Carlene Carter/Blue Nun

Product Description:
Carlene Carter is a country singer, with a little rock thrown in, thanks to her marriage to Nick Lowe. She is the daughter of June Carter. She has issued numerous albums over the 70s, 80s & 90s. Carlene Carter was her debut album from 1978 and features Nick Lowe, Brinsley Schwarz & Graham Parker. It is making its worldwide CD debut as part of this two-fer. Blue Nun was from 1981 and features Paul Carrack & Glenn Tilbrook. Wounded Bird. 2005.

Carlene Carter/Blue Nun,Carlene Carter,Wounded Bird Records,Country,New Wave,Pop,United States of America

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Carlene Carter/Blue Nun Carlene Carter Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Two Sides to Every Woman/Musical Shapes Little Love Letters Carlene Carter - Live in London Little Acts of Treason Hindsight 20/20 ASIN: B000AP303E Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

1. Love Is Gone
2. Smoke Dreams
3. Between You and Me
4. I Once Knew Love
5. I've Been There Before
6. Never Together (But Close Sometimes)
7. Mr. Moon
8. Alabama Morning
9. Slow Dance
10. Who Needs Words
11. Oh How Happy
12. Love Is a 4 Letter Verb
13. That Boy
14. 300 Pounds of Hongry
15. Tougher Stuff
16. I Need a Hit
17. Rockababy
18. Me and My
19. Do Me Lover
20. Too Many Teardrops
21. Billy
22. C'mon Feet/Born to Move
23. Think Dirty
24. When You Comin' Back

Album Description

Carlene Carter is a country singer, with a little rock thrown in, thanks to her marriage to Nick Lowe. She is the daughter of June Carter. She has issued numerous albums over the 70s, 80s & 90s. Carlene Carter was her debut album from 1978 and features Nick Lowe, Brinsley Schwarz & Graham Parker. It is making its worldwide CD debut as part of this two-fer. Blue Nun was from 1981 and features Paul Carrack & Glenn Tilbrook. Wounded Bird. 2005.

Average customer rating: Excellent! Even Better 20 years later CARLENE CARTER is da Bomb! This double cd is really a 4.5 * SomethingWonderfulThisWayComes this is not a 5 star cd

Musical Shapes/Blue Nun Carlene Carter Manufacturer: Demon Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music New Wave | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Contemporary Country | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: West ASIN: B000001183 Release Date: 1994-07-05

Tracks:

1. Cry
2. Madness
3. Baby Ride Easy
4. Bandit Of Love
5. I'm So Cool
6. Appalachian Eyes
7. Ring Of Fire
8. Too Bad About Sandy
9. That Very First Kiss
10. Foggy Mountain Top
11. Too Drunk (To Remember)
12. Too Proud
13. Oh How Happy
14. Love Is A 4-Letter Verb
15. That Boy
16. 300 Pounds Of Hongry
17. Tougher Stuff
18. I Need A Hit
19. Rockababy
20. Me And My .38
21. Do Me Lover
22. Too Many Teardrops
23. Billy
24. C'Mon Feets
25. Think Dirty
26. If The Shoe Fits
27. Home Run Hitter
28. When You Comin' Back

Customer Reviews:

Excellent!.......2004-05-25

Demon Records reissued Carlene Carter's Musical Shapes and Blue Nun on one disc in 1992. Neither album is straight country - with their propulsive rhythms and jangling guitars, they exhibit the influence of her then-current husband Nick Lowe - but Musical Shapes is one of her best records, and worth getting in any form. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG

(Review for 'Musical Shapes'): This is Carter's masterpiece to date. Great songs and production that could easily fit into today's climate of country radio. - Cub Koda, AMG

(Review for 'Blue Nun'): Carter's American label passed on this one, and it's too bad. While it's not one of her best albums, when she's on, she's dead on. It's interesting from a historical point because it somewhat chronicles her musical associations with former-husband Nick Lowe and Paul Carrack (ex-Ace, Squeeze, Mike + the Mechanics). - Jim Worbois, AMG

Even Better 20 years later.......2002-07-12

I was a clerk in a record store when this first came out. I was really a rock n' roller at heart and had little regard for country music. I loved some of the stuff that was coming out of Stiff records - especially Nick Lowe. And while at first, Musical Shapes looked like just another country LP, when we opened the promo at the store and played it, we all fell in love with Carlene's "cowpunk" style.

