Released 23 April 1990 Release date 23 April 1990 | Artist Inspiral Carpets Label Elektra Records | |
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Recorded September 1989
Out of the Blue Studios
North American bonus tracks:
July 1990
Jacobs Studios Length 40:00 (original UK LP issue)
43:28 (original UK CD and MC issues)
57:54 (original US issue)
55:15 (original Japanese issue)
76:03 (2013 extended reissue) Producer Inspiral Carpets & Nick Garside Life
(1990) The Beast Inside
(1991) Genres Madchester, Rock music, Independent music, Alternative rock, Indie rock Similar Inspiral Carpets albums, Madchester albums | ||
Inspiral carpets life full album
Life is the debut studio album by the British indie rock band Inspiral Carpets. It was released on 23 April 1990 on Cow Records, through Mute Records, during the period dubbed Madchester by the British media. The group released three singles from this album: "Move", "This Is How It Feels" and "She Comes In The Fall", with the latter two in different versions from those found on the album.
Contents
It was reissued in 2013 with the PlaneCrash and TrainSurfing EPs and an unreleased John Peel session as bonus tracks, plus the 21790 live video on a bonus DVD. The 2013 reissue is based on the original UK CD release.
A slightly modified version of Life was released in North America. It dropped the track "Besides Me" and added "Commercial Rain" (a re-recorded version of a B-side to the "Joe" single) and three tracks from their then-forthcoming Island Head EP.
Inspiral carpets real thing
Singles
- Dung 6 - "Move" (1989) (UK #49)
- Dung 7 - "This Is How It Feels" (1990) (UK #14)
- Dung 10 - "She Comes In The Fall/Sackville" double A-side (1990) (UK #27, released in the US as single for "Commercial Rain")
Personnel
Songs
1Real Thing3:08
2Song for a Family3:02
3Commercial Rain4:45