McCarthy - I Am A Wallet [1987] [EAC,log,cue. FLAC]

MOJO Magazine: Buried Treasure "Album That Time Forgot."

Artist: McCarthy
Release: I Am A Wallet
Discogs: 2751311
Released: 1987 / 2007
Label: September / Cherry Red
Catalog#: SEPT 2 / CDM RED 313
Format: FLAC / Lossless / Log (100%) / Cue / CD, Reissue
Country: UK
Style: Pop, Rock, Indie Rock

Tracklisting:

01. An MP Speaks
02. Monetaries
03. The International Narcotics Traffic
04. The Way Of The World
05. Antinature
06. Charles Windsor
07. The Vision Of Peregrine Worsthorne
08. The Well Of Loneliness
09. The Wicked Palace Revolution
10. God Made The Virus
11. The Funeral
12. A Child Soon In Chains
13. In The Dark Times
14. The Procession Of Popular Capitalism
Bonus Tracks
15. Unfortunately
16. Bad Dreams
17. Someone Worse Off
18. Antiamericancretin
19. The Fall
20. The Funeral
21. The Enemy Is At Home (For The Fat Lady)
22. The Way Of The World
23. In Purgatory

Credits:

Bass: John Williamson
Drums: Gary Baker
Engineer: Nigel Palmer
Harpsichord: Andrew Golding
Lead Guitar: Tim Gane
Painting [Cover Painting]: George Grosz
Photography By: Boing
Producer: Trigger
Sleeve [Sleeve Design]: Andy Royston
Viola: John Hymas
Vocals, Guitar: Malcolm Eden

Tracks 15-18 are taken from 'The Well of Loneliness' single.
Tracks 19-22 are taken from the 'This Nelson Rockefeller' single.
Track 23 is taken from the single of the same name.

(P) except 15-18 (P) 1989, 19-23 (P) Midnight Music (Records) Ltd. This compilation (C) 2007 Cherry Red Records Ltd.

After recording two astonishingly beautiful singles, Red Sleeping Beauty and Frans Hals, the first album by McCarthy is a slice of three-minute, three-chord guitar pop reminiscent of the Byrds. The wonderful, if slightly twee, jangly guitars and upbeat drumming support Malcolm Eden's rather weedy vocals. While this form of indie pop was widespread in '80s underground Britain, McCarthy brought left-wing anarchist politics to the genre. Religion is attacked in "God Made the Virus," while the return of Victorian values espoused by Margaret Thatcher are compared to medieval oppression in "In the Dark Times." While this album may not be musically groundbreaking, if you're looking for perfect pop, you would be hard-pressed to find better than this album.

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