Tom Hingley 1627638 223782136 2008-07-05T19:52:09Z Kekslover 3052418 repairing {{Unreferenced|date=June 2008}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | Name = Tom Hingley | Img = Tom_Hingley.jpg|thumb | Img_capt = Tom Hingley onstage in 2003 | Img_size = | Landscape = | 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] | Notable_instruments = }} '''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] {{DEFAULTSORT:Hingley, Tom}} [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English male singers]] [[Category:English songwriters]] [[Category:People from Abingdon, Oxfordshire]] [[de:Tom Hingley]]