Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

I didn't think I would like this as much as I did based off of their songs I knew. I really enjoyed this!

I very much appreciate their weirdness but they aren’t really my type of preferred weirdness. Still, I’m happy they exist.

3/5

A classic album with a unique approach, philosophy and sound.

Not my favorite, but I could certainly see how Devo's firs album really influenced the future of new wave

Just didn't speak to me at all. Some bands just aren't for you and Devo are one of those for me.

Devo, a band that wasn’t afraid of being themselves. Enjoyed the trip back to the late 70’s. Techno before techno.

I honestly feel that the main issue with this album is the fact that it's just a little bit too much "novelty" in one big gulp and that these tracks mainly work better as singles. I didn't hate this, but there's only so much quirky 70s pop I can tolerate before I began to tune out. It feels like it hovered between two and three stars, but I will be gracious and go with three.

Don’t let the Temu Tom Brady album cover fool you, this is a really fun listen. Likes: Uncontrollable Urge, Satisfaction, Gut Feeling, Come Back Jonee

Got a bit confused as on Spotify the version I listened to was from 1993 and it had a very late 70s/early 80s punk/post-punk style. Sure enough, a little reading later, the album was originally released in 1978.

okay

Yeah. Great album of its time. Good nostalgic listen

Certainly one of the more unconventional albums in this project. Some decent punk-adjacent standout songs but a lot of the weirder stuff didn't connect with me. Shorter runtime definitely helped the album not overstay its welcome. Top tracks: Uncontrollable Urge, Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)

Fun and energetic. Influential, 4 Star.

Q: Is this an influencer album? A: Probably. Doesn't mean I have to like it.

Ever went to a museum and seen a canvas painted a single colour or left completely blank? Well that's essentially what I think post punk is doing. An attempt at a middle finger to the established arts but with little the viewer/listener can walk away with. Luckily this painting has some of the painter's hair stuck in it (the drummer's pretty good) so you can chuckle at that.

Was not expecting to rate that a 5, but it hooked me

Why is Tom Brady on this album cover? And why isn't that the weirdest thing about this?

All right, this is one that I understand why it is on this list. This is an album that reflect the beginning of American new wave. It is certainly fun, offbeat and kitschy.

mmmm....

Catchy rhythmic sounds soon become tiresome in their lack of variation. Clever once, but not now.

Very poorly aged album - fun at times but the vast majority of this is truly annoying.

I'll take debut albums from 1978 for $200 Alex. Of the 30 book albums from '78, 12 of them are debuts. After 1967 it's probably the greatest year for 1st albums. And this record fits right in with my narrative. This reminds me of watching Night Flight on USA channel, I got exposed to lots of weird alternative music from that show including these cats. This album really kicks ass. Extra stars for getting Conny Plank to engineer it, that guy is a Krautrock legend.

Brilliantly absurd, and really quite pioneering in its way

This album is so punk rock it's kind of astounding. Sarcastic, witty, and a unique sound that incorporates the best parts of early electronic and surf rock sounds while taking the piss with the latter is a way that renders it listenable. Devo walks a fine line between being a comedy act and being annoying sincere, but they walk the line masterfully. As a result, we have a fun, smart, and interesting album that is, while absolutely of it's time, endlessly fascinating to listen to. Highlights include Uncontrollable Urge, Mongoloud (horrible name but what can you do), Jocko Homo, and Gut Feeling.

I adore this album. I’ve had a lifelong obsession with the first two Devo albums. They walk that line of being avante garde but accessible. Also I’m sure most of us can agree that theirs is the best version of satisfaction is it not?

Fun and of it's age.

Not for me

The bastard offspring of Talking Heafs and B52s which is not necessarily a bad thing! More fun than I thought it would be.

I liked how much fun this was having with it, took some cool unexpected turns for what was essentially a silly rock record

we are devo

I like it for what it is.

What a classic. Fantastic beats.

Another "post-" album that is way too artsy. This time, they don't take themselves too seriously, but are unbearably silly instead. What is supposed to be playful and special just comes off as annoying and strange to me.

Ну такое, просто обычный рок как-будто

Conceptual (for 70-s), eh

Devo Debut!!! Yes!!! I love this album, it was LEAGUES ahead of it's time and has the raw funkiness that I crave.

Meh

loved it. their debut album. "Mongoloid", "Space Junk", and "Jocko Homo" were, my favorites. even though they were a pioneering group with it, alot of people think they were just synthesizers, but they were a full band.

This was a crazy album. It was as if The Talking Heads, B-52s, and The Cars all came together to play songs that weren't quite as good as any of those bands haha. The album was a little too inconsistent, but I did enjoy the oddity of it.

I can't get no satisfaction this. It did bring a smile when I remember the videos. But that does not mean I would choose to listen.

For some unknown reason I kind of liked this album. There was nothing special about it, but it just took me back in time and I felt good about it.

🕺🏻🏄🏽‍♀️

Devo really said "fuck it let's start the 1980s!"

All bangers except satisfaction. Crit influence on 80’s undercurrents, and to think it’s all very Ohio

Fun album, but will not listen again.

Den har växt. Lyssnade 3 ggr. Bitvis rolig. Hives måste ha hört DEVO.

quirky post punk. fun album.

Had a lot of fun listening to it. Already relistened twice

A lot of fun. Quirky new wave that holds up well. Has a je ne sais quoi that other similar 80s acts just can't match.

