Adam Ant – Vive Le Rock
(CBS Records 1985 26583)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
Sleeve & Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Adam Ant (born Stuart Leslie Goddard; 3 November 1954) is an English singer and musician. He gained popularity as the lead singer of new wave group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring 10 UK top ten hits from 1980 to 1983, including three UK No. 1 singles. He has also worked as an actor, appearing in over two dozen films and television episodes from 1985 to 2003.
Since 2010, Ant has undertaken an intense reactivation of his musical career, performing live regularly in his hometown of London and beyond, recording and releasing a new album and completing six full-length UK national tours, four US national tours, and two Australian tours and with a fifth US tour scheduled and a further album completed and awaiting release.
Vive Le Rock is the third solo album by Adam Ant, released in September 1985, which contained two versions of Ant’s 1984 song “Apollo 9”.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Vive Le Rock” | 3:39 |
| 2. | “Miss Thing” | 3:08 |
| 3. | “Razor Keen” | 3:49 |
| 4. | “Rip Down” | 3:23 |
| 5. | “Scorpio Rising” | 4:04 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | “Apollo 9” | 3:22 |
| 7. | “Hell’s Eight Acres” | 3:51 |
| 8. | “Mohair Lockeroom Pin-Up Boys” | 3:14 |
| 9. | “No Zap” | 3:14 |
| 10. | “P.O.E.” | 3:24 |
| 11. | “Apollo 9 (A cappella Reprise)” | 1:32 |
| Total length: | 36:40 | |
Personnel
- Adam Ant – lead vocals, piano
- Marco Pirroni – guitars
- Chris Constantinou (as Chris De Niro) – bass, backing vocals
- “Count” Bogdan Wiczling – drums, percussion
- Technical
- Tony Visconti – producer, engineer
- Sven Taits – assistant engineer
- Francois Kevorkian – mixing (track 11)
- Ray Staff – mastering
- Adam Ant, Rob O’Connor – sleeve concept
- Nick Knight – photography
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