Inspiral Carpets discography

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This is the discography of English rock band [[Inspiral Carpets]].

==Albums== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Album details ! colspan="4" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |[[Music recording certification|Certifications]] |- ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=INSPIRAL CARPETS {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25629/inspiral-carpets/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK Indie]] <ref name=":5">Peak positions for Inspiral Carpet's albums on the UK Independent Charts: *''Life'': {{cite magazine |date=5 May 1990 |title=Indie 33 |magazine=[[Number One (magazine)|Number One]] |page=}} *''The Beast Inside'': {{cite magazine |date=11 May 1991 |title=Indie Albums |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=20}} *''Revenge of the Goldfish'': {{cite magazine |date=24 October 1992 |title=The Independent Charts |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=20}} *''Devil Hopping'': {{cite magazine |date=26 March 1994 |title=Independent Albums |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=18}} *''The Singles'': {{cite magazine |date=7 October 1995 |title=Independent Albums |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=30}} *''Inspiral Carpets'': {{Cite web |title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20141026/131/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.officialcharts.com |language=en}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[ARIA Charts|AUS]] <ref name=aus>Australian (ARIA) chart peaks: *"This Is How It Feels" and ''Life'': {{Cite web |title=Week commencing 9 July 1990 |url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2021/07/week-commencing-9-july-1990.html |access-date=2022-08-13 |language=en-GB}} *"Biggest Mountain": {{Cite web |title=Week commencing 10 December 1990 |url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2021/12/week-commencing-10-december-1990.html |access-date=2022-08-13 |language=en-GB}} *"Please Be Cruel" and ''The Beast Inside'': {{Cite web |title=Week commencing 12 August 1991 |url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2022/08/week-commencing-12-august-1991.html |access-date=2022-08-13 |language=en-GB}} *All ARIA peaks to 23 November 2021: {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/1kt94cm.jpeg|title=Inspiral Carpets chart history, received from ARIA on 23 November 2021|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|via=Imgur.com|access-date=24 June 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]] <ref>{{Cite web |title=charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal |url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?search=Inspiral+Carpets&cat=a |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=charts.nz}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |''[[Life (Inspiral Carpets album)|Life]]'' | * Released: 23 April 1990 * Label: [[Mute Records|Mute]] * Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]], [[LP record|LP]], [[Cassette tape|MC]] |2 |1 |140 |22 | * [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Gold<ref name="BPI">{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Inspiral Carpets|access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |''[[The Beast Inside]]'' | * Released: 22 April 1991 * Label: Mute * Formats: CD, LP, MC |5 |1 |157 |— | * BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI" /> |- ! scope="row" |''[[Revenge of the Goldfish]]'' | * Released: 5 October 1992 * Label: Mute * Formats: CD, LP, MC |17 |1 |123 |— | |- ! scope="row" |''[[Devil Hopping]]'' | * Released: 7 March 1994 * Label: Mute * Formats: CD, LP, MC |10 |2 |180 |— | |- ! scope="row" |''[[Inspiral Carpets (album)|Inspiral Carpets]]'' | * Released: 20 October 2014 * Label: [[Cherry Red Records|Cherry Red]] * Formats: CD, LP |63 |12 |— |— | |- | colspan="7" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |}

===Compilation albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Album details ! colspan="2" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Certifications |- ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] <ref name=":0" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK Indie]] <ref name=":5" /> |- ! scope="row" |''[[The Singles (Inspiral Carpets album)|The Singles]]'' | * Released: 18 September 1995 * Label: Mute * Formats: CD, 2×LP, MC |17 |5 | |- ! scope="row" |''Radio 1 Sessions'' | * Released: May 1999 * Label: [[Strange Fruit Records|Strange Fruit]] * Formats: CD |— |— | |- ! scope="row" |''[[Cool As]]'' | * Released: 5 May 2003 * Label: Mute * Formats: 2×CD+[[DVD]] |65 |— | |- ! scope="row" |''[[Greatest Hits (Inspiral Carpets album)|Greatest Hits]]'' | * Released: 27 October 2003 * Label: Mute * Formats: CD |— |— | * BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI" /> |- ! scope="row" |''[[Keep the Circle: B-Sides and Udder Stuff]]'' | * Released: 26 February 2007 * Label: Mute * Formats: [[Music download|digital download]] |— |— | |- ! scope="row" |''The Complete Singles'' | * Released: 17 March 2023 * Label: Mute * Formats: 2×LP, 3×CD |74 |— | |- | colspan="5" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |}

===Video albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Album details |- ! scope="row" |''21790 Live'' | * Released: November 1990 * Label: Mute Film/[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG Video]] * Formats: [[VHS]] |- ! scope="row" |''The Singles'' | * Released: September 1995 * Label: Mute Film * Formats: VHS |- ! scope="row" |''Live at Brixton Academy'' | * Released: January 2004 * Label: Mute/Cow * Formats: [[DVD]] |}

