Friend Or Foe
by Adam Ant
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Friend Or Foe is ranked as the best album by Adam Ant.
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Friend Or Foe track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Friend Or Foe rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1982 | 96/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Gendjar | Top 28 Music Albums of the 1980s | 25/28 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 11/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | microjude | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 15/100 | 84 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 31 Music Albums of 1982 | 21/31 | 2 |
| 2026 | Gendjar | Top 7 Music Albums of 1982 | 7/7 | 1 |
| 2026 | Rich150 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 96/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 73/100 | 28 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (65), #0301-0400* | 74/79 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 37 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 178 | |||
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Friend Or Foe ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/28/2026 23:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,855 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2026 11:01 | LammyTS1 | 1,106 | 59/100 |
| ! | 01/09/2026 01:32 |  Brandon8 | 1,054 | 88/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.4/100, a mean average of 66.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.8.
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Friend Or Foe forum mentions
Romanelli 02/21/2026 18:40 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 10/28/2024 19:00 in What music video are you watching right now? Romanelli 05/24/2024 20:28 in What album are you listening to right now?Friend Or Foe comments
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Adam's first solo record, although in truth it doesn't make hardly any difference considering Marco is still on board. Still, friend or foe, is an improvement on the disappointing, Prince charming. Goody two shoes, and the title track are classic Adam, and, desperate but not serious, something girls, and, a place in the country, are all enjoyable too. Not brilliant, but good fun.
Decent first solo offering from Adam Ant - however his best solo album was never released - if you get the chance go online and try to find 'Persuasion' - if it were released I'd buy it without hesitation.
Updated: listening through again, on vinyl, and this is a good album, better than the follow up, Strip, and contrary to my previous comments when I was listening through headphones on download…..bad move! (Edited)
Another guilty pleasure, I can't help but like Mr. Ant.
Music which there were many in the early eighties. (Edited)
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