Devil Hopping
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{{Infobox album
| name = Devil Hopping
| type = Studio album
| artist = Inspiral Carpets
| cover = devil hopping.jpg
| caption = Cover photography by Peter Ashworth
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1994|3|7|df=y}}
| recorded = Parr Street (Liverpool)
| venue =
| studio =
| 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
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Devil Hopping
| type = studio
| single1 = Saturn 5
| single1date = 10 January 1994{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=15|date=8 January 1994}}
| single2 = I Want You
| single2date = 21 February 1994{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=21|date=19 February 1994}}
| single3 = Uniform
| single3date = 25 April 1994{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=29|date=23 April 1994}}
}}
}}
Devil Hopping is the fourth studio album from British indie band Inspiral Carpets, released on 7 March 1994 via Mute Records.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&q=devil+hopping+inspiral+carpets+1994&pg=PA520|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Peter|last=Buckley|date=October 22, 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781843531050|via=Google Books}}{{cite magazine|title=Album Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=20|date=5 March 1994}} The single version of "I Want You" features vocals by Mark E. Smith of the Fall.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/inspiral-carpets-mn0000093566/biography|title=Inspiral Carpets | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}} Mute dropped the band after the release of Devil Hopping.{{Cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/inspiral-carpets|title=Inspiral Carpets - Record Collector Magazine|website=recordcollectormag.com}}
The title of the album came from producer Pascal Gabriel's pronunciation of the word "developing."
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |first= |last= |title=Devil Hopping|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/devil-hopping-mw0000110201|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=February 27, 2019}}
|rev2 = Chicago Tribune
|rev2score = {{rating|3|4}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-03-31-9403310033-story.html|title=Inspiral Carpets Devil Hopping (Mute) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR)England's Inspiral Carpets...|first=Brad|last=Webber|website=chicagotribune.com}}
|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=4 |page=481}}
|rev4 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide
|rev4score = {{rating|1|5}}{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=576}}
|rev5 = NME
|rev5score = 8/10{{cite journal |first=Danny |last=Frost |title=Review: Inspiral Carpets - Devil Hopping (Mute/All formats) |journal=NME |publisher=IPC Media |issue=5 March 1994 |page=54}}
}}
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."{{cite web |title=Inspiral Carpets |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/inspiral-carpets/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=22 October 2020}}
Track listing
All tracks by Inspiral Carpets.
=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 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
Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (1994)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/1kt94cm.jpeg|title=Inspiral Carpets chart history, received from ARIA on 23 November 2021|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=24 June 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.
|180 |
| {{album chart|Scotland|12|date=19940313|rowheader=true|refname=SCOT1|accessdate=July 10, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|10|date=19940313|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 10, 2024}} |
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2022)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Scotland|35|date=20220422|rowheader=true|refname=SCOT2|accessdate=July 10, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|UKIndependent|17|date=20220422|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 10, 2024}} |