| Artist: | Adam Ant |
| Studio: | 11 |
| Live: | 3 |
| Compilation: | 13 |
| Video: | 9 |
| Music Videos: | 26 |
| Ep: | 3 |
| Singles: | 29 |
| 1Option: | 4 |
| 1Option Name: | Box sets |
Adam Ant is a British post-punk, new wave artist. He was the lead singer of Adam & the Ants until their split in early 1982, by which time they had recorded three studio albums. Ant, however, would go solo, and release an additional five studio albums throughout the 1980s and early 1990s (one other album recorded during this period remains unreleased but circulates widely as a bootleg). After a gap of nearly 18 years, his sixth released solo studio album came out in early 2013. A planned follow-up album recorded the following year currently officially remains at developmental stage.
His greatest UK chart success was Adam & the Ants' 1980 album Kings of the Wild Frontier which was number one in the UK Albums Chart for a total of twelve weeks. However, it was the follow-up album, Prince Charming which produced the biggest hit singles with "Stand and Deliver" and the title track, achieving five weeks and four weeks respectively as number one singles on the UK Singles Chart.
In the United States, Ant's biggest chart success was his solo debut, 1982's Friend or Foe album, which reached the Top 20 on the Billboard 200. Three other Ant albums have reached the middle area of the Top 100. Friend or Foe also included the hit single "Goody Two Shoes" which was a Top 20 hit single on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as a third number one single for Ant on the UK Singles Chart. Ant would achieve further US singles chart success in the 1990s, with "Room at the Top" a second Top 20 hit in 1990 and the "Wonderful" title track a third Top 40 hit in 1995. Friend or Foe achieved US Gold Disc status within a year of its release, Kings of the Wild Frontier crawled to the same certification after nearly 14 years.
Besides regular studio albums there are a number of live albums, box sets and compilations. The three Peel Sessions first appeared in 1990 (minus two tracks from the first session), while the complete integral one collection appeared in 2001.[1]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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| UK [2] [3] | UK Indie [4] [5] | AUS [6] | AUT [7] | CAN [8] | GER [9] | NL [10] | NZ [11] | SWE [12] | US [13] | ||||
| As Adam & the Ants | |||||||||||||
| Dirk Wears White Sox | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Kings of the Wild Frontier |
| 1 | — | 2 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 44 | ||
| Prince Charming |
| 2 | — | 7 | — | 45 | 21 | 5 | 43 | 29 | 94 |
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| As Adam Ant | |||||||||||||
| Friend or Foe |
| 5 | — | 60 | — | 14 | 55 | 33 | — | 36 | 16 |
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| Strip |
| 20 | — | — | — | 84 | — | 44 | — | — | 65 |
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| Vive Le Rock |
| 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 131 | ||
| Manners & Physique |
| 19 | — | 138 | — | 76 | — | — | — | — | 57 | ||
| Persuasion |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Wonderful |
| 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 143 | ||
| Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter |
| 25 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Bravest of the Brave< | --A DRAFT ARTICLE FOR THIS EXISTS AT Draft:Bravest_of_the_Brave BUT DO NOT WIKILINK UNTIL IT IS CLEARED TO BE A PROPER ARTICLE--> |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | |
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| Live |
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| Live at The Bloomsbury |
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| Kings of the Wild Frontier Disc Two |
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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| UK | ||||
| Hits |
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| Antics in the Forbidden Zone |
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| Peel Sessions |
| — | ||
| 6 | |||
| B-Side Babies |
| — | ||
| Super Hits |
| — | ||
| The Very Best of Adam and the Ants | 33 |
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| The Complete Radio 1 Sessions |
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| The Essential Adam Ant |
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| Redux |
| — | ||
| Stand and Deliver: The Very Best of Adam & the Ants |
| 39 |
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| Dandy Highwaymen: The Best Of |
| — | ||
| Playlist: The Very Best of Adam Ant |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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| UK [17] | |||
| Antbox |
| — | |
| Adam Ant Remastered |
| 188 | |
| Original Album Classics |
| — | |
| Kings of the Wild Frontier Super Deluxe Edition |
| — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | |||
| The B-Sides |
| 46 | |
| Four Play Volume Twelve |
| — | |
