Kings of the Wild Frontier

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 record label CBS. This album introduced the "Burundi beat" sound to popular music.

Background & recording

After having his previous backing band wooed away by producer Malcolm McLaren, who used them to form Bow Wow Wow, Adam Ant recorded Kings of the Wild Frontier with guitarist Marco Pirroni as his new writing partner.

Release

Kings of the Wild Frontier was released on 3 November 1980 by record label CBS 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.

Kings of the Wild Frontier (Adam and the Ants song)

"Kings of the Wild Frontier" was the first 7" single by Adam and the Ants to feature the two drummer Burundi beat for which the band became famous. It was also the first single written by Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni, and their first single on CBS Records after leaving Do It Records.

The single was originally released on 25 July 1980, and peaked at number 48 on the UK Singles Chart. Following the breakthrough success of "Dog Eat Dog" & 'Antmusic' (number 4 & 2, respectively), "Kings of the Wild Frontier" was rereleased in February 1981, this time, reaching number 2.

Adam's ever changing line-up of Ants on this single include Marco Pirroni on guitar, Kevin Mooney on bass guitar and both Chris Hughes (under the pseudonym "Merrick") & Terry Lee Miall on drums.

It was included on the album of the same name released 3 November 1980, however, the B-side, an old favourite among "Antpeople" called "Press Darlings," was not. When the album was released in the US, the track "Making History" was dropped in favour of "Press Darlings" & "Physical (You're So)."

Wild Frontier

Wild Frontier is the eighth studio album by Gary Moore, released in 1987. His first studio album after a trip back to his native Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1985, this album has several songs about Ireland and even the music itself is steeped in Celtic roots. The title track was intended to be sung by Phil Lynott, however Lynott's death in January 1986 prevented that. The album is dedicated to Lynott's memory, with the words "For Philip" on the rear cover.

Wild Frontier contains the hit "Over the Hills and Far Away", which reached #20 in the UK as well as a cover of the Australian band The Easybeats' hit of the middle of the 1960s, "Friday on My Mind". The Max Middleton-penned "The Loner" was originally recorded by Cozy Powell for his Over the Top album in 1979 (which Moore did perform on, albeit not on Powell's recording of "The Loner"), but was substantially altered by Moore for his own recording, thus he was credited as a co-writer.

All drums on Wild Frontier are sequenced with a drum machine but the programming is uncredited in the liner notes of the album. Former Black Sabbath drummer Eric Singer would join Moore's backing band on the Wild Frontier tour, before leaving shortly afterwards to form Badlands.

Wild Frontier (song)

"Wild Frontier" is the twenty-third single released by the British electronic band The Prodigy. It was released on 23 February 2015, for their album The Day Is My Enemy. The cover art was designed by Austrian artist and designer Moritz Resl.

The remix EP was released on 16 March.

Track listing

Music video

The official music video was posted on the band's YouTube page on 23 February 2015. The video, a stop-motion animation was directed by the Dutch filmmaker Mascha Halberstad and animator Elmer Kaan, features two hunters hunting animals. They later get turned into two animals themselves after a moose that arrives to save the animals puts them into a trance-like state. It also features the fox that was present in the video for the band's earlier single, Nasty.

References

The Wild Frontier

The Wild Frontier is an album by Randy Stonehill, released in 1986 on Myrrh Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Randy Stonehill and Dave Perkins except where noted.

Side one

Side two

Personnel

The Wild Frontier (film)

The Wild Frontier is a 1947 American Western film directed by Philip Ford and written by Albert DeMond. The film stars Allan Lane, Jack Holt, Eddy Waller, Pierre Watkin, John James and Roy Barcroft. The film was released on October 1, 1947, by Republic Pictures.

Cast

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