Hempton Manor

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{{Infobox album

| name = Hempton Manor

| type = studio

| artist = The Shamen

| cover = HemptonManorShamen.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 1996

| recorded = 1995–1996

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| studio =

| genre = Techno, dub, drum and bass

| length =

| label = One Little Indian

| producer =

| prev_title = Axis Mutatis

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = UV

| next_year = 1998

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r17803/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

|rev2 = Music Week

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-09-21.pdf|first=|last=|title=Reviews: Albums|work=Music Week|date=21 September 1996|page=14|accessdate=5 September 2021}}

|rev3 = Muzik

|rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Wyatt |first=Kieran |date=November 1996 |title=The Shamen: Hempton Manor |url=http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik018_november_1996.pdf |magazine=Muzik |issue=18 |page=130 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402181156/http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik018_november_1996.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2022 |access-date=16 July 2022}}

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Hempton Manor is the sixth studio album by The Shamen, released in September 1996. Hempton Manor is inspired by and dedicated to hemp and featured a liner printed on hemp-based paper. "Hempton Manor" hybridizes tripped out techno, spacey dub and frenetic drum and bass styles. The decision to make it an entirely instrumental album was a deliberate ploy to break from their record label, One Little Indian. It is alleged to have been recorded in seven days to conclude the recording contract with One Little Indian, and the first letters of each track form an acrostic spelling out "Fuck Birket", referring to label founder Derek Birkett,{{cite web|last1=Hebblethwaite|first1=Phil|title=7 secret codes and ciphers hidden in music|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/cb7ac9cf-207e-4244-8302-2436f2c2ba5a|website=BBC Music|publisher=BBC|accessdate=22 October 2017}} who wanted the group to move back into more commercial territory.