| Save the Gorilla |
| — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS [18] [19] | BEL (FL) [20] | CAN [21] | GER | IRE [22] | NL [23] | NZ [24] | US [25] | US Dance [26] | |||||
| As Adam & the Ants | ||||||||||||||
| "Young Parisians" | 1978 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="2" | ||
| "Zerox" | 1979 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Cartrouble"< | --1980 NOT 1979 - SINGLE VERSION RECORDED FEB '80 & RELEASED MARCH '80, 1979 WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ORIGINAL ALBUM VERSION. PLEASE READ NB NOTE ALSO BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THIS ENTRY--> (re-recording) | 1980 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dirk Wears White Sox (contains original recording) | |
| "Kings of the Wild Frontier" | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | Kings of the Wild Frontier | |||
| "Dog Eat Dog" | 4 | 22 | — | — | — | 16 | — | 31 | — |
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| "Antmusic" | 2 | 1 | 30 | — | — | 4 | 41 | 6 | — |
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| "Young Parisians" (re-release) | 9 | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Zerox" (re-release) | 1981 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Cartrouble" (re-release) | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dirk Wears White Sox (contains original recording) | |||
| "Kings of the Wild Frontier" (re-release) | 2 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | Kings of the Wild Frontier | |||
| "Stand and Deliver" | 1 | 12 | 7 | — | 8 | 2 | 4 | 32 | — | 38 |
| Prince Charming | ||
| "Prince Charming" | 1 | 4 | 8 | — | 10 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — |
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| "Ant Rap" | 3 | 43 | — | — | 40 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Deutscher Girls" | 1982 | 13 | — | — | — | 66 | 14 | — | — | — | — | Jubilee soundtrack | ||
| As Adam Ant | ||||||||||||||
| "Goody Two Shoes" | 1982 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 29 | 12 | — |
| Friend or Foe | |
| "Friend or Foe" | 9 | 49 | — | — | 31 | 3 | 19 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Desperate But Not Serious" | 33 | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | 66 | — | ||||
| "Puss 'n Boots" | 1983 | 5 | 84 | 26 | — | 67 | 5 | 22 | — | — | — |
| Strip | |
| "Strip" | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | ||||
| "Apollo 9" | 1984 | 13 | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | Vive Le Rock | ||
| "Vive Le Rock" | 1985 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | |||
| "Out of Bounds" (with Stewart Copeland; US-only release) | 1986 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Out of Bounds soundtrack | ||
| "Room at the Top" | 1990 | 13 | 116 | — | 30 | — | 21 | — | — | 17 | 3 | Manners & Physique | ||
| "Rough Stuff" | — | 160 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | ||||
| "Can't Set Rules About Love" | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Wonderful" | 1995 | 32 | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | Wonderful | ||
| "Beautiful Dream" (withdrawn & promo-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Gotta Be a Sin" | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Cool Zombie" | 2012 | 154 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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| UK | US [27] | |||
| King of the Wild Frontier – Live in Japan | — | — | ||
| The Prince Charming Revue |
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| Hits |
| 4[28] | — | |
| Antics in the Forbidden Zone |
| — | 24 | |
| Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant |
| 1[29] | — | |
| Antvideo |
| — | — | |
| Stand and Deliver: The Very Best of Adam & the Ants |
| 46[30] | — | |
| The Blueblack Hussar | 2[31] | — | ||
| Dirk Live at the Apollo |
| — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
| Title | Year | Director | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Plastic Surgery" | 1977 | unknown | |
| "Tabletalk" | 1979 | Stephanie Gluck/Clive Richardson | |
| "Cartrouble pt2" | |||
| "Zerox" | |||
| "Kings of the Wild Frontier" | 1980 | ||
| "Dog Eat Dog" | (Top of the Pops outtake licensed to CBS) | ||
| "Antmusic" | Steve Barron/Daniel Kleinman | ||
| "Dog Eat Dog"/"Kings of the Wild Frontier"/"Physical (You're So)" (live in Manchester) | Steve Barron | ||
| "Stand and Deliver" | 1981 | Mike Mansfield/Adam Ant | |
| "Prince Charming" | |||
| "Ant Rap" | |||
| "Goody Two Shoes" | 1982 | ||
| "Friend or Foe" | Adam Ant | ||
| "Desperate But Not Serious" | Mike Mansfield/Adam Ant | ||
| "Puss 'n Boots" | 1983 | ||
| "Strip" | |||
| "Apollo 9" | 1984 | Daniel Kleinman | |
| "Vive Le Rock" | 1985 | Frances de Lea | |
| "Room at the Top" | 1990 | Daniel Kleinman | |
| "Rough Stuff" | |||
| "Can't Set Rules About Love" | |||
| "Wonderful" | 1995 | Tony Kunewalder | |
| "Beautiful Dream" | |||
| "Gotta Be a Sin" | |||
| "Cool Zombie" | 2012 | Adam Ant/Adam Ross |
