I'd really enjoyed Adam & The Ants 1979 album 'Dirk Wears White Sox' (I remember listening to it over and over at a girlfriend's house - she owned the album, I didn't). This was before Adam Ant hit the big time with his run of radio-friendly, chart-topping singles and albums. And before the make-up and tassles - dandy highwayman indeed!!
'Dirk Wears White Sox' is darker, seedier and much more left-field.
'Cartrouble' was one of the tracks on the album, and the single is a re-recorded version released in March 1980. It's much more radio-friendly and you can start to hear the mellowing of Adam into the pop star he became. The re-recording on the single is played by a different set of Ants than were on the album; it's the Ants who played on the big hits. So I've always seen this single as the sound of a band in transition - from cult act to mass market.
It's still a cracking song though, here it is:
https://youtu.be/moyoi0ysiE8
