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~ Inspiral Carpets
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (31 Dec 1993)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Mute
  • ASIN: B000026ZIR
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 30,092 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  1. Real Thing 3:09£0.69
Listen  2. Song For A Family 3:03£0.69
Listen  3. This Is How It Feels 3:05£0.79
Listen  4. Directing Traffik 3:54£0.69
Listen  5. Besides Me 2:23£0.69
Listen  6. Many Happy Returns 3:07£0.69
Listen  7. Memories Of You 2:15£0.69
Listen  8. She Comes In The Fall 4:41£0.69
Listen  9. Monkey On My Back 1:58£0.69
Listen10. Sun Don'T Shine 3:35£0.69
Listen11. Inside My Head 2:00£0.69
Listen12. Move 3:26£0.69
Listen13. Sackville 6:43£0.69

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Inspiral Carpets had been honing their skills in their native Manchester, England, when the replacement of their original singer with Too Much Texas's Tom Hingley--and an increased reliance on the Farfisa organ--soon put them at the forefront of that northern city's burgeoning Madchester scene. Their debut album, LIFE, finds the group expanding their sound beyond the poignant hit "This Is How It Feels", which is included here. The Elektra-released U.S. edition of LIFE adds tracks from their ISLAND HEAD EP, released contemporaneously with the album.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Back in time to 1989, 30 April 2000
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This is one of the three albums that helped make Manchester such an exciting place to be back in 1989/90. For anyone like me whose Saturdays were spent down Affleks Palace and nights in Dry201, with trips to Spike Island and G-Mex thrown in, this album takes you right back there. I lost the album but re-purchasing it was a very good idea. Do the same and relive those heady days.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Carpets MOO, 18 Jul 2000
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Life is one of the definative albums of the early 90's. They really illustrate to me all that the Manchester scene of that time was. It is no coincidence that a certain Gallagher learnt his craft in the Carpets camp, and then thus went on to great things. Also the best live band ever! Are the animal noises after Sackville, Clints bedroom?
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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars disappointing, 23 Jun 2007
being a student during the 'madchester' era, I was very into the scene. But for some reason the inspiral carpets never did it for me. I bought this album on the strength of the great single 'this is how it feels' and it is a great song, but really the rest of the album felt a bit hollow and empty. There were many other bands around at the time who were less well known but came out with great songs, such as the Mock Turtles , Paris Angels, Cygnet Ring etc, whereas for me this album turned the Inspirals into a 'one hit wonder' band.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Nice trip down memory lane but only an average album
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