The Carpettes

The Carpettes are an English Punk Rock band from Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, England, formed in 1977. The Carpettes was one of the handful of bands that successfully negotiated the musical shifts that led from Punk to Mod at the end of the 1970s, originally formed while at school in 1974, as the heavily Stones-influenced Brown Sugar. Based in Houghton-le-Spring, near Sunderland, the founding lineup of Neil Thompson (vocals), George Maddison (bass), and Kevin Heard (drums) went through a succession of names (and minor lineup changes) before re-forming in spring 1977 as The Carpettes. A locally recorded demo brought the band to the attention of the Small Wonder label, and late 1977 saw the release of the band's debut, the four-song 7inch "How About Me And You". The group relocated to London around this same time, but a period of unrest saw The Carpettes' initial impetus fade. Heard departed, to be replaced by ex-Young Bucks drummer Tim Wilder, who himself was then replaced by former Merton Parkas percussionist Simon Smith. But Smith was only passing through, and Wilder returned in time for the band's next single, "Small Wonder." Shifting to the Beggars Banquet label, The Carpettes cut their debut album in 1979, the perhaps aptly titled "Frustration Paradise". The group's absorption into the percolating Mod revival brought them considerable live success, but neither album nor singles "I Don't Mean It" and "Johnny Won't Hurt You" could capitalize on their visibility. Nor, the following year, could a new album, "Fight Amongst Yourselves", and The Carpettes broke up in June 1981, bowing out with a farewell show at the Clarendon Hotel. The band reunited in 1996 to play the first "Holidays in the Sun" festival with a lineup of Thompson, Maddison, and Thompson's brother Paul. The success of that venture saw the reunion grow more permanent and, in 2002, buoyed by a successful Japanese tour, the band released its first new album in more than two decades, "Fair Play To 'Em".

How About Me And You 7'' (1977)

01 - How About Me And You
02 - Help I'm Trapped
03 - Radio Wunderbar
04 - Cream Of The Youth

Frustration Paradise (1979)

01 - Frustration Paradise
02 - Reach The Bottom
03 - I Don't Mean It
04 - 3 AM
05 - Away From It All
06 - Johnny Won't Hurt You
07 - Lost Love
08 - It Don't Make Sense
09 - A.B.C.
10 - Cruel Honesty
11 - How To Handle A Woman
12 - Indo-China

Fight Amongst Yourselves (1980)

01 - Nothing Ever Changes
02 - Since You Went Away
03 - False Foundations
04 - Fight Amongst Yourselves
05 - Dead Or Alive
06 - If Your Heart Stopped Now
07 - Friday Night: Saturday Morning
08 - The Last Lone Ranger
09 - Youth Rebellion
10 - The Reason I'm Lonely
11 - Total Insecurity
12 - Silly Game

Frustration Paradise & Fight Amongst Yourselves (1996)

01 - Frustration Paradise
02 - Reach The Bottom
03 - I Don't Mean It
04 - 3 AM
05 - Away From It All
06 - Johnny Won't Hurt You
07 - Lost Love
08 - It Don't Make Sense
09 - A.B.C.
10 - Cruel Honesty
11 - How To Handle A Woman
12 - Indo-China
13 - Nothing Ever Changes
14 - Since You Went Away
15 - False Foundations
16 - Dead Or Alive
17 - The Last Lone Ranger
18 - Youth Rebellion
19 - The Reason I'm Lonely
20 - Total Insecurity
21 - Silly Game

The Best Of The Carpettes (1996)

01 - How About Me And You
02 - Radio Wunderbar
03 - Small Wonder
04 - 2 Ne 1
05 - I Don't Mean It
06 - Johnny Won't Hurt You
07 - Frustration Paradise
08 - Reach The Bottom
09 - 3 AM
10 - Away From It All
11 - Lost Love
12 - Cruel Honesty
13 - Nothing Ever Changes
14 - You Never Realise
15 - Since You Went Away
16 - Fight Amongst Yourselves
17 - Dead Or Alive
18 - Friday Night: Saturday Morning
19 - Last Lone Ranger
20 - Silly Game
21 - Fan Club

