1992 – The Love Album

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1992 – The Love Album
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Studio album by
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
Released4 May 1992
StudioNotice (South London)
GenreAlternative dance, alternative rock, post-punk[1]
Length36:19
LabelChrysalis
ProducerSex Machine, Simon Painter
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine chronology
30 Something
(1991) 		1992 – The Love Album
(1992) 		Post Historic Monsters
(1993)
Singles from 1992 – The Love Album
  1. "Only Living Boy in New Cross"
    Released: April 1992
  2. "Do Re Me, So Far So Good"
    Released: June 1992
  3. "The Impossible Dream"
    Released: November 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars [2]
Billboard(favourable)[3]
Drowned in Sound9/10[4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 stars[5]
Select4/5 stars[6]

1992 – The Love Album is an album by English band Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine. Released on Chrysalis Records, following the demise of Rough Trade Records, the album achieved commercial success and became the band's first and only No. 1 album on the UK Albums Chart.[7] It also contained their only Top 10 hit, "The Only Living Boy in New Cross", which reached No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart. The album also included two further hit singles, "Do Re Me So Far So Good" (UK No. 22) and "The Impossible Dream" (UK No. 21). Initially, an earlier single, "After the Watershed" (UK No. 11) was also programmed to be included in the album track listing, but due to an injunction from the publishers of The Rolling Stones (who took exception to a line in the lyric quoted from their 60s hit single "Ruby Tuesday"), resulting in the band having to credit the composition to Morrison / Carter / Richards / Jagger, it was omitted from the album as they otherwise would have had to forgo publishing royalties for every copy of the album sold.

A deluxe edition was released in 2012, featuring all of the B-sides, the "After the Watershed (Early Learning the Hard Way)" single reinserted into the original running order, a song from NME's Ruby Trax compilation and live recordings from a performance at the Féile Festival, 31 July 1992.

The album was ranked at No. 32 in NME's list of the top 50 "Albums of the Year" in 1992.[8]

Track listing[]

All songs written and composed by Morrison and Carter; except where indicated.

Original release (1992)[]

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."1993"3:11
2."Is Wrestling Fixed?"2:03
3."The Only Living Boy in New Cross"3:57
4."Suppose You Gave a Funeral and Nobody Came"4:08
5."England"2:35
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Do Re Me, So Far So Good" 3:06
7."Look Mum, No Hands!" 2:58
8."While You Were Out" 4:02
9."Skywest and Crooked" (featuring Ian Dury) 4:50
10."The Impossible Dream"Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion5:19

Deluxe edition (2012)[]

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."1993" 3:11
2."Is Wrestling Fixed?" 2:03
3."Only Living Boy in New Cross" 3:57
4."Suppose You Gave a Funeral and Nobody Came" 4:08
5."England" 2:35
6."Do Re Me, So Far So Good" 3:06
7."After the Watershed" 4:24
8."Look Mum, No Hands!" 2:58
9."While You Were Out" 4:02
10."Skywest and Crooked" (featuring Ian Dury) 4:50
11."The Impossible Dream"Mitch Leigh, Joe Darien5:19
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The 90's Revival" 2:03
2."A Nation of Shoplifters" 2:03
3."This Is How It Feels"Boon, Gill, Lambert, Walsh, Hingley3:00
4."Panic"Marr, Morrissey3:02
5."Watching the Big Apple Turn Over" 3:28
6."King Rocker"Billy Idol, Tony James2:26
7."Mannequin"Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Robert Gotobed3:44
8."Down in the Tube Station at Midnight"Paul Weller3:59
9."Turn On, Tune in and Switch Off" 2:27
10."When Thesauruses Ruled the Earth" 3:19
11."Bring On the Girls" 2:55
12."Another Brick in the Wall"Roger Waters4:01
13."Look Mum, No Hands" 3:04
14."Anytime Anyplace Anywhere" 4:10
15."Sheriff Fatman" 4:57
16."A Prince in a Pauper's Grave" 4:20
17."While You Were Out" 4:04
18."Shopper's Paradise" 4:49
19."After the Watershed" 4:00
20."Bloodsport for All" 5:12
21."A Perfect Day to Drop the Bomb" 5:53
Disc two notes
  • Tracks 1-3 from "After the Watershed" Single (October 1991)
  • Tracks 4 and 5 from "The Only Living Boy In New Cross" single
  • Tracks 6-8 from "Do Re Me, So Far So Good" single
  • Tracks 9-11 from "The Impossible Dream" single
  • Track 12 from Ruby Trax compilation (October 1992)
  • Tracks 13-21 were recorded live at the Féile Festival, 31 July 1992

Personnel[]

  • Jim "Jim Bob" Morrison - performer
  • Les "Fruitbat" Carter - performer
  • Sex Machine - producer
  • Simon Painter - producer, engineer
  • Kevin Metcalf - mastering (at the Townhouse)
  • Carter EEC - sleeve design
  • Andy G - sleeve design
  • Stuart D - sleeve design

Charts[]

Chart (1992) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[7] 1
Australia (ARIA Charts)[9] 89
Sweden Sverigetopplistan[10] 35

References[]

  1. ^ Post Historic Monsters | Music Review | Album | Hot Press
  2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r71622
  3. ^ Billboard, 8 August 1992 issue, p. 50
  4. ^ Bass, George (31 October 2012). "Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine 1992 The Love Album (remaster)". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London, UK: Omnibus Press. p. 3101. ISBN 9780857125958.
  6. ^ Scott, Danny (June 1992). "The Vicious Boys". Select: 68. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "CARTER - THE UNSTOPPABLE SEX MACHINE / Artist / Official Charts". The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  8. ^ 1992 - NME
  9. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  10. ^ "swedishcharts.com - Discography Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine". © 2006-2010 Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 October 2011.



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