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Strip is the second solo studio album by Adam Ant, and counting his work with Adam and the Ants, his fifth studio album. It was released in 1983 and a stylistic departure from Ant's previous musical efforts. This record is much less rock-oriented and more grounded in pop and dance. Ant continued his songwriting collaboration with Marco Pirroni for the album. Along with Richard James Burgess and Ant, Pirroni was one of the album’s main producers. The album did not perform as well in Ant's home country as his previous albums and performed modestly in the US. Critics generally reviewed it unfavorably.

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Strip
Studio album by Adam Ant
Released	7 November 1983
Recorded	Summer 1983 in Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	New wave[citation needed]
Length	38:58
Label	Columbia
Producer	Adam Ant Richard James Burgess Phil Collins Hugh Padgham Marco Pirroni
Adam Ant chronology
Friend or Foe (1982) Strip (1983) Vive Le Rock (1985)
Singles from Strip
"Puss 'n Boots" "Strip"

Production

Phil Collins plays drums on "Puss 'n Boots" and "Strip",[1] 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 in Europe and Australia 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 in the U.S. "Puss 'n Boots" was also released as a single in the U.S., but failed to chart.[2] "Playboy" was planned to be the third single.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Smash Hits	(6/10)[5]
Trouser Press	unfavourable[6]

From contemporary reviews, Ian Birch wrote in Smash Hits that the new songs on the album feature a "new and much fresher style" from Adam Ant, specifically noting "more thoughtful writing, more adventurous arrangements" and "sharper singing while the "obsession with sex gets a bit ridiculous but if you keep a sense of humour, it soon fades into the background."[5]

Tour

An extensive tour of the U.S. was undertaken after the release. Ant settled on a deal with his tour manager, Michael Kleffman, that would give him a pay bonus if the album or the following album peaked within the top 20 on the U.S. Billboard 200.[7] Neither the album nor its follow-up, Vive Le Rock, managed to do so, with the former peaking at #65 and the latter peaking at #131.

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

11. "Strip" (Demo Version)
12. "Dirty Harry" (Demo Version)
13. "Horse You Rode in On" (Demo Version)
14. "She Wins Zulus" (Demo Version)
15. "Puss 'n Boots" (Demo Version)
16. "Playboy" (Rehearsal)
17. "Navel to Neck" (Rehearsal)
18. "Strip" (Live)

Personnel

• Adam Ant – vocals, bass guitar, production
• Marco Pirroni – guitar, production
• Richard James Burgess – drums, 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
• Mark Freegard - engineer
• Michael B. Tretow – audio mixing
• Allan Ballard - photography

Chart positions

Chart (1983–84)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[8]	84
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9]	44
UK Albums (OCC)[10]	20
US Billboard 200[11]	65
US Cash Box Top 200[12]	48

References

External links

• Strip at Discogs (list of releases)

На других языках

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[it] Strip (Adam Ant)

Strip è il secondo album discografico da solista del cantante Adam Ant, già frontman degli Adam and the Ants. Il disco è uscito nel 1983.

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[ru] Strip

Strip — второй сольный студийный альбом английского рок-музыканта Адама Анта, записанный летом 1983 года и выпущенный компанией Columbia Records в ноябре 1983 года. Strip поднялся до #20 в UK Albums Chart и до #65 в Billboard Hot 100.[1]

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