Devil Hopping

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Devil Hopping
Devil hopping.jpg
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]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME (8/10) [9]

Devil Hopping is the fourth studio album from British indie band Inspiral Carpets, released on 7 March 1994 via Mute Records. [1] [10] [11] The single version of "I Want You" features vocals by Mark E. Smith of The Fall. [12] Mute dropped the band after the release of Devil Hopping. [13]

Contents

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

Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune wrote that "with driving guitars and Martyn Walsh's booming bass lines, Devil Hopping edges toward a punchier rock sound." [6] 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

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