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I Blame the Government is the final studio album by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine. It was released on Cooking Vinyl Records in 1998. The album did little in the way of success in the UK mainstream charts but made a small impact on the UK indie charts.
Track listing
- "The Wrong Place at the Wrong Time" - 0:55
- "23:59 End of the World" - 3:41
- "Sunshine" - 3:36
- "The Undertaker and the Hippy Protest Singer" - 3:03
- "Sweetheart Sugar Baby" - 4:41
- "Growing Old Disgracefully" - 3:15
- "The Man Who Bought the World" - 4:40
- "Winning the War" - 3:14
- "I Blame the Government" - 3:19
- "Citizen's Band Radio" - 4:08
- "Psycho Bill" - 2:50
- "Closedown" - 3:27
- "Girls Can Keep a Secret" - 4:35
All Songs Written by Morrison/Carter
Album credits
Produced by Carter USM and Simon Painter.
Recorded at Notice Studios, House In The Woods and at Chateau Fruitbat
- Jim "Jim Bob" Morrison - vocals, guitar
- Les "Fruitbat" Carter - vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Wez - drums
- Salv - bass
- Steve - guitar
- Ben Lambert - keyboards
- Sex Machine - producer
- Simon Painter - producer, engineer, piano, guitar, backing vocals
- Simon Milton - assistant engineer
Trivia & Facts
- This album was original conceived as a double album (2 discs) but Carter guitarist Les "Fruitbat" Carter felt double albums were a chore in general to listen through from start to finish, so the plan was scrapped.
- Many of the songs released on the album were demo versions (recorded in Fruitbat’s home studio) and not final studio recording, as the band had parted ways before they had completed work on the album. Carter decided not to scrap the material but rather to release it as it stood.
- I Blame the Government was recorded with a seven-member line-up rather that just a two-member line-up which that had used on their early recordings, although Jim Bob and Fruitbat the two original members remained at the core of the process.
Singles
This is the only Carter album not to see any singles released from it, although Fruitbat has stated that he felt there were a couple of songs that could have been singles had the band not split before its release.