I Am a Wallet 2499506 225221879 2008-07-12T15:18:58Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = I Am A Wallet | Type = [[Album]] | Artist = [[McCarthy (band)|McCarthy]] | Cover = | Released = November 1987 | Genre = [[Indie pop]] | Label = [[September Records]] | Producer = Trigger | Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{Rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hbfyxq9jldje] | Last album = | This album =''I Am A Wallet''<br />(1987) | Next album =''[[The Enraged Will Inherit The Earth]]''<br />(1989) }} '''''I Am A Wallet''''' was the first album by the band [[McCarthy (band)|McCarthy]], released in November 1987. After recording three singles, [[In Purgatory]], [[Red Sleeping Beauty]] and [[Frans Hals (song)|Frans Hals]], the first album by [[McCarthy (band)|McCarthy]] demonstrates three-chord guitar pop reminiscent of [[The Byrds]]. While this form of [[Indie pop]] was widespread in '80s underground [[UK|Britain]], [[McCarthy (band)|McCarthy]] brought left-wing anarchist politics to the genre. Religion is attacked in "God Made the Virus", while the return of [[Voctorian morality|Victorian]] values espoused by [[Margaret Thatcher]] are compared to medieval oppression in "In the Dark Times". [[I am a Wallet|I Am A Wallet]] has since been described by [[Nicky Wire]] as "the most perfect record, a [[Communist]] manifesto with tunes" [http://www.nickywire.co.uk/wordmojooct04.html]. On the album cover of the 2007 re-release he writes that McCarty "are partly to blame for the realisation of the Manic Street Preachers". [[James Dean Bradfield]] rated [[I Am A Wallet]] as his top [[United Kingdom|British]] album of all time. [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,1241254,00.html]. == Track listing == #"An MP Speaks" - 2:10 #"Monetaries" - 1:57 #"The International Narcotics Traffic" - 2:25 #"The Way of the World" - 2:28 #"Antinature" - 1:42 #"Charles Windsor" - 1:38 #"The Vision of Peregrine Worsthorne" - 2:50 #"[[The Well Of Loneliness]]" - 2:29 #"The Wicked Palace Revolution" - 2:32 #"God Made the Virus" - 1:40 #"The Funeral" - 1:51 #"A Child Soon in Chains" - 1:46 #"In the Dark Times" - 1:44 #"The Procession of Popular Capitalism" - 3:07 == Re-releases == In 1989, the album was re-released on CD with four bonus tracks from ''The Well Of Loneliness'' EP. The tracklisting is: #"An MP Speaks" #"Monetaries" #"The International Narcotics Traffic" #"The Way of the World" #"Antinature" #"Charles Windsor" #"The Vision of Peregrine Worsthorne" #"Unfortunately" #"Bad Dreams" #"Someone Worse Off" #"Antiamericancretin" #"[[The Well Of Loneliness]]" #"The Wicked Palace Revolution" #"God Made the Virus" #"The Funeral" #"A Child Soon in Chains" #"In the Dark Times" #"The Procession of Popular Capitalism" In 1999, the album was re-released on CD with [[Banking, Violence And The Inner Life Today]]. The tracklisting is: #"An MP Speaks" - 2:10 #"Monetaries" - 1:57 #"The International Narcotics Traffic" - 2:25 #"The Way of the World" - 2:28 #"Antinature" - 1:42 #"Charles Windsor" - 1:38 #"The Vision of Peregrine Worsthorne" - 2:50 #"[[The Well Of Loneliness]]" - 2:29 #"The Wicked Palace Revolution" - 2:32 #"God Made the Virus" - 1:40 #"The Funeral" - 1:51 #"A Child Soon in Chains" - 1:46 #"In the Dark Times" - 1:44 #"The Procession of Popular Capitalism" - 3:07 #"I'm on the Side of Mankind As Much As the Next Man" - 4:19 #"And Tomorrow the Stock Exchange Will Be the Human Race" - 5:33 #"Now Is the Time for an Iron Hand" - 4:27 #"The Drinking Song of the Merchant Bankers" - 5:55 #"Write Your MP Today" - 3:53 #"Use a Bank I'd Rather Die" - 4:27 #"I Worked Myself Up From Nothing" - 3:40 #"The Well-Fed Point of View" - 3:07 #"[[Get A Knife Between Your Teeth]]" - 3:05 #"Take the Shortest Way with the Men of Violence" - 4:39 #"You'll Have to Put an End to Them" - 2:23 In 2007, the album was re-released on CD again, only in European countries. Tracks 15-23 comprise the bonus tracks. Tracks 15-18 ("Unfortuately", "Bad Dreams", "Someone Worse Off", and "Antiamericancretin") are the added tracks on the 1989 re-release of the album; tracks 19-22 ("The Fall", "The Funeral", "The Enemy Is At Home (For The Fat Lady)", and "The Way Of The World") are from the 1988 12" "This Nelson Rockefeller"; track 23 is from the compilation EP "A La Guillotine". The tracklisting this time around is: #"An MP Speaks" #"Monetaries" #"The International Narcotics Traffic" #"The Way of the World" #"Antinature" #"Charles Windsor" #"The Vision of Peregrine Worsthorne" #"The Well Of Loneliness" #"The Wicked Palace Revolution" #"God Made The Virus" #"The Funeral" #"A Child Soon In Chains" #"In The Dark Times" #"The Procession Of Popular Capitalism" #"Unfortunately" #"Bad Dreams" #"Someone Worse Off" #"Antiamericancretin" #"The Fall" #"The Funeral" #"The Enemy Is At Home (For The Fat Lady)" #"The Way Of The World" #"In Purgatory" == Singles == "[[The Well Of Loneliness]]" == Personnel == *[[Malcolm Eden]] – Voice and Guitar *[[Tim Gane]] – Lead Guitar *[[John Williamson (musician)|John Williamson]] – Bass Guitar *[[Gary Baker (musician)|Gary Baker]] – Drums *John Hymas – Viola *Andrew Golding – Harpsichord * Nigel Palmer – Engineer * Andy Royston – Sleeve Design [[Category:1987 albums]]