The Early Years '77-'78 (1997)

01 - It's All Put On
02 - Radio Wunderbar
03 - Small Wonder
04 - How About Me And You
05 - TV Lady
06 - Help I'm Trapped
07 - Twenty One
08 - Cream Of The Youth
09 - Just What Do You Want?
10 - Creep
11 - Reach The Bottom
12 - Away From It All
13 - Indo China
14 - Cruel Honesty
15 - What Can I Do?
16 - I Don't Mean It
17 - It Don't Make Sense
18 - Double Platinum
19 - Routine

Fair Play To 'Em (2002)

01 - Is Everybody Happy
02 - Look No Further
03 - Brains!
04 - It Doesn't Matter
05 - That Was Then, This Is Now
06 - Cold Thoughts
07 - It Makes Me Want To Cry
08 - Love Is Blind
09 - We Want Your Money
10 - (I Still Remember) The First Time
11 - No Respect
12 - No Chance

Small Wonders (The Complete Singles 1977-1980) (2003)

01 - How About Me & You
02 - Help I'm Trapped
03 - Radio Wunderbar
04 - Cream Of The Youth
05 - Small Wonder
06 - 2 Ne 1
07 - I Don't Mean It
08 - Easy Way Out
09 - Johnny Won't Hurt You
10 - Keys To Your Heart (Live)
11 - Total Insecurity (Live)
12 - Nothing Ever Changes
13 - You Never Realise
14 - Frustration Paradise (Live)
15 - The Last Lone Ranger
16 - Love So Strong
17 - Fan Club

Live London University 1980 (2009)

01 - Dead Or Alive
02 - Johnny Won't Hurt You
03 - Easy Way Out
04 - You Never Realise
05 - Waiting For The Dark
06 - Total Insecurity
07 - 3 AM
08 - False Foundation
09 - Frustration Paradise
10 - Keys To Your Heart
11 - Fan Club
12 - Indo-China

Unreleased Demos 1979-1980 (2009)

01 - Dead Or Alive (Demo Version 1979)
02 - Easy Way Out (Demo Version 1980)
03 - False Foundations (Demo Version 1980)
04 - Fight Amongst Yourselves (Demo Version 1980)
05 - Friday Night: Saturday Morning (Demo Version 1980)
06 - If Your Heart Stopped Now (Demo Version)
07 - Nothing Ever Changes (Demo Version 1980)
08 - The Reason I'm Lonely (Demo Version 1980)
09 - Total Insecurity (Demo Version 1980)
10 - Waiting For The Dark (Demo Version 1980)
11 - You Never Realise (Demo Version 1980)
12 - Youth Rebellion (Demo Version 1980)

Live At Last (Tokyo 2003) (2009)

01 - No Respect
02 - Nothing Ever Changes
03 - Friday Night: Saturday Morning
04 - It Doesn't Matter
05 - Johnny Won't Hurt You/I Don't Mean It
06 - Frustration Paradise
07 - Reach The Bottom
08 - Could Thoughts
09 - Brains
10 - How About Me And You
11 - Fight Amongst Yourselves
12 - We Want Your Money
13 - Radio Wunderbar
14 - Dead Or Alive
15 - Indo-China
16 - Small Wonder
17 - I Just Called To Say I Love You

Carpettes (2009)

01 - Nothing At All
02 - Steal Your Thunder
03 - I Don't Like You
04 - Heddy
05 - Taking It Bad
06 - Stop Me
07 - Black, White, Wrong, Right?
08 - Next To You
09 - Waiting For The Dark
10 - Always Wrong
11 - The Way It Is Today
12 - Perfect Girl
13 - Don't Throw It All Away

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