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Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Audio CD

A fair review of the Devo "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!" 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: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Uncontrollable Urge 2: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 3: Praying Hands 4: Space Junk 5: Mongoloid 6: Jocko Homo 7: Too Much Paranoias 8: Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy) 9: Come Back Jonee 10: Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin') 11: Shrivel-Up

The first record I ever bought from the first band I ever loved!
The song was Mongoloid and I thought it was brilliant. I first heard DEVO in 1977 on the Doctor Demento radio show in Los Angeles.
It's on this amazing record along with other great twisted funny songs like Jocko Homo, Uncontrollable Urge, an amazing cover of the Stones I Can't Get No (Satisfaction), Shrivel Up and my favorite Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy. It was produced by Brian Eno (It was 10 years later before I discovered early 70's Roxy Music. . . Amazing!)
When this came record out in 1978 it was so far ahead of it's time, that many of my friends would run out the room with their ears plugged when I played this for them. And the best thing about it is that it still sounds fresh today. (They still run out of the room) I got to see DEVO in concert later that year on the Duty Now For The Future Tour (Another Fantastic Record) and they played a cover of The Words Get Stuck In My Throat from the incredibly bad/great japanese monster flick "War Of The Gargantuans", needless to I've been a lifelong DEVO fan ever since. .


DEVO
This is one cd you must always keep a spare copy of if you lend it to 'friends' ~ it's a keeper!. No surprises here, a truly great cd from one of the world's most iconic bands.


an explosive awakening
I was listening, and really "into" Elton, Wings, ELO, Pink Floyd, GFR, Kansas. I was 16 when this album was originally released. . . et al.

I friend bought this record and hated it, so he gave it to me.
The first listen caused scatterbrain. Each subsequent listen got easier and easier to "digest".

Wow! What an awakening this brought me! Although I was still very much into the arena rock scene, within months I was digging deeply into Talking Heads, XTC, The Fools, Fingerprintz, The Slits. . . . and on and on. . .

To this day, this album ranks very high in my soul. I turned many a military roommate onto this stuff.

I also find this album to be an incredible mood lifter. Just plain fun!
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Devolution at its best
Are We Not Men? We Are Devo is the pinnacle of the Devo library, a wonderful celebration of those who don't conform to Madison Avenue's and Hollywood's ideals. Having recently attended a once in a lifetime reunion of Devo, I decided to update my vinyl and cassettes to CDs. . . but a human ideal in which one can strive to be the truest and purest human. . . a human that examines, studies, and asks questions. While it seems almost impossible that a mere collection of music can truly represent these issues, especially confronted with the cultural void presented by top 40 corporate radio and music channels that don't play music anymore, Devo smacks the listener in the ear with reality. If you want some good punk-based technocrat rock that flies in the face of today's conventions, do yourself a favor and purchase this CD. You won't regret it. .


Truly Sublime
Though the band already had a great satiric concept going (de-evolution), when they teamed up with Brian Eno for this project, the stuff of demented genius was created. While the Devo phenomenon as a whole may be somewhat time encapsulated, this debut album has absolutely remained as cutting-edge and vibrant as the day it came out some 30 years ago. The sound straddles punk, new wave, and the simplistic pop ditties of the sixties. The jumpy, jagged, hypercaffeinated tunes perfectly convey Devo's warped take on pop culture, and also serve to further pop as an art form. This is not a disc that I play in heavy rotation, but it sounds fresh every time I hear it, and only gets better with time.


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