Album · Inspiral Carpets
Life by Inspiral Carpets
Life is an album by Inspiral Carpets, released in 1990. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 13 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “This Is How It Feels”, on 12 lists with a best position of #35.
Life, the debut album from Oldham's Inspiral Carpets, came out on 23 April 1990 on Cow Records through Mute, right as the British press was busy christening the whole scene Madchester. It's a swirl of organ and fuzzed-up guitars with a psychedelic tint, Clint Boon's keyboards wheezing and whirling around Tom Hingley's vocals and Graham Lambert's distorted guitar.
"This Is How It Feels" is the glum, gorgeous heart of it, and it and "She Comes In The Fall" went out as singles in versions different from the ones on the album, with "Move" completing the set. North American buyers got a slightly reshuffled edition that dropped "Besides Me" and added "Commercial Rain" plus tracks from the Island Head EP.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Life on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This Is How It Feels | 12 | #35 | – | 1989–2022 | |
| 2 | She Comes In The Fall | 1 | #50 | – | 1989 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.