Kings of the Wild Frontier
| Kings of the Wild Frontier | ||||
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| Studio album by Adam and the Ants | ||||
| Released | 3 November 1980 | |||
| Recorded | August 1980 | |||
| Studio | Rockfield Studios, Wales | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length |
41:33 2004 reissue 61:17 |
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| Producer | Chris Hughes | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Mojo | |
| Q |  |
| Record Collector | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Smash Hits | 8/10 |
| Uncut | 8/10 |
| The Village Voice | B |
41:33
Kings of the Wild Frontier is the second album by English new wave band Adam and the Ants. It was released in November 1980 by CBS Records International. This album introduced the "Burundi beat" sound to popular music.
After having his previous backing band wooed away by producer Malcolm McLaren to form Bow Wow Wow, Adam Ant recorded Kings of the Wild Frontier with guitarist Marco Pirroni as his new writing partner.
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, 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, as well as No. 1 in Australia for five weeks. 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 include a DVD of the long out-of-print "Ants in Japan" concert video and a CD of a 1981 concert from Chicago.
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