''Redux'' a compilation album by

Adam Ant Stuart Leslie Goddard (born 3 November 1954), known professionally as Adam Ant, is an English singer, musician, and actor. He gained popularity as the lead singer of new wave group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring 10 UK ...

. It is a 15-track bonus disc that only came with the ''Adam Ant Remastered'' limited edition collector's box set (5,000 copies) released 11 April 2005. It features previously unreleased demo versions of songs from his previous albums. Along with ''Redux'', ''Adam Ant Remastered'' came with remastered versions of '' Friend or Foe'', ''

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'' & ''

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'', which also contained demos and outtakes from their respective albums. Most of the demos on ''Redux'' were from older

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albums, however, a few demos from his solo career appear on it as well. The first four tracks are demos from 1980 for Adam and the Ants' breakthrough album, ''

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'', recorded at KPM studio. "Prick Up Your Ears" (track one) is about 1960s English playwright and author

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and his mentor, lover and eventual murderer

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. By the time it became "The Magnificent Five," the lyrics became about Adam and the Ants. Tracks five through eight are demos from 1981 from the ''

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'', recording sessions at

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. Tracks nine through eleven are demos from Adam Ant's first solo album, ''Friend or Foe''. "Seven Up" (track ten) is a previously unreleased instrumental. Tracks twelve through fourteen are ''Vive Le Rock'' demos. The final track is a cover of the title track to T. Rex's final album, "

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," recorded at John Reynolds' studio in

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Track listing

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Redux (Album) Adam Ant albums 2005 albums Epic Records albums