Straw Donkey: Singles [Import]

Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Carter USM | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 9, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B000006XHC
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #251,986 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. A Sheltered Life

2. Sheriff Fatman

3. Rubbish

4. Anytime Anyplace Anywhere

5. Bloodsport For All

6. After The Watershed (Early Learning The Hard Way)

7. The Only Living Boy In New Cross

8. Do Re Me So Far So Good

9. The Impossible Dream

10. Lean On Me I Won't Fall Over

11. Lenny And Terence

12. Glam Rock Cops

13. Let's Get Tattoos

14. The Young Offender's Mum

15. Born On 5th November

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Punk Angst In Overdrive!, April 22, 2005

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Govind Seshadri (Bangalore, India) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Straw Donkey: Singles (Audio CD)

Irreverent. Ingenious. Funny. Cathartic. For best effect, pump up the volume - with the headphones on, of course. Highly recommended for middle aged types who are desperately trying to cope with existential angst while reminiscing the Golden Age (1985-1995). PS: A bit of "empirical advice", shall we say. Do not drive while listening to this CD in your car...especially the track "A Sheltered Life".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fine retrospective, May 4, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Straw Donkey: Singles (Audio CD)

During their decade of existence, Carter USM were consistently one of the best acts in the UK indie scene, both live and on record. One memorable review described their music as "The Clash meets the Pet Shop Boys", which seems fairly accurate if a bit too simplistic.

Dismissed in the US as either a novelty act or as "too English", Carter (James Robert Morrison, a.k.a. "Jim Bob" and Les "Fruit Bat" Carter) nevertheless made outstanding music full of energy and wit and compassion and righteous indignation at the state of mankind. Although they officially split a few years back, they still come up with the occasional collaboration under the name Who's The Daddy Now? as well as their individual projects, Jim's Super Stereoworld and Abdoujaparov, respectively.

This compilation is a good place to start.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant..., April 16, 2001

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"yourarse_myplace" (California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Straw Donkey: Singles (Audio CD)

this is the first carter cd i have owned after hearing their music from friends... they should have gotten more media play in the united states because they are a very catchy mix of punk and new wave... anytime, anyplace, anywhere reminds me of the petshopboys vaguely... but it's really a lovely starter for the novice carter fan... i recommend it in a heartbeat...