Devil Hopping


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

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

    LP: Cow Records / LDUNG 25 (UK)

Contains track listing as above, plus a red vinyl 10" featuring the following tracks:
  1. "Saturn 5 " – 3:50
  2. "I Want You " – 3:01
  3. "The Way the Light Falls " – 4:35
  4. "Party in the Sky " – 3:42
  • Peel Sessions first broadcast on 13 December 1993.
  • also available on CD

    Singles

  • Dung 23 - "Saturn 5"
  • Dung 24 - "I Want You"
  • Dung 26 - "Uniform"

    Personnel

;Inspiral Carpets
  • Clint Boon – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Craig Gill – drums
  • Tom Hingley – lead vocals
  • Graham Lambert – guitars
  • Martyn Walsh – bass
;Technical personnel
  • Peter Ashworth – photography
  • Dave Buchanan – assistant
  • Pascal Gabriel – producer, mixing
  • Inspiral Carpets – producer
  • Lewis Mulatero – photography
  • Sleeve design – Mark Neal & Bill Smith, Bill Smith Studio
  • Clif Norrell – engineer, mixing

    Charts

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