Producer Tony Visconti, famous for his 1970s work with Ant's heroes Marc Bolan and David Bowie, commented on his work with Ant on Vive Le Rock: "What a creative ball of energy! He was great to work with. He's very opinionated and knows what he wants. We didn't quite agree during the mixes, he kind of wanted everything very trebly and I'm a bassey kind of producer."[5]
The album was a realisation of the new "rockers in space" ethic and look Adam Ant had begun with the hit UK single "Apollo 9" in September 1984, which peaked at number 13.[6]
Releaseedit
"Apollo 9" was released as a single a year before Vive Le Rock's release, and was a chart hit. However, the album received only minor attention in the United States, peaking at number 131,[7] and number 42 in the United Kingdom.[8] The title track was the one single from the album released in the US. Ant performed "Vive Le Rock" at the 1985 benefit concertLive Aid. It was the only song he played at the show, as the band preceding him on the bill, The Boomtown Rats (for whom concert co-organiser Bob Geldof was the front man) overran their allotted time.[9]
Ant has said that the failure of Vive Le Rock, and his then-current record label's unwillingness to promote it, left him depressed and unenthusiastic about his future in music. This led to his decision to focus primarily on his acting career, not releasing another album until Manners & Physique in 1990.[10]
Twelfth track "Human Bondage Den" was released on the original cassette and CD release of this album (as a bonus non-LP track). Most re-releases did not feature this track until Columbia Records re-released the album in 2005, along with seven other bonus tracks.
vive, rock, this, article, about, adam, album, magazine, magazine, third, solo, album, adam, released, september, 1985, which, contained, versions, 1984, song, apollo, studio, album, adam, antreleased2, september, 1985, recordedjanuary, march, 1985studiogood, . This article is about the Adam Ant album For the magazine see Vive Le Rock magazine 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 Vive Le RockStudio album by Adam AntReleased2 September 1985 1 RecordedJanuary March 1985StudioGood Earth Studios Soho LondonGenreNew waveLength36 40LabelCBSProducerTony ViscontiAdam Ant chronologyStrip 1983 Vive Le Rock 1985 Manners amp Physique 1990 Singles from Vive Le Rock Apollo 9 Released 10 September 1984 1 Vive Le Rock Released 1 July 1985 1 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 2 Kerrang 3 Trouser Pressgenerally favourable 4 Contents 1 Production 2 Release 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 References 6 External linksProduction editProducer Tony Visconti famous for his 1970s work with Ant s heroes Marc Bolan and David Bowie commented on his work with Ant on Vive Le Rock What a creative ball of energy He was great to work with He s very opinionated and knows what he wants We didn t quite agree during the mixes he kind of wanted everything very trebly and I m a bassey kind of producer 5 The album was a realisation of the new rockers in space ethic and look Adam Ant had begun with the hit UK single Apollo 9 in September 1984 which peaked at number 13 6 Release edit Apollo 9 was released as a single a year before Vive Le Rock s release and was a chart hit However the album received only minor attention in the United States peaking at number 131 7 and number 42 in the United Kingdom 8 The title track was the one single from the album released in the US Ant performed Vive Le Rock at the 1985 benefit concert Live Aid It was the only song he played at the show as the band preceding him on the bill The Boomtown Rats for whom concert co organiser Bob Geldof was the front man overran their allotted time 9 Ant has said that the failure of Vive Le Rock and his then current record label s unwillingness to promote it left him depressed and unenthusiastic about his future in music This led to his decision to focus primarily on his acting career not releasing another album until Manners amp Physique in 1990 10 Twelfth track Human Bondage Den was released on the original cassette and CD release of this album as a bonus non LP track Most re releases did not feature this track until Columbia Records re released the album in 2005 along with seven other bonus tracks Track listing editAll tracks are written by Adam Ant amp Marco PirroniSide ANo TitleLength1 Vive Le Rock 3 392 Miss Thing 3 083 Razor Keen 3 494 Rip Down 3 235 Scorpio Rising 4 04 Side BNo TitleLength6 Apollo 9 3 227 Hell s Eight Acres 3 518 Mohair Lockeroom Pin Up Boys 3 149 No Zap 3 1410 P O E 3 2411 Apollo 9 A cappella Reprise 1 32Total length 36 40 CD and cassette versions bonus trackNo TitleLength12 Human Bondage Den 3 07 2005 reissue bonus tracks Vive Le Rock Unreleased Rico Conning 12 mix 7 28 Apollo 9 Unreleased Francois Kevorkian 7 mix 11 3 41 Doggy Style Unreleased demo 3 48 Night They Vietcong Unreleased demo 3 06 Big Big Man Razor Keen Unreleased demo 3 28 Rip Down Unreleased demo 3 15 Apollo 9 Francois Kevorkian Splashdown 12 mix 6 46 Vive Le Rock Unreleased Steve Thompson 12 mix 3 49Personnel editAdam 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 photographyReferences edit a b c Adam Ant Discography adam ant com Retrieved 18 October 2023 Ruhlmann William Adam Ant Vive Le Rock review AllMusic Rovi Corporation Retrieved 27 August 2011 Johnson Howard 17 October 1985 Adam Ant Vive le Rock Kerrang Vol 105 London UK Morgan Grampian p 24 Young Jon Lewis Kate Rompers Terry TrouserPress com Adam Ant TrouserPress com Retrieved 28 August 2016 tony visconti 21 November 2002 Archived from the original on 21 November 2002 apollo 9 full Official Chart History Official Charts Company www officialcharts com Adam Ant entry Guinness Book of Rock Stars Barry Lazell Dafydd Rees Luke Crampton Guinness Publishing 1994 vive le rock full Official Chart History Official Charts Company www officialcharts com Stand and Deliver Adam Ant Sidgewick amp Jackson 2006 Stand and Deliver Adam Ant Sidgewick amp Jackson 2006 Adam Ant Discography Vive le Rock adam ant com Retrieved 18 October 2023 External links editVive Le Rock at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vive Le Rock amp oldid 1194261334, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
