Tom Hingley
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| Name = Tom Hingley
| Img = Tom_Hingley.jpg|thumb
| Img_capt = Tom Hingley onstage in 2003
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| Background = solo_singer
| Birth_name = Thomas Hingley
| Alias =
| Born = {{birth date and age|1965|7|9}}<br>[[Abingdon, Oxfordshire|Abingdon]], [[Oxfordshire|Oxon]], [[England]]
| Died =
| Origin =
| Instrument = [[Guitar]], [[Banjo]]
| Genre = [[Indie (music)|Indie]]
| Occupation = [[Musician]]<br>[[Songwriter]]
| Years_active = 1985 - present
| Label = [[Mute Records|Mute]]<br>[[Newmemorabilia Records|Newmemorabilia]]
| Associated_acts = [[Tom Hingley and the Lovers|The Lovers]]<br> [[Inspiral Carpets]]<br>[[Too Much Texas]]
| URL = [http://www.tomhingley.co.uk www.tomhingley.co.uk]
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}}
'''Tom Hingley''' (born [[9 July]] [[1965]], [[Abingdon, Oxfordshire|Abingdon]], [[Oxfordshire]], [[England]]) is a [[musician]] best known as the [[lead singer|lead vocalist]] of the [[English people|English]] [[rock music|rock]] [[band (music)|band]], [[Inspiral Carpets]].
==Life==
He moved to [[Oldham]] in 1984, formed a band called [[Too Much Texas]], and got a job collecting glasses at [[The Hacienda]], [[Manchester]]. He joined the Inspiral Carpets as lead vocalist in 1989. After six successful years, the Inspiral Carpets split in 1995 and Hingley started performing as a [[solo (music)|solo]] [[musician|artist]], releasing ''Keep Britain Untidy'' (2000) and ''Soulfire'' (2002), released on his own [[record label|label]] [[Newmemorabilia Records]]. In 2001 Hingley formed the band [[Tom Hingley and the Lovers|The Lovers]] with [[Steve Hanley (musician)|Steve Hanley]] and [[Paul Hanley (musician)|Paul Hanley]], both former members of [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] and Jason Brown and Kelly Wood. The Lovers' first [[album]], ''[[Abba Are The Enemy]]'', was released in 2004. In 2002/2003 Hingley joined a reformed Inspiral Carpets for two sell-out [[United Kingdom|UK]] tours and again in 2006/2007. His second album with the Lovers, ''[[Highlights (album)|Highlights]]'', was released in March 2008.
==Discography==
===Solo albums===
*''Keep Britain Untidy'' (2000)
*''Soulfire'' (2001)
*''Happiness (EP)'' (2002)
===With Too Much Texas===
*''Fixed Link'' (Flexi disk) (1986)
*''Hurry On Down'' (1988)
*''Juvenilia'' (2006)
===With Inspiral Carpets===
;Studio albums
*''[[Life (Inspiral Carpets album)|Life]]'' (1990)
*''[[The Beast Inside]]'' (1991)
*''[[Revenge of the Goldfish]]'' (1992)
*''[[Devil Hopping]]'' (1994)
;Compilation albums
*''[[The Singles|The Singles]]'' (1995)
*''[[Radio 1 Sessions|Radio 1 Sessions]]'' (1996)
*''Greatest Hits'' (2003)
*''[[Cool As]]'' (2003)
*''[[Keep the Circle]]'' (2007)
;VHS/DVD
*''21.07.90 Live At Manchester G-Mex VHS'' (1990)
*''The Singles VHS'' (1995)
*''Live At Brixton Academy DVD'' (2004)
;EPs
*''The Peel Sessions'' (1989)
*''Cool As Fuck'' (1990)
*''Island Head'' (1990)
*''The Peel Sessions 1990'' (1992)
====Singles====
{| class="wikitable"
|- valign="top"
! align="left" width="120"|Release Date
! align="left" width="225"|Title
! align="center" width="70"|[[UK Single Chart]]
! align="center" width="170"|Album
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 1989, May
| align="left" | "Joe"
| align="center" | -
| align="left" | -
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 1989, August
| align="left" | "Find Out Why"
| align="center" | 90
| align="left" | -
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 1989, November
| align="left" | "Move"
| align="center" | 49
| align="left" | ''[[Life (Inspiral Carpets album)|Life]]''
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 1990, March
| align="left" | "[[This Is How It Feels (single)|This Is How It Feels]]"
| align="center" | 14
| align="left" | ''[[Life (Inspiral Carpets album)|Life]]''
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 1990, June
| align="left" | "Commercial Reign" ([[United States|U.S.]] release)
| align="center" | -
| align="left" | ''[[Life (Inspiral Carpets album)|Life]]''
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 1990, June
| align="left" | "She Comes In The Fall"
| align="center" | 27
| align="left" | ''[[Life (Inspiral Carpets album)|Life]]''
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 1991, March
| align="left" | "Caravan"
| align="center" | 30
| align="left" | ''[[The Beast Inside]]''
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 1991, June
| align="left" | "Please Be Cruel"
| align="center" | 50
| align="left" | ''[[The Beast Inside]]''
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 1992, February
| align="left" | "Dragging Me Down"
| align="center" | 12
| align="left" | ''[[Revenge of the Goldfish]]''
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 1992, May
| align="left" | "Two Worlds Collide"
| align="center" | 32
| align="left" | ''[[Revenge of the Goldfish]]''
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 1992, September
| align="left" | "Generations"
| align="center" | 28
| align="left" | ''[[Revenge of the Goldfish]]''
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 1992, November
| align="left" | "Bitches Brew"
| align="center" | 36
| align="left" | ''[[Revenge of the Goldfish]]''
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 1993, May
| align="left" | "How It Should Be"
| align="center" | 49
| align="left" | -
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 1994, January
| align="left" | "Saturn 5"
| align="center" | 20
| align="left" | ''[[Devil Hopping]]''
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 1994, February
| align="left" | "I Want You"
| align="center" | 18
| align="left" | ''[[Devil Hopping]]''
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 1994, April
| align="left" | "Uniform"
| align="center" | 51
| align="left" | ''[[Devil Hopping]]''
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 1995, September
| align="left" | "Joe"
| align="center" | 37
| align="left" | ''The Singles''
|- valign="top"
| align="left" | 2003, July
| align="left" | "Come Back Tomorrow"
| align="center" | 43
| align="left" | ''[[Cool As]]''
|}
===With Tom Hingley and The Lovers===
*''Work, Rest & Play'' ([[Gramophone record|EP]]) (1997)
*"Yeah" ([[single (music)|single]]) (2003)
*''[[Abba Are The Enemy]]'' (album) (2004)
*''[[Highlights (album)|Highlights]]'' (album) 2008
===Collaborations===
*Oliver Klein featuring Tom Hingley: ''Shakedown/Shakedub'' (EP) (2002)
==External links==
*[http://www.tomhingley.co.uk/ Official site]
*[http://www.thelovers.co.uk/ The Lovers official site]
*[http://www.myspace.com/theloversuk The Lovers at Myspace]
*[http://www.tomhingleyandthelovers.de/ The Lovers German site]
*[http://www.inspiralcarpets.com/ Inspiral Carpets official site]
*[http://www.toomuchtexas.co.uk/ Too Much Texas official site]
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[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:English male singers]]
[[Category:English songwriters]]
[[Category:People from Abingdon, Oxfordshire]]
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