30 Something

Infobox Album
Name = 30 Something
Type = Album
Longtype =
Artist = Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine


Released = 1991
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative Dance Alternative rock
Length =
Label = Capitol EMI Nettwerk
Producer =
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aifwxqw5ld0e link]
Last album = "101 Damnations" (1989)
This album = "30 Something" (1991)
Next album = "" (1992)

30 Something was Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine's second album and was released in 1991 on Rough Trade Records. It was recorded in 20 days on 8-track, costing only ₤4,000. The album is regarded by many to be the peak of the group, in terms of quality of music and popularity. The success of the album coincided with the renewed success of the Sheriff Fatman single, and so gained more sales in this way. It reached #8 in the UK charts on its original release, and number 21 when re-issued in early 1992.

One of the singles, "Bloodsport For All", an attack on racism and bullying in the army, was released at the start of the Gulf War and consequently banned by the BBC. [cite web | title = Village of the Banned: The Music Auntie Beeb Didn't Want You to Hear | publisher = Bubblegum | date = 2000 | url = http://www.bubblegun.com/features/banned.html | format = html | accessdate = 2007-01-09]

Track listing

# "Surfin' Usm" - 3:14
# "Second to Last Will and Testament" - 2:38
# "Anytime Anyplace Anywhere" - 4:10
# "A Prince in a Pauper's Grave" - 4:25
# "Shoppers' Paradise" - 4:54
# "Billy's Smart Circus" - 4:05
# "Bloodsport for All" - 5:05
# "Sealed With a Glasgow Kiss" - 2:04
# "Say It With Flowers" - 3:18
# "Falling on a Bruise" - 5:56
# "The Final Comedown" - 2:05

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