Tom Hingley
Tom Hingley onstage in 2003
Background information
Birth name	Thomas Hingley
Born	July 9, 1965 (1965-07-09) (age 42) Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England
Genre(s)	Indie
Occupation(s)	Musician Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar, Banjo
Years active	1985 - present
Label(s)	Mute Newmemorabilia
Associated acts	The Lovers Inspiral Carpets Too Much Texas
Website	www.tomhingley.co.uk

Tom Hingley (born 9 July 1965) is a musician from Abingdon, Oxfordshire England, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Inspiral Carpets.

Contents 1 Life 2 Discography 2.1 Solo albums 2.2 With Too Much Texas 2.3 With Inspiral Carpets 2.3.1 Singles 2.4 With Tom Hingley and The Lovers 2.5 Collaborations 3 External links

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 Tom started performing as a solo artist, releasing Keep Britain Untidy (2000) and Soulfire (2002), released on his own label Newmemorabilia Records. In 2001 Tom formed the band The Lovers with Steve Hanley and Paul Hanley, both former members of The Fall and Jason Brown and Kelly Wood. The Lovers' first album, Abba Are The Enemy, was released in 2004. In 2002/2003 Tom joined a reformed Inspiral Carpets for two sell-out UK tours and again in 2006/2007. Currently he is working on the second album with the Lovers, Highlights.

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 (1990)
• The Beast Inside (1991)
• Revenge Of The Goldfish (1992)
• Devil Hopping (1994)

Compilation albums

• The Singles (1995)
• 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

Release Date	Title	UK Single Charts	Album
1989, May	Joe	-	-
1989, August	Find Out Why	90	-
1989, November	Move	49	Life
1990, March	This Is How It Feels	14	Life
1990, June	Commercial Reign (US-Release only)	-	Life
1990, June	She Comes In The Fall	27	Life
1991, March	Caravan	30	The Beast Inside
1991, June	Please Be Cruel	50	The Beast Inside
1992, February	Dragging Me Down	12	Revenge Of The Goldfish
1992, May	Two Worlds Collide	32	Revenge Of The Goldfish
1992, September	Generations	28	Revenge Of The Goldfish
1992, November	Bitches Brew	36	Revenge Of The Goldfish
1993, May	How it Should Be	49	-
1994, January	Saturn 5	20	Devil Hopping
1994, February	I Want You	18	Devil Hopping
1994, April	Uniform	51	Devil Hopping
1995, September	Joe	37	The Singles
2003, July	Come Back Tomorrow	43	Cool As

With Tom Hingley and The Lovers

• Work, Rest & Play (EP) (1997)
• Yeah (single) (2003)
• Abba Are The Enemy (album) (2004)

Collaborations

• Oliver Klein feat. Tom Hingley: Shakedown/Shakedub (EP) (2002)

External links

• Tom Hingley official site
• The Lovers official site
• The Lovers at Myspace
• The Lovers German site
• Inspiral Carpets official site
• Too Much Texas official site