Tom Hingley (born 9 July 1965, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England) is a musician best known as the lead vocalist of the English rock 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 Haçienda, 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 artist, releasing Keep Britain Untidy (2000) and Soulfire (2002), released on his own label Newmemorabilia Records. In 2001 Hingley 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 Hingley joined a reformed Inspiral Carpets for two sell-out UK tours and again in 2006/2007. His second album with the Lovers, Highlights, was released in March 2008.In August 2009 Hingley played the Rebellion Punk Festival in Blackpool.

Discography

Solo albums

• Keep Britain Untidy (2000)
• Soulfire (2001)
• Happiness EP (2002)
• Thames Valley Delta Blues (2009)

With Tom Hingley and The Lovers

• Work, Rest & Play (EP) (1997)
• "Yeah" (single) (2003)
• Abba Are The Enemy (album) (2004)
• Highlights (album) 2008

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 Chart	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" (U.S. release)	-	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 Too Much Texas

• Fixed Link (Flexi disk) (1986)
• Hurry On Down (1988)
• Juvenilia (2006)

Collaborations

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

External links

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