Saturday 23 May 2015

Inspiral Carpets Life Extended Edition


Inspiral Carpets Life Extended Edition

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You can’t beat a bit of nostalgia – and few bands shout ‘1990’ like Inspiral Carpets. Emerging from the same Madchester scene that produced the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and The Charlatans, their heady blend of garage rock, psychedelia and that 60s-style Farfisa organ marked them out as ‘baggy’ pioneers. Their seminal album Life came like a breath of fresh air at the end of a decade mired in miserable indie-rock and synthetic Stock, Aitken and Waterman production-line pop. Featuring the talents of Abingdon lad Tom Hingley, it stands the test of time, still representing what frontman Clint Boon described as “working class Oldham meets timeless garage pop”. On this re-issued extended edition of the 1990 album, while those too young to have danced around to it in Paisley shirts and flares at the time, should be required to listen to it as a document of an era when pop became cool. Featuring the epic This is How it Feels and the uplifting She Comes in the Fall, it carries the listener along on a wave of tie-dye optimism. This reissue comes as a package with a host of must-haves which alone warrant a purchase: their first EPs Planecrash and Trainsurfing, and 1988’s John Peel Sessions.

4 comments:

WoodyCAFC said...

Ah, thank you, thank you, thank you and a thousand thank yous... so long I have tried to track down the extended edition of this fantastic album.

Cheers,

Woody

Anonymous said...

THis album ages so well! great songs , great production! I never realized that their lyrics were so good. When I think they were despiced very quickly and just labelled as "the horrible band where Gallagher was the roadie"they did not deserved this lack of credit
Thanks for this post

Filip

Anonymous said...

"This Is How It Feels" and "Joe" are amongst my favorite songs of all time! They never get old! One of the most under appreciated bands ever!

thank you so much for the extended version!!!

WoodyCAFC said...

You guys should check out their latest album, called Inspiral Carpets. In my opinion, it's as good as anything else they've done. The single Spitfire is just stunning.

http://www.last.fm/music/Inspiral+Carpets/Inspiral+Carpets

http://www.discogs.com/Inspiral-Carpets-Inspiral-Carpets/release/6185078

Cheers,

Woody

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