==EPs== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" | EP details ! colspan="3" |Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] <ref name=":0" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK Indie]] <ref name=":1" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]] <ref name=":2" /> |- ! scope="row" |''Plane Crash'' | * Released: July 1988 * Label: Playtime * Formats: 12" |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" |''Trainsurfing'' | * Released: March 1989 * Label: Cow * Formats: 12" |148 |5 |— |- ! scope="row" |''The Peel Sessions'' | * Released: July 1989 * Label: Strange Fruit * Formats: 12", CD |— |5 |— |- ! scope="row" |''Cool As ****'' | * Released: May 1990 * Label: Cow * Formats: 12", CD, MC * US-only release |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" |''Island Head'' | * Released: 5 November 1990 * Label: Mute * Formats: 7", 12", CD, MC |21 |— |29 |- ! scope="row" |''Island Head Live'' | * Released: 5 November 1990 * Label: Mute * Formats: 12" |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" |''Peel Session'' | * Released: 17 August 1992<ref>{{cite magazine |date=15 August 1992 |title=New Releases |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=12}}</ref> * Label: Strange Fruit * Formats: 10", CD, MC |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" |''The Tour Souvenir EP – Australia 1993'' | * Released: 1993 * Label: [[Liberation Music|Liberation]] * Formats: CD * Australia promo-only release |— |— |— |- | colspan="5" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |}

==Demo releases== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Album details |- ! scope="row" |''Waiting for Ours'' | * Released: 1987 * Label: Inspiral Carpets * Formats: MC |- ! scope="row" |''[[Cow (demo)|Cow]]'' | * Released: 1987 * Label: Inspiral Carpets * Formats: MC |- ! scope="row" |''[[Dung 4]]'' | * Released: May 1989 * Label: Cow * Formats: MC |}

==Singles== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:2em;" | Year ! colspan="6" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Certifications ! rowspan="2" |Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] <ref name=":0" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK Indie]] <ref name=":1">{{cite book |last=Lazell |first=Barry |title=Indie Hits 1980–1989 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |year=1997 |isbn=0-9517206-9-4}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[Kent Music Report|AUS]] <ref name=aus/> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]] <ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know |url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=irishcharts.ie}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[Alternative Airplay|US Alt]] <ref name=":42">{{cite book |last=Whiteburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981–2002 |date=2002 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=0898201535 |page=214}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[Dance Club Songs|US Dance]] <ref>{{Cite web |title=Inspiral Carpets Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts |url=https://www.musicvf.com/Inspiral+Carpets.art |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=www.musicvf.com}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |"Keep the Circle Around" |1988 |— |13 |— |— |— |— | | rowspan="3" {{N/A|Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row" |"[[Joe (Inspiral Carpets song)|Joe]]" | rowspan="3" |1989 |130 |5 |— |— |— |— | |- ! scope="row" |"Find Out Why" |90 |1 |— |— |— |— | |- ! scope="row" |"Move" |49 |1 |— |— |— |— | | rowspan="4" |''Life'' |- ! scope="row" |"[[This Is How It Feels]]" | rowspan="4" |1990 |14 |— |149 |— |22 |— | * BPI: Silver<ref name=BPI/> |- ! scope="row" |"She Comes in the Fall" |27 |— |— |— |— |— | |- ! scope="row" |"Commercial Rain" (US-only release) |— |— |— |— |27 |15 | |- ! scope="row" | "Biggest Mountain" {{Efn|In the UK and most countries, "Biggest Mountain" was released on the EP ''Island Head''.|group=upper-alpha}} |21 |— |122 |29 |— |— | |{{N/A|Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" |"Caravan" | rowspan="2" |1991 |30 |— |— |— |15 |14 | | rowspan="2" |''The Beast Inside'' |- ! scope="row" |"Please Be Cruel" |50 |— |187 |— |— |— | |- ! scope="row" |"Dragging Me Down" | rowspan="4" |1992 |12 |— |197 |30 |— |— | | rowspan="4" |''Revenge of the Goldfish'' |- ! scope="row" |"Two Worlds Collide" |32 |— |177 |— |8 |— | |- ! scope="row" |"Generations" |28 |— |199 |— |— |— | |- ! scope="row" |"Bitches Brew" |36 |— |— |— |— |— | |- ! scope="row" |"How it Should Be" |1993 |49 |— |112 |— |— |— | |{{N/A|Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" |"Saturn 5" | rowspan="3" |1994 |20 |— |— |— |— |— | | rowspan="3" |''Devil Hopping'' |- ! scope="row" |"I Want You" (featuring [[Mark E. Smith]]) |18 |— |— |— |— |— | |- ! scope="row" |"Uniform" |51 |— |— |— |— |— | |- ! scope="row" |"Joe" (re-recording) |1995 |37 |— |— |— |— |— | |''The Singles'' |- ! scope="row" |"Come Back Tomorrow" |2003 |43 |— |— |— |— |— | |''Cool As'' |- ! scope="row" |"You're So Good for Me" |2011 |— |— |— |— |— |— | |''Inspiral Carpets'' |- ! scope="row" |"Fix Your Smile" |2013 |— |— |— |— |— |— | |{{N/A|Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" |"Spitfire" |2014 |— |— |— |— |— |— | | rowspan="2" |''Inspiral Carpets'' |- ! scope="row" |"Let You Down" (featuring [[John Cooper Clarke]]) |2015 |— |— |— |— |— |— | |- ! scope="row" |"Venture" |2021 |— |— |— |— |— |— | |{{N/A|Non-album single}} |- | colspan="10" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |}

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