Over the years, I bought every new Carlene Carter Cd but then put them on the shelf and never really listened to them. Recently as part of my mid life crisis I started listening to Carlene again. And as much as I love "Little Love Letters" and "Little Acts of Treason", I really needed to hear Musical Shapes again.

I finely got ahold of a copy and I am 19 again! With Carlene, theres's no whining or crying. She's brassey and sassy. She's tough and tender. I can't say enough about this CD. Okay I'm still warming up to the Blue Nun portion. But if you like Elvis Costello or NIck Lowe or even Tom Petty, you will love Carlene.
Get this Cd and "Little Love Letters" before they go out of print. And then, like me, you'll hope that CC starts recording and touring again.

CARLENE CARTER is da Bomb! This double cd is really a 4.5 *.......2002-01-28

I must differ a good bit from [other reviews]. Yes, the vocals in some of the songs are somewhat lost in the mix of the instruments. The thing is, that instrumentation is by the fabulous Rockpile (consisting of Carlene's then husband Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds).

Musical Shapes is a 5 star release. Cry is just a (...)kicking piece of rockin' country. 'Baby Ride Easy', a duet with Dave Edmunds, is one of the greatest duets you ever will hear. The interplay between the two is so convincing that you think it was a first person account. 'Madness' highlights the fine gutiar work of Edmunds. I will grant you, Ring of Fire is a let down compared to her step-dad's classic. The new wavish approach does not work. Too Bad About Sandy and Bandit of Love are other standouts. Foggy Mountain Top is a good re-interpretation of the ole Carter Family gem. Overall, this album can be mentioned in the same breath as Marshall Crenshaw's selt titled debut as fine examples of early 80s rockabilly.

I give Blue Nun 4 stars. A little inconsistent. The highlight of the album is the duet with Paul Carrack on Edwin Starr's "Oh How Happy". C'mon Feet, a retitled cover of the John Fogerty/CCR tune 'Born to Move' and Love Is A 4 Letter Verb are also stellar.

I have turned many hard core rock n roll fans on to Carter at rollingstone.com. She is like an alternative Linda Ronstadt. Get your hands on anything you can by this woman who is Carl Smith and June Carter's daughter, Johnny Cash's stepdaughter, Nick Lowe's ex, and a part of the legendary Carter Family no less! Plus, she was backed by Graham Parker's The Rumour, Rockpile, Paul Carrack, the Doobie Brothers, Paul Schafer, Clarence Cleomons, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at various times in her career! There is a reason so many talented guys wanted to work with her, and I am not talking just about her stunning physical attributes. She's a great one!

PS: Ring of Fire was co-written by Carlene's mom June and aunt Anita Carter, from June's perspective about John R. Cash of course. I highly recommend you get Anita's "Ring of Fire" offered here on amazon because she had one of the greatest soprano's that you could imagine.

SomethingWonderfulThisWayComes.......2002-01-13

Ah, someone who perceives to be to the South of the infamous "Line."

There are those who want to bash such vibrant beginnings. When Something beautiful and intangible had simply and suddenly erupted, like Venus from the Half Shell & they missed that "episode" .......

They are quite incorrect in their grievious delusions. (i.e. get a clue.)

Carlene was brilliant far before she was even noticed by others. She had this sense of South mixed with some kick-derierre lyrics and music. She was never accepted by any side, greatly. Perhaps the British, but do they count? (Let me look into this French thing, however.)

Carlene Carter did something that gave credibility to country that rocks. She was and is both. (Perhaps "Iron Man" on her next covers album? How about "Cruel to Be Kind"?)

