1992 – The Love Album

Studio album by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine

Released

May 1992

Studio

Notice Studios, South London

Genre

Alternative dance, alternative rock, post-punk^[1]

Length

36:19

Label

Chrysalis Records

Producer

Sex 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

"Only Living Boy in New Cross"
Released: April 1992
"Do Re Me, So Far So Good"
Released: June 1992
"The Impossible Dream"
Released: November 1992

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Billboard	(favourable) ^[3]

1992 – The Love Album is an album by 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 number 1 album in the UK album charts.^[4] It also contained their only Top 10 hit, "The Only Living Boy in New Cross", which reached #7 in the UK charts. The album also included two further hit singles, "Do Re Me So Far So Good" (UK chart #22) and "The Impossible Dream" (UK chart #21). Initially, an earlier single, "After The Watershed" (UK chart #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 forego 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 number 32 in NME's list of the top 50 "Albums of the Year" in 1992.^[5]

Track listing

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

Original release (1992)

Side one
No.	Title	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

Side two
No.	Title	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 Darien)	5:19

Deluxe edition (2012)

Disc one
No.	Title	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 Darien)	5:19

Disc two
No.	Title	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, Hingley)	3:00
4.	"Panic" (Marr, Morrissey)	3:02
5.	"Watching the Big Apple Turn Over"	3:28
6.	"King Rocker" (Billy Idol, Tony James)	2:26
7.	"Mannequin" (Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Robert Gotobed)	3:44
8.	"Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" (Paul Weller)	3:59
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 Waters)	4:01
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^[4]	1
Sweden Sverigetopplistan^[6]	35

Preceded by Stars by Simply Red	UK number one album May 16–22, 1992	Succeeded by Fear of the Dark by Iron Maiden

References

↑ Post Historic Monsters | Music Review | Album | Hot Press
↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r71622
↑ Billboard, 8 August 1992 issue, p. 50
1 2 "CARTER - THE UNSTOPPABLE SEX MACHINE / Artist / Official Charts". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
↑ 1992 - NME

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1992: The Love Album - CD

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Studio albums	101 Damnations 30 Something 1992 – The Love Album Post Historic Monsters Worry Bomb I Blame the Government

Compilation albums	Starry Eyed and Bollock Naked Straw Donkey... The Singles The Good, the Bad, the Average and Unique You Fat Bastard

Extended plays	A World Without Dave

Singles	"Sheriff Fatman" "After the Watershed (Early Learning the Hard Way)" "The Impossible Dream"

Related articles	Rough Trade Chrysalis Cooking Vinyl Major League Productions (MLP) Jamie Wednesday Abdoujaparov

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