Strip is the second solo album by Adam Ant

Adam Ant

Adam Ant is an English musician who gained popularity as the lead singer of New Wave/post-punk group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring ten UK top ten hits between 1980 and 1983, including three No.1s...

, released in 1983. The album marked a decline in Ant's success, as it only reached #65 in the United States

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 and #20 in the UK.

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 #5 on the UK chart in 1983, becoming Ant's final UK top ten hit, although other top 20 hits would follow. The title track, "Strip" was released as a single in 1984 and reached #41 on the UK singles chart (and #42 on the US Billboard Hot 100).

Phil Collins

Phil Collins

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 plays drums on the tracks "Puss 'n Boots" & "Strip." Singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Anni-Frid Lyngstad

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, of ABBA

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 fame, also performs the female spoken part on "Strip". The album was re-released in a remastered edition in 2005 with eight bonus tracks. In 2008 the song "Strip" was featured in the comedy film You Don't Mess with the Zohan

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

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and is featured on the soundtrack.

Track listing

• All Songs Written By Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni. (Copyright
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   Taurus Songs Overseas & EMI Music)

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

Personnel

• Adam Ant: Vocals, Bass
• Marco Pirroni: Guitars
• Richard James Burgess: Keyboards, Percussion
• Phil Collins: Drums, Percussion
• Anni-Frid Lyngstad
  Anni-Frid Lyngstad
  Anni-Frid Prinzessin Reuss von Plauen , is a Norwegian-born Swedish pop singer...
  
  : Additional Vocals

Production

• Produced By Adam Ant, Richard James Burgess
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  , Phil Collins
  Phil Collins
  Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
  
  , Hugh Padgham
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   & Marco Pirroni
• Production Assistants: Anders Andersson, Jean-Luc Fauvel, Radu Wouk
• Recorded & Engineered By Hugh Padgham
• Mixed By Michael B. Tretow

Additional tracks on the 2005 remaster

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