Give her credit. Her first albums were shoe-string budget, yet gave the basis of her Music. Stop being persnickety about their production/performance/precision/perfection. Because they were brilliant.

And by the way, I never gave a sad rating to her other albums. I merely gave her what she deserves from a strange and uncertain time .......

EmmyLou and Carlene gave and extended to us legacies.

I have found EmmyLou ....... but Carlene - is Carlene - still.

this is not a 5 star cd.......2001-12-13

I can't believe this CD is getting 5 star ratings
while Little Love Letters gets 4. Have ya'll no
descriminating tastes? Face it, Little Love Letters is a
10 out of 5, while I feel generous giving this
one a 3. The vocals in half these
songs are drowned out by instrumentals, and
the techno-pop-disco version of _Ring of Fire_
makes me shudder. And what's with the get-up
on the back of the CD, is that from some guest
appearance on 'Mary Hartman Mary Hartman' or what?

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Blue Nun Manufacturer: Renaissance Records/Ka ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B00067E5EE Release Date: 2005-02-14

Product Description

With guests Paul Carrack, Martin Belmont, Nick Lowe & Billy Bremner. Track listing: 1. Oh How Happy 2. Love Is A 4 Letter Verb 3. That Boy 4. 300 Pounds Of Hongry 5. Tougher Stuff 6. I Need A Hit 7. Rockababy 8. Me And My.38 9. Do Me Lover 10. Too Many Teardrops 11. Billy 12. C'Mon Feet/ Born To Move 13. Think Dirty 14. When You Comin' Back

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Musical Shapes/Blue Nun Carlene Carter Manufacturer: Demon Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002B60K6 Release Date: 1999-03-23

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Musical Shapes/Blue Nun Carlene Carter Manufacturer: Demon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008E23 Release Date: 1992-01-01

Tracks:

1. Cry
2. Madness
3. Baby Ride Easy
4. Bandit of Love
5. I'm So Cool
6. Appalachian Eyes
7. Ring of Fire
8. Too Bad About Sandy
9. That Very First Kiss
10. Foggy Mountain Top
11. Too Drunk (To Remember)
12. Too Proud
13. Oh How Happy
14. Love Is a 4 Letter Verb
15. That Boy
16. 300 Pounds of Clay
17. Tougher Stuff
18. I Need a Hit
19. Rockababy
20. Me and My .38
21. Do Me Lover
22. Too Many Teardrops
23. Billy
24. C'mon Feets
25. Think Dirty
26. If the Shoe Fits
27. Home Run Hitter
28. When You Comin' Back

Average customer rating:

Musical Shapes/Blue Nun Carlene Carter Manufacturer: Demon Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000006JVL Release Date: 1995-05-24

Tracks:

1. Cry
2. Madness
3. Baby Ride Easy
4. Bandit of Love
5. I'm So Cool
6. Appalachian Eyes
7. Ring of Fire
8. Too Bad About Sandy
9. That Very First Kiss
10. Foggy Mountain Top
11. Too Drunk (To Remember)
12. Too Proud
13. Oh How Happy
14. Love Is a 4 Letter Verb
15. That Boy
16. 300 Pounds of Clay
17. Tougher Stuff
18. I Need a Hit
19. Rockababy
20. Me and My .38
21. Do Me Lover
22. Too Many Teardrops
23. Billy
24. C'mon Feets
25. Think Dirty
26. If the Shoe Fits
27. Home Run Hitter
28. When You Comin' Back

Music Album:

1. Chicago Wind [Content/Copy-Protected CD]
2. Chill of an Early Fall
3. Classic Country: 1950-1964
4. Country Soul Revue: Testifying [Import]
5. Crusades Of The Restless Knights
6. Diamonds in the Rough
7. Dr. T & The Women (2000 Film) [Soundtrack]
8. Dreamland
9. Dwight Live [Live]
10. Electric

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