A World Without Dave is an EP by

Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine (also known as Carter USM or simply Carter) were an English indie rock band formed in 1987 by singer Jim "Jim Bob" Morrison and guitarist Les "Fruitbat" Carter. They made their name with a distinctive style o ...

. It was the group's only EP release of original material and was their first release after signing for

Cooking Vinyl Cooking Vinyl is a British independent record label, based in Acton, London, England, founded in 1986 by former manager and booking agent Martin Goldschmidt and business partner Pete Lawrence. Goldschmidt remains the current owner and chairman ...

in 1997. ''A World Without Dave'' was released as an EP to reduce the retail price compared to a full-length album, with the intention of generating higher sales. The album was also the first recorded with bass player Salv and guitarist Steve, each of whom would remain part of Carter until the group's demise. The album reached number 73 in the UK Albums Chart.

Track listing

# "Broken Down in Broken Town" # "A World Without Dave" # "Before the War" # "Nowhere Fast" # "Johnny Cash" # "And God Created Brixton" # "Stand Up and Be Counted" (U.S & German release and 2018 vinyl release only) # "Negative Equity" (U.S & German release and 2018 vinyl release only) # "Road Rage" (U.S & German release and 2018 vinyl release only) # “Elvis Lives and Carterbreakamerica” (2018 vinyl release only) * The U.S version and the German version contain 9 tracks rather than just the first six due to Cooking Vinyl's American arm asking for more tracks. * The EP was included in the 2018 vinyl box set “The Studio Recordings 1988-1998”, and featured the U.S. and Germany track listing plus one additional track, making it the length of a full studio album.

Personnel

*Recorded at The House in the Woods, Notice Studios and Chateau Fruitbat *Engineering by Simon Milton and Simon Painter *A sleeve called Dave by Jim Bob *Carter are: Jim Bob, Fruitbat, Wez, Salv, Steve and Ben *All songs written by Morrison/Carter and published by Island Music Ltd. 1997 debut EPs Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine albums Cooking Vinyl EPs {{1990s-pop-album-stub