Devil Hopping Explained

Devil Hopping
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Inspiral Carpets
Cover:	devil hopping.jpg
Recorded:	Parr Street (Liverpool)
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

Devil Hopping is the fourth studio album from British indie band Inspiral Carpets, released on 7 March 1994 via Mute Records.^{[1] [2]} The single version of "I Want You" features vocals by Mark E. Smith of The Fall.^[3] Mute dropped the band after the release of Devil Hopping.^[4]

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."^[5]

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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. October 22, 2003. Rough Guides. 9781843531050. Google Books.
2. Album Releases. Music Week. 20. 5 March 1994.
3. Web site: Inspiral Carpets | Biography & History. AllMusic.
4. Web site: Inspiral Carpets - Record Collector Magazine. recordcollectormag.com.
5. Web site: Inspiral Carpets . Trouser Press . 22 October 2020.
6. Web site: Inspiral Carpets chart history, received from ARIA on 23 November 2021. ARIA. Imgur.com. 24 June 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.