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Devil Hopping
Cover photography by Peter Ashworth
Studio album by
Inspiral Carpets
Released7 March 1994 (1994-03-07)
RecordedParr Street (Liverpool)
GenreIndie rock
Length44:38
LabelMute
ProducerPascal Gabriel[1]
Inspiral Carpets chronology
Revenge of the Goldfish
(1992)		 Devil Hopping
(1994)		 Inspiral Carpets The Singles
(1995)
Singles from Devil Hopping
  1. "Saturn 5"
    Released: 10 January 1994[2]
  2. "I Want You"
    Released: 21 February 1994[3]
  3. "Uniform"
    Released: 25 April 1994[4]

Devil Hopping is the fourth studio album from British indie band Inspiral Carpets, released on 7 March 1994 via Mute Records.[1][5][6] The single version of "I Want You" features vocals by Mark E. Smith of the Fall.[7] Mute dropped the band after the release of Devil Hopping.[8]

The title of the album came from producer Pascal Gabriel's pronunciation of the word "developing."

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star[9]
Chicago TribuneStarStarStar[10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar[11]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album GuideStar[12]
NME8/10[13]

The Chicago Tribune wrote that "with driving guitars and Martyn Walsh's booming bass lines, Devil Hopping edges toward a punchier rock sound."[10] Trouser Press wrote that "the nearly lifeless music is at best self-parodic; the lyrics are hopelessly trite."[1]

Track listing

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All tracks by Inspiral Carpets.

LP: Cow Records / DUNG 25 (UK)

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  1. "I Want You" – 3:10
  2. "Party in the Sky" – 3:52
  3. "Plutoman" – 4:15
  4. "Uniform" – 3:54
  5. "Lovegrove" – 3:18
  6. "Just Wednesday" – 3:43
  7. "Saturn 5" – 3:59
  8. "All of This and More" – 3:32
  9. "The Way the Light Falls" – 4:55
  10. "Half Way There" – 3:50
  11. "Cobra" – 2:13
  12. "I Don't Want to Go Blind" – 4:03
  • also released on CD (DUNG 25 CD)

LP: Cow Records / LDUNG 25 (UK)

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Contains track listing as above, plus a red vinyl 10" featuring the following tracks:

  1. "Saturn 5 (Peel Session)" – 3:50
  2. "I Want You (Peel Session)" – 3:01
  3. "The Way the Light Falls (Peel Session)" – 4:35
  4. "Party in the Sky (Peel Session)" – 3:42
  • Peel Sessions first broadcast on 13 December 1993.
  • also available on CD (LDUNG 25 CD)

Singles

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  • Dung 23 - "Saturn 5" (1994)
  • Dung 24 - "I Want You" (w/ Mark E. Smith) (1994)
  • Dung 26 - "Uniform" (1994)

Personnel

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Inspiral Carpets
  • Clint Boon – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Craig Gill – drums
  • Tom Hingley – lead vocals
  • Graham Lambert – guitars
  • Martyn Walsh – bass
Technical personnel

Charts

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Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 180
Scottish Albums (Official Charts)[15]12
UK Albums (Official Charts)[16]10
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (Official Charts)[17]35
UK Independent Albums (Official Charts)[18]17

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Inspiral Carpets". Trouser Press. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Single Releases". Music Week. 8 January 1994. p. 15.
  3. ↑ "Single Releases". Music Week. 19 February 1994. p. 21.
  4. ↑ "Single Releases". Music Week. 23 April 1994. p. 29.
  5. ↑ Buckley, Peter (22 October 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050.
  6. ↑ "Album Releases". Music Week. 5 March 1994. p. 20.
  7. ↑ "Inspiral Carpets Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. ↑ "Inspiral Carpets". Record Collector.
  9. ↑ "Devil Hopping". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  10. 1 2 Webber, Brad. "Inspiral Carpets Devil Hopping". Chicago Tribune.
  11. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 481.
  12. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 576.
  13. ↑ Frost, Danny. "Review: Inspiral Carpets 'Devil Hopping'". NME. No. 5 March 1994. IPC Media. p. 54.
  14. ↑ "Inspiral Carpets chart history, received from ARIA on 23 November 2021". ARIA. Retrieved 24 June 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.
  15. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 13/3/1994 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Official Albums Chart on 13/3/1994 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 22/4/2022 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart on 22/4/2022 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
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