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Devo - Duty Now for the Future Audio CD

A fair review of the Devo "Duty Now for the Future" 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: Duty Now for the Future
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Release Date: 2005-02-22
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Devo Corporate Anthem 2: Clockout 3: Timing X 4: Wiggly World 5: Blockhead 6: Strange Pursuits 7: S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain) 8: Triumph of the Will 9: Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize 10: Pink Pussycat 11: Secret Agent Man 12: Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA 13: Red-Eye Express

Mutated Recordings from another Dimension!
The entire album is awesome. This is DEVO's best album, in my opinion. It is energetic and surreal, almost like it was recorded by weird beings from another dimension, or should I say, Suburban Robots that monitor reality? And. . . it rocks hard. Bob 1 does some amazing guitar solos on this album. Just get it!
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We are all DEVO!!!
This album was way before its time (79! wow ) this sound could is still not dated today! The energy and creative genius is just oozing out of this album. One of the Penultimate creations of the Devo crew a must for everyone's cd collection. A perfect mix of rocking giutar work , crazy pioneering electronic music and profoundly fun lyrics and vocals. Do yourself a favour and buy this album now !!! .


Overlooked but still worth a second listen
However it's packed with good performances and the production values are more in line with the Devo ethic than the first album. Devo's second album is a slight step back from their first in terms of it's mass appeal. The song Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA sums up Devo perfectly. Wiggly World is a classic as is Strange Pursuit. The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize had a great promotional video. Secret Agent Man is an in concert fave sung by Bob 1.

As I mentioned this is not Devo's most popular album. If You give it a sceond listen you'll find it's packed with gems.


The future is here
A new wave/punk rock tour de force. This is by far one of Devo's strongest albums. If you like Devo, this is a must have. .


Devo, Pre-Energy Dome
By sandwiching the immediate predecessor and immediate progeny of "Freedom of Choice," the listener can truly understand how Freedom Of Choice is the missing link between organic Devo (Duty Now for the Future) and synthetic Devo (New Traditionalists). This CD offers the casual devo-tee a chance to really understand the evolution of the de-evolution band.

"Duty Now For The Future" was Devo's apocalyptic warning against a wiggly world taken over by corporate culture; by the time "New Traditionalists" came out, the members of Devo had been fully re-programmed to trumpet the coming of a Brave New World.

Or had they?

Songs like "Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA," "Devo Corporate Anthem," "Clockout" and "Blockhead" were harbingers of a "one-size-fits all" universe that came to fruition with "Freedom of Choice," though the spudboys by that time all chose to march in energy-dome topped-off lockstep.

Their lockstep neck-salute anthem, "Triumph of the Will," is a dark synthetic foreshadowing of Things To Come. Or, is it? Is it prophecy, or retreading Leni Riefenstahl's utopian vision of Nazi Germany?

But, there is a premonition of revolt in such songs from "New Traditionalists" as "Beautiful World" (for YOU; IT'S NOT FOR ME), "Through Being Cool" and "Going Under. " "Working in a Coal Mine" was Devo's attempt at nostalgia as only they could understand it; disembodied computer-synth hu-boon vocals over steel guitar. It really takes a great swipe at all the MOR so-called "blues" artists like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton.

Devo never sold out, they just constantly repackaged themselves.


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