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  • Audio CD (26 Mar 2007)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Cow
  • ASIN: B000095JVY
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 44,566 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. Keep The Circle Around
2. Butterfly
3. Joe
4. Find Out Why
5. Move
6. This Is How It Feels
See all 20 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Theme From Cow
2. Seeds Of Doubt
3. Garage Full Of Flowers
4. 96 Tears
5. You Can't Take The Truth
6. Greek Wedding Song
See all 17 tracks on this disc
Disc: 3
1. Joe
2. Find Out Why
3. Move
4. This Is How It Feels
5. She Comes In The Fall
6. Commercial Reign (US Video)
See all 25 tracks on this disc

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This three disc set is the definitive collection of material by the Oldham five piece whose take on 1960's garage rock brought them eleven UK top 40 singles over a five year period. The first disc includes every single released by the bandfrom 'Keep The Circle Around' (from their 1988 'Planecrash'EP) right through to 'Come Back Tomorrow', an outtake from the 'Devilhopping' sessions. Disc two features a number of rarities, whilst the third - a DVD - gathers together each promo video and a handful of live tracks.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiral Carpets - substance over style wins by a mile..., 9 May 2003
By Mr. D. Roy (Belfast) - See all my reviews
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As the Amazon reviewer so astutely points out, the Inspirals are generally regarded as also-rans of the Madchester era. That's not to put them alongside the likes of Northside or Top, but it's the Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses and even The Charlatans (West-Midlanders thru and thru!) who are always held up as the cream of Manchester's early 90's explosion.

Well bollocks to that, quite frankly. The cool people know who the cool people are, and the fact that The Inspirals always had too much taste to chase musical trends is both what kept them from crashing and burning on the rocks of super-stardom, and what will keep their back-catalogue evergreen for years to come.

The group's early stuff owes more to the raw garage-pop psyche-outs that you'll find on the Nuggets compilations than any passing fad, and lest we forget that when Madchester was in full-on baggy bloom they were releasing hit singles with miltary style drum beats (This Is How It Feels, She Comes In The Fall) and waltzing tempos (Biggest Mountain)

Life (1989) was a big hit through the sheer force of the band's own momentum, and rather than hire a "name" dance producer to rave up their next album for maximum chart potential, on The Beast Inside (1990) they turned into the flippin' Doors for an album of dark, brooding pop genius.

As the Roses disappeared up their bums (and John Squire's nose) in the studio and the Monday's trip turned sour and nasty, The Inspirals revved up their guitars and sharpened their melody sticks for perhaps the most accessible and instant record of their career, Revenge of The Goldfish (1992)

Generations, Dragging Me Down, Two Worlds Collide, Bitches Brew -that's possibly more classic singles on one record than the Monday's had in their whole career!

Even with Britpop about to explode in 1994, thanks to ex-Inspirals roadie Noel Gallagher's beat combo Oasis, the Oldham lads prefered to plough their own back-to-basics furrow, revisiting the garage-pop of their past for the Top 10 album, Devilhopping. The genius of Saturn 5, I Want You and Uniform provide all you need to know about the quality of this album, which to these here ears contained at least another 2 potential hit singles (Party In The Sky and The Way The Light Falls)

And then they were gone. After putting Mark Smith on Top Of The Pops for a legendary performance of I Want You, they took an extended vacation while still on top of their game.

2003's reunion concerts proved that the band can still stand tall above any of the current crop of indie plodders that pass for talent these days (and I'm only 25, so don't call me old and cynical - yet!) and if you still need convincing that the Inspirals were the hidden gems of Madchester, just buy Cool As and spend an afternoon in their company. Essential stuff.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I told em, 'oldham!, 7 Jul 2004
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I came across my Inspirals cds from years back after a tidy up. I thought I'd give Goldfish a spin and I haven't looked back - I couldn't get over how good these songs still are. Those choruses made me go a bit wild on the merchandise front, and the spare door key now sports a great cow face keyfob! Then I spotted this and I have to say, there's a lot of real rare clasics on here (Trainsurfing ep anyone?) For any IC fan, this collection rocks and is a bargain!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars back to the old days, 8 Jul 2003
this reminds of school so much!

if you were a fan or even just had one of their albums, i would say buy this, it is worth it for the dvd alone. It has all the rare tracks and also the more well known ones, split onto two cds.

high points for me were to find the rare tracks all on one cd. low points are the decidedly dodgy cover versions. All in all, a must for anyone who was in to the 'madchester' baggy scene all those years ago.

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Disc 1 Cools as certainly lives up to it's name, such a good album, it's worth having for this disc alone. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Hugely underrated band
Very often seen as the poor cousins of that era, The Inspiral Carpets prove here what a great band they were or even are. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars The REAL review.
A gem of a cd/dvd that deserves pride of place in your collection, not only for the reminders of the Inspirals VERY SIGNIFICANT contribution to the 'Madchester' scene, but the... Read more
Published on 14 May 2003 by susiedoran

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