Devil Hopping

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FieldValue
nameDevil Hopping
typeStudio album
artistInspiral Carpets
coverdevil hopping.jpg
captionCover photography by Peter Ashworth
released
recordedParr Street (Liverpool)
genreIndie rock
length44:38
labelMute
producerPascal Gabriel
prev_titleRevenge of the Goldfish
prev_year1992
next_titleInspiral Carpets The Singles
next_year1995
misc{{Singles
nameDevil Hopping
typestudio
single1Saturn 5
single1date10 January 1994
single2I Want You
single2date21 February 1994
single3Uniform
single3date25 April 1994
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| name = Devil Hopping | type = Studio album | artist = Inspiral Carpets | cover = devil hopping.jpg | caption = Cover photography by Peter Ashworth | alt = | released = | recorded = Parr Street (Liverpool) | venue = | studio = | genre = Indie rock | length = 44:38 | label = Mute | producer = Pascal Gabriel | prev_title = Revenge of the Goldfish | prev_year = 1992 | next_title = Inspiral Carpets The Singles | next_year = 1995 | misc = {{Singles | name = Devil Hopping | type = studio | single1 = Saturn 5 | single1date = 10 January 1994 | single2 = I Want You | single2date = 21 February 1994 | single3 = Uniform | single3date = 25 April 1994 Devil Hopping is the fourth studio album from British indie band Inspiral Carpets, released on 7 March 1994 via Mute Records. The single version of "I Want You" features vocals by Mark E. Smith of the Fall. Mute dropped the band after the release of Devil Hopping.

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

Critical reception

| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = |rev2 = Chicago Tribune |rev2score = |rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |rev3score = |rev4 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |rev4score = |rev5 = NME |rev5score = 8/10 The Chicago Tribune wrote that "with driving guitars and Martyn Walsh's booming bass lines, Devil Hopping edges toward a punchier rock sound." Trouser Press wrote that "the nearly lifeless music is at best self-parodic; the lyrics are hopelessly trite."

Track listing

All tracks by Inspiral Carpets.

LP: Cow Records / DUNG 25 (UK)

  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)

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

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

Personnel

;Inspiral Carpets

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

;Technical personnel

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1994) | Peak position | Australian Albums (ARIA) | |---|---|---| | 180 | | | ::

::data[format=table] | Chart (2022) | Peak position | |---|---| ::

References

References

  1. (8 January 1994). "Single Releases".
  2. (19 February 1994). "Single Releases".
  3. (23 April 1994). "Single Releases".
  4. Buckley, Peter. (October 22, 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides.
  5. (5 March 1994). "Album Releases".
  6. "Inspiral Carpets | Biography & History".
  7. "Inspiral Carpets - Record Collector Magazine".
  8. "Devil Hopping". [[AllMusic]].
  9. Webber, Brad. "Inspiral Carpets Devil Hopping (Mute) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR)England's Inspiral Carpets...".
  10. (2006). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". MUZE.
  11. (1999). "MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide". Visible Ink Press.
  12. Frost, Danny. "Review: ''Inspiral Carpets - Devil Hopping (Mute/All formats)''". [[IPC Media]].
  13. "Inspiral Carpets".
  14. "Inspiral Carpets chart history, received from ARIA on 23 November 2021". [[Australian Recording Industry Association.

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