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Name = Some Product Carri on Sex Pistols |
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| name = Some Product Carri on Sex Pistols
Longtype = (interview) |
Artist = [[Sex Pistols]] |
| type = live
| artist = [[Sex Pistols]]
Cover = SexPistols_SomeProduct.jpg |
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Released = [[July 27]], [[1979]] <small>(UK)</small> |
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| released = 3 August 1979 <small>(UK)</small>
Genre = [[Spoken word]] |
Length = 41:32 |
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Label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]] <small>(UK)</small><br />[[Warner Bros. Records]] <small>(US)</small> |
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Producer = [[John Varnom]] |
| genre = [[Spoken word]], [[sound collage]]<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Aaron |first1=Charles |title=Every Sex Pistols Song, Ranked |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/every-sex-pistols-song-ranked-1342612/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=3 September 2022 |date=24 May 2022 |quote=Post-band breakup, Virgin Records’ marketing/PR chief John Varnom [...] employed this audio-collage tactic, splicing interview snippets, radio ads, etc., to create the 1979 album Some Product: Carri on Sex Pistols, which reached Number Six on the U.K. charts.}}</ref>
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| label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]] <small>(UK)</small><br />[[Warner Bros. Records]] <small>(US)</small>
Last album = ''[[The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle]]''<br />(1979) |
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| producer = [[John Varnom]]
This album = '''''Some Product Carri On Sex Pistols'''''<br />(1977) |
| prev_title = [[The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (album)|The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle]]
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Next album = ''[[Flogging a Dead Horse]]''<br />(1979) |
| prev_year = 1979
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'''''Some Product: Carri on Sex Pistols''''' is an interview album featuring members of the [[Sex Pistols]]. The interviews are mostly presented in a [[sound collage|collage]] style.
'''''Some Product: Carri on Sex Pistols''''' is an interview album, an often overlooked curiosity in the [[Sex Pistols]]' catalogue, though the record has been reissued on CD even after the group managed to win back control over their band name and recordings. The interviews are mostly presented in a collage style. Highlights include [[Sid Vicious]] telling the listener to "Buy my record and make me a millionaire!" and [[Paul Cook]] and [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]]' hilarious appearance on an American radio show. It also features audio from the band's infamous appearance on the TV show ''Today'' which received a number of complaints from viewers due to their use of [[profanity|bad language]].

== Content ==

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All tracks are spoken word collages put together by [[John Varnom]] from various interviews and radio ads. Additional material includes a snippet from ''[[Tubular Bells]].''
The artwork was done by artist [[Jamie Reid]].
The Sex Pistols were always famous for their controversial and humorous interviews, and with suitably iconoclastic [[Jamie Reid]] artwork, this unconventional (and patently unmusical) album managed to climb to #6 in the UK album charts.
The title melds the then-popular British comedy series of [[Carry On films]] with a pun on the word [[carrion]].
The title melds the British comedy series of [[Carry On films]] with a pun on the word [[carrion]].

== Release ==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="Thompson">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/some-product-carri-on-sex-pistols-mw0000380763 |title=''Some Product: Carri On Sex Pistols'' – Sex Pistols <nowiki>| Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |</nowiki> AllMusic |last=Thompson |first=Dave |website=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=2 July 2015}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Smash Hits]]''
| rev2score = 9/10<ref>{{cite journal|last=Starr|first=Red|title=Albums|journal=[[Smash Hits]]|issue=9–22 August 1979|page=25}}</ref>
}}

The album peaked at number 6 in the [[UK Albums Chart]].{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

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All tracks are spoken word collages put together by John Varnom from various interviews and radio ads. Additional material includes a snippet from [[Tubular Bells]].
#"The Very Name 'Sex Pistols'" (various artists) – 5:27
#"The Very Name 'Sex Pistols'" (various artists) – 5:27
#"From Beyond the Grave" (Sid Vicious) – 8:27
#"From Beyond the Grave" (Sid Vicious) – 8:27
#"Big Tits Across America" (Paul Cook and Steve Jones) – 11:19
#"Big Tits Across America" (Paul Cook and Steve Jones from US radio broadcast) – 11:19
#"The Complex World of John Rotten" (Johnny Rotten) – 8:18
#"The Complex World of John Rotten" (Johnny Rotten, features interview snippets with John Lydon's Mother) – 8:18
#"Sex Pistols Will Play" (Paul Cook and Steve Jones) – 3:21
#"Sex Pistols Will Play" (Paul Cook and Steve Jones) – 3:21
#"Is the Queen a Moron?" (Sex Pistols) – 3:55
#"Is the Queen a Moron?" (Sex Pistols interview regarding 'God Save the Queen' lyrics) – 3:55
#"The Fucking Rotter" (Sex Pistols) – 0:41
#"The Fucking Rotter" (Sex Pistols) – 0:41 (This is an edited version of the infamous Bill Grundy interview.)

== Certifications ==
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Revision as of 15:15, 25 January 2024

Some Product Carri on Sex Pistols
Live album by
Sex Pistols
Released3 August 1979 (UK)
GenreSpoken word, sound collage[1]
Length41:32
LabelVirgin (UK)
Warner Bros. Records (US)
ProducerJohn Varnom
Sex Pistols chronology
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
(1979) 		Some Product Carri on Sex Pistols
(1979) 		Flogging a Dead Horse
(1980)

Some Product: Carri on Sex Pistols is an interview album featuring members of the Sex Pistols. The interviews are mostly presented in a collage style.

Content

All tracks are spoken word collages put together by John Varnom from various interviews and radio ads. Additional material includes a snippet from Tubular Bells.

The artwork was done by artist Jamie Reid.

The title melds the British comedy series of Carry On films with a pun on the word carrion.

Release

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Smash Hits9/10[3]

The album peaked at number 6 in the UK Albums Chart.[citation needed]

Track listing

  1. "The Very Name 'Sex Pistols'" (various artists) – 5:27
  2. "From Beyond the Grave" (Sid Vicious) – 8:27
  3. "Big Tits Across America" (Paul Cook and Steve Jones from US radio broadcast) – 11:19
  4. "The Complex World of John Rotten" (Johnny Rotten, features interview snippets with John Lydon's Mother) – 8:18
  5. "Sex Pistols Will Play" (Paul Cook and Steve Jones) – 3:21
  6. "Is the Queen a Moron?" (Sex Pistols interview regarding 'God Save the Queen' lyrics) – 3:55
  7. "The Fucking Rotter" (Sex Pistols) – 0:41 (This is an edited version of the infamous Bill Grundy interview.)

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[4] Silver 60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Aaron, Charles (24 May 2022). "Every Sex Pistols Song, Ranked". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 3 September 2022. Post-band breakup, Virgin Records' marketing/PR chief John Varnom [...] employed this audio-collage tactic, splicing interview snippets, radio ads, etc., to create the 1979 album Some Product: Carri on Sex Pistols, which reached Number Six on the U.K. charts.
  2. ^ Thompson, Dave. "Some Product: Carri On Sex Pistols – Sex Pistols | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  3. ^ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (9–22 August 1979): 25.
  4. ^ "British album certifications – Sex Pistols – Some Product - Carri On Sex Pistols". British Phonographic Industry.


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