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Devo - Hardcore Devo, Vol. 1: 74-77 Audio CD

A fair review of the Devo "Hardcore Devo, Vol. 1: 74-77" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Devo reviews here, or go back to the Devo tabs.

Devo Band: Devo
Title: Hardcore Devo, Vol. 1: 74-77
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Release Date: 1990-08-20
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Mechanical Man 2: Auto Modown 3: Space Girl Blues 4: Social Fools 5: Soo Bawls 6: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 7: Jocko Homo 8: Golden Energy 9: Buttered Beauties 10: Midget 11: I'm a Potato 12: Uglatto 13: Stop Look and Listen 14: Ono 15: Mongoloid

Good for what it's worth but way too short--
Also, this CD contains 5 tracks that've been re-recorded and released, so as far as entirely new songs (which I was interested in) you get only 10, which again doesn't compete with Vol 2's 17 new songs. --for the price of a copy of this now very rare compilation, especially against the 21 track Hardcore volume 2. This compilation totals to a little over 40 minutes, and so purchasing a copy of this at around 30-50 dollars used you're paying a hefty price for just a little bit.

But aside from the disappointing length and content amount in this compilation, there are some really great tracks, like the video version of Jocko Homo, a couple songs co-written by the two Bobs, and overall just some very interesting songs that shed light on the early mentality of DEVO, it truly lives up to the Hardcore name. The quality of most tracks are also much better than some on Vol 2, if that's important to anyone who wishes to listen to cheaply recorded demos from the 70's. . .

The one track that really bugs me though is Satisfaction; it sounds so similar to the released version that I'm actually mad that they threw it on here, as it wasted valuable space that something else could've had, but I've never been much a fan of the song anyway.

If you love DEVO, get Volume 2 first to start off, as you can probably get it with nearly twice as much content for about the same price, and if you decide you like it enough go for this one.


Finally on CD!
I have no idea from whence it came. I had a tape copy of what eventually became this CD. It was an nth generation copy with all the hiss. Nice to see it on CD now so I can hear everything!
This is the original, pre-eno, pre WB Devo. Fresh out of art school,full of vitriol and unafraid of the consequences. Does anyone remember them on SNL? That scared the pants off of me when I was a kid! .


De-evolution soundtrack
The commercial releases are great in their own right, but don't have the raw energy and broken-down feel these produce. In my opinion, the two Hardcore CDs and the "underground basement tapes" floating around is all the DEVO one needs.

And if you like these, and are clammering for more. . . search high and low for others. . . "The Death of Lt. Cassanova" has to be one of the most lyrically disturbing and hillarious songs written. Pity it didn't make it here.

Anyway. . . This is De-evolution. This is the future, again. Stop, look, and LISTEN.


Amazing! Worth tracking this one down!


Any true Devo fan should get this one!. This is incredible music! Just as good than Devo's first album, weirder and in some ways even better.


An opposite to the pop music they started to make in the mid-80's.
But don't expect anything like whip it, cause it's a different Devo from what your use to. Some great experimental electronic music here.


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