Devil Hopping

Devil Hopping is the fourth studio album from British indie band Inspiral Carpets, released on 7 March 1994 via Mute Records.^[1][5][6] The single version of "I Want You" features vocals by Mark E. Smith of the Fall.^[7] Mute dropped the band after the release of Devil Hopping.^[8]

Devil Hopping
Cover photography by Peter Ashworth
Studio album by Inspiral Carpets
Released	7 March 1994 (1994-03-07)
Recorded	Parr Street (Liverpool)
Genre	Indie rock
Length	44:38
Label	Mute
Producer	Pascal Gabriel[1]
Inspiral Carpets chronology
Revenge Of The Goldfish (1992) Devil Hopping (1994) Inspiral Carpets The Singles (1995)
Singles from Devil Hopping
"Saturn 5" Released: 10 January 1994[2] "I Want You" Released: 21 February 1994[3] "Uniform" Released: 25 April 1994[4]

The title of the album came from producer Pascal Gabriel's pronunciation of the word "developing."

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Chicago Tribune	[10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[11]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[12]
NME	8/10[13]

The Chicago Tribune wrote that "with driving guitars and Martyn Walsh's booming bass lines, Devil Hopping edges toward a punchier rock sound."^[10] Trouser Press wrote that "the nearly lifeless music is at best self-parodic; the lyrics are hopelessly trite."^[1]

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

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14]	180
Scottish Albums (OCC)[15]	12
UK Albums (OCC)[16]	10

Chart (2022)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[17]	35
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[18]	17