
    • Technical
  • Hugh Padgham – production, recording, engineering
  • Anders Andersson – production assistance
  • Jean-Luc Fauvel – production assistance
  • Radu Wouk – production assistance
  • Michael B. Tretow – mixing
  • Allan Ballard - photography

    • Songs

    1Strip3:48
    2Baby Let Me Scream at You4:06
    3Libertine4:19

    References

    Strip (Adam Ant album) Wikipedia
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