Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine - 1992: The Love Album [2LP]
Format: 2LP, Blue/Yellow
Catalogue No.: CRV1946
Barcode: 0810098508988
Release Date: 19 Jan 2024
Genre: Rock
Formed in 1987 by Les "Fruitbat" Carter and Jim "Jim Bob" Morrison, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine burst onto the scene with their signature style of punk-pop infused with samples, drum machines, and social commentary.
'1992 The Love Album' was Carter USM's debut release on Chrysalis Records and reached the No. 1 spot album on the UK Album Chart in May 1992, propelling the band to pop stardom.
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LP (Blue & Translucent Yellow)
This expanded edition features the complete album in it's original running order on LP 1 - including the band's biggest chart hit 'The Only Living Boy In New Cross' which reached No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart plus Top 40 singles 'Do Re Me, So Far So Good' and 'The Impossible Dream' (a cover of the Man of La Mancha standard).
LP 2 features '1992 - The Other Love Songs', the complete collection of B-sides from the period plus the non-album Top 20 A-side 'After The Watershed (Early Learning The Hard Way)'.
Newly remastered by Phil Kinrade at AIR Mastering and pressed on 180g blue (LP1) and yellow (LP2) translucent vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve with poly-lined inner bags.
Whilst the group are no longer active, Jim Bob is on a solo tour in Europe throughout September, and Les 'Fruitbat' Carter will be touring Europe from September to November with his group Abdoujaparov.
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LP Tracks: 1993 / Is Wrestling Fixed? / The Only Living Boy In New Cross / Suppose You Gave A Funeral And Nobody Came / England / Do Re Me, So Far So Good / Look Mum, No Hands! / While You Were Out / Skywest And Crooked / The Impossible Dream / After The Watershed (Early Learning The Hard Way) / The 90's Revival / A Nation of Shoplifters / This Is How It Feels / Panic / Watching The Big Apple Turnover / King Rocker / Mannequin / Down In The Tubestation At Midnight / Turn On Tune In Switch Off / When Thesauruses Ruled The Earth / Bring On The Girls
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