Fave Albums: Inspiral Carpets - The Beast Inside

My final "Madchester" selection is Inspiral Carpets and their wonderful second album The Beast Inside, which was released in 1991.  Inspiral Carpets were another band whose sound could be defined by the swirling organs courtesy of Clint Boon.  There are a lot of atmospheric tracks on this album such as "Born Yesterday," "Sleep Well Tonight," "Beast Inside" and "Niagara."  In addition, there is also the uplifting songs that make you want to dance around like "Caravan" and "Mermaid."  I do love this album and never get tired of listening to it.

Favorite Lyric: Open your eyes to a brand new world, dreams are all we have ("Dreams Are All We Have")

Favorite Song: "Caravan"

Musical Interlude: Madchester

The Madchester scene came about in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Manchester, England. I was really into this music during high school, and here are some of my favorite bands from the era:

The Charlatans: "Sproston Green"


Inspiral Carpets: "She Comes In The Fall"


The Stone Roses: "One Love"


Happy Mondays: "Kinky Afro"


New Fast Automatic Daffodils: "Big"