Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine

Straw Donkey... The Complete Singles

Label: Chrysalis

Genre: 80s Wave / Rock / Pop / Punk

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Formed in 1987 by Fruitbat and Jim Bob, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine carved out a singular space in British music with their collision of punk-pop hooks, samples, drum machines, and barbed social commentary. Loud, funny, confrontational and melodic, their run of singles captured a band operating at full throttle and in constant dialogue with the world around them.

Straw Donkey brings together the complete Carter U.S.M. singles from 1988 to 1997, offering a concise retrospective of their most direct and enduring work. The collection includes UK Top 20 hits such as ‘The Only Living Boy In New Cross’, ‘After The Watershed (Early Learning The Hard Way)’, ‘Rubbish’, and ‘Lean On Me I Won’t Fall Over’, alongside defining tracks including ‘Sheriff Fatman’, ‘Anytime Anyplace Anywhere’, and ‘Bloodsport For All’.

This expanded edition also gathers the band’s promotional singles for the first time, adding ‘Road Rage’, ‘Stuff The Jubilee! (Extra Special Radio Only Version)’, ‘Airplane Food’, ‘And God Created Brixton’, and ‘The Undertaker And The Hippy Protest Singer’. Together, they complete the picture of a band whose singles catalogue remains one of the sharpest, smartest, and most distinctive of its era.

Gatefold sleeve with obi strip. Includes new track-by-track sleeve notes by Jim Bob and Fruitbat.