''Devil Hopping'' is the fourth studio album from British indie band

Inspiral Carpets Inspiral Carpets are an English rock band, part of the late-1980s/early-1990s Madchester movement. Formed in Oldham in 1983, the band's most successful lineup featured frontman Tom Hingley, drummer Craig Gill, guitarist Graham Lambert, bassist ...

, released on 7 March 1994 via

Mute Records Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller (music producer), Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Depeche Mode, Erasure (duo), Erasure, Einstürze ...

. The single version of "I Want You" features vocals by

Mark E. Smith Mark Edward Smith (5 March 1957 – 24 January 2018) was an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead vocalist, lyricist and only constant member of the post-punk group the Fall. Smith formed the band after attending the June 1976 Sex Pistol ...

of the Fall. Mute dropped the band after the release of ''Devil Hopping''. The title of the album came from producer

Pascal Gabriel Pascal Gabriel (born 15 December 1956) is a Belgian-born musician based in London, England and Provence, France. Background Pascal Gabriel's musical career began in 1977 in the punk rock band The Razors (bass guitar). He left Belgium for Lo ...

's pronunciation of the word "developing."

Critical reception

The ''

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

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'' wrote that "the nearly lifeless music is at best self-parodic; the lyrics are hopelessly trite."

Track listing

All tracks by

LP: Cow Records / DUNG 25 (UK)

#"I Want You" – 3:10 #"Party in the Sky" – 3:52 #"Plutoman" – 4:15 #"Uniform" – 3:54 #"Lovegrove" – 3:18 #"Just Wednesday" – 3:43 #"Saturn 5" – 3:59 #"All of This and More" – 3:32 #"The Way the Light Falls" – 4:55 #"Half Way There" – 3:50 #"Cobra" – 2:13 #"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: #"Saturn 5 (Peel Session)" – 3:50 #"I Want You (Peel Session)" – 3:01 #"The Way the Light Falls (Peel Session)" – 4:35 #"Party in the Sky (Peel Session)" – 3:42 *

Peel Sessions John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, broadcasting regularly from ...

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/

) (1994) *Dung 26 - "Uniform" (1994)

Personnel

;Inspiral Carpets * Clint Boon – keyboards, backing vocals *Craig Gill – drums *

Tom Hingley Thomas William Hingley (born 9 July 1965) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the frontman of Inspiral Carpets.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 803 Early life Hingley was born i ...

– lead vocals *Graham Lambert – guitars *Martyn Walsh – bass ;Technical personnel *

Peter Ashworth Peter Ashworth (born 1953) is an English photographer. Ashworth initially specialized in music photography, between 1979 and 2000. In the 1980s, he worked with many UK and international music artists including The Smiths, Tina Turner, Depeche M ...

–

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*Dave Buchanan – assistant *Pascal Gabriel – producer, mixing *

– producer *Lewis Mulatero – photography *Sleeve design – Mark Neal & Bill Smith, Bill Smith Studio *

Clif Norrell Clif Norrell is an American record producer, recording engineer, music mixer, and musician. He has worked with many prominent artists including Bruce Springsteen, R.E.M., Jeff Buckley, No Doubt, Rush, Faith No More, Shania Twain, Mick Jagger, D ...

–

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, mixing

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1994 albums Inspiral Carpets albums Mute Records albums Albums produced by Pascal Gabriel