Kings of the Wild Frontier LP

Adam and the Ants rebuilt their lineup after the old one bolted to form Bow Wow Wow, then answered with Kings of the Wild Frontier, their second album. Producer Chris Hughes, drumming himself under the name Merrick, locked in with guitarist Marco Pirroni to pound out the double-drum attack that drove the Burundi beat into pop music. The record topped the UK albums chart, outsold everything else in the country that year, and took Best British Album at the 1982 Brit Awards, with "Antmusic" and the title track both hitting number two on the singles chart.