Devil Hopping

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Devil Hopping
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Studio album by
Released7 March 1994 (1994-03-07)
RecordedParr Street (Liverpool)
Genre Indie rock
Length44:38
Label Mute
Producer Pascal 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]

Contents

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

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
NME 8/10 [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

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

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

Singles

Personnel

Inspiral Carpets
Technical personnel

Charts

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

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