2 / bit annoying

Estuvo cool, pero no hubo ninguna canción que me súper enganchará.

top 3 - Gut Feeling / (Slap Your Mammy), Too Much Paranoias, Come Back Jonee. Thought it was alright for the most part, will give another listen. Definitely interested me though, will check out their other albums.

Frenetic energy, goofy attitude, ear for a hook, messing around with synths but still essentially a basement dwelling punk band. This and Talking Heads 77 are the twin corner stones of so much great (and also so much annoying) stuff in the following decade.

Long string of meh albums. 2.5 rounded up.

Had reasonable hopes for this, but no…

This is an odd one for me. It has great energy. A fun vibe, but on the whole I found it more annoying than anything. I was just glad it was short. 3/5

Au biz wild, au wenn biz besser und ahgnehmer wie Korn, werdet mich d Devos weiterhin nüme musikalisch begleite. Q: Wieviel Puntos vom Timon? A: zwei

Es bar gueti und vibig tracks. In Kombi mit es bar nervendi. Das heisst mir gänd demm 3 männer sternlis.

Devo are cool, but the songs kind of blend together.

Very nice.

Devo are able to be experimental without forgetting that music should have some melody to it. Great album.

A solid 30 minutes of fun. Give me more.

Solid new wave album. Notable tracks include Uncontrollable Urge, Praying Hands, Mongoloid, Jocko Homo, Gut Feeling, Come Back Jonee.

Not really my cup of tea, but love the satirical approach.

2.5

Good

if David Byrne was on even more cocaine

This one was very fun though Sloppy kinda scared me

Awesome album that brings back the fun quirkiness of the early 80’s

A perfect new wave album, zero skips, zero misplaced notes, and zero reason not to rate it 5 stars

A mixture of the ridiculous and the sublime.

I did not know that Mark Mothersbaugh of Wes Anderson soundtrack fame was in Devo. Enjoyed this album and its solidly in my wheelhouse- Gut Feeling is a banger and on my top 50 tracks of all time.

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo All the times I’ve listened to this album I don’t think I registered until today that Eno produced it - yet again his hand is across so much of the music I love. Reading further, although they were seemingly resistant to Eno, Bowie was also involved, and I’d be fascinated to hear what the Devo-Eno-Bowie-Holger Czukay-Dieter Moebius jam session sounded like. Anyhow to this, a brilliantly offbeat new wave pop album. I love that as deliberately odd and idiosyncratic as Devo are, it never feels forced, the absurdism is playful and humorous, and beneath all the art-rock situationism I think there is genuine sincerity and meaning, as veiled as it is in jerky oddballism. Although none of that would work if they weren’t such a great band with a great ear for a hook, wrapped up in tense, jumpy songs, like a kind of ADHD younger brother to Talking Heads. The whole thing is excellent, but the first side is particularly strong with Uncontrollable Urge, Satisfaction, Mongoloid and Jocko Homo. Uncontrollable Urge is a great distillation of the album, a jerky groove, shouty vocals and an odd kind of catchiness. Their take on Satisfaction is superb, turning it into a kind of robotic groove and the frenetic vocals capturing the same sense of frustration and alienation as the original but transposed to the late 70s. Praying Hands starts with a bit of pre-B-52s retro-futurism before yanking it sideways with some synthy business and Space Junk is a great bit of throwaway art-punk. Mongoloid is fantastic, a motorik beat and synth line and catchy chorus, and Jocko Homo is a brilliant bit of jumpy mechanicalism, with a humorous art pop sensibility. The second side perhaps feels more traditional in the sense the synths are less prominent, but it's an excellent set of nervy and scratchy post punk songs, the edgy feel of Too Much Paranoias, the galloping Come Back Jonee, the jittery Sloppy before the squelchy and science lab rockabilly of Shrivel-Up. But Gut Feeling is the standout on the second side, a relatively conventional rock song, but with a catchy, relentless energy and an excellent synth line. Its a great album, one of my favourites. 5. 👶👶👶👶👶 Playlist submission: Could be many, I’ll go Jocko Homo

It does lose a bit of punch over the second half, with the more pedestrian 'Sloppy', 'Come Back Jonee' and '(Slap Your Mummy)', which feels a lot more like conventional post-punk rockers. But this is littered with gems; pure garage-rock economy, with a hankering for motorik and neuro-diverse overtones. An angular antidote to cock-rock and disco.

Devo is really good at being ass. I felt like I was watching someone present a dumpster fire they lit. The music was good! The lyrics were good! It just felt like they were fucking around.

Well crafted and considered nonsense. I never realised until now the parallels with the vocal style of David Byrne. Devo, the love child of taking heads and Kraftwerk.

Yes

I thought it was going to be better. It wasn't.

In its best moments, it's sort of new-wave-y punk type stuff with some good riffs and hooks, but I'm not crazy about the vocals or production and just generally didn't really do much for me after two listens.

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Nope

Devo is cool. This is good. .

Who likes this? Not fun, just kind of abrasive?

This is a great American band. They actually tried new things with value rather than that Pere Ubu nonsense. This is a must hear if only to show how to push an envelope. They destroy ‘satisfaction’ and rebuild it. One of two great bands to be formed by the anger caused by the Kent State University massacre. (The pretenders being the other). An excellent listen.

Mind blowing. Defies categorisation. The only good thing to come out of the violence and oppression of Kent State. That they went to Mick with their take on Satisfaction, which of course being Mick he loved. Uncontrollable Urge still makes my die, every day in every way. Rock and roll classic.

I have always really dug this album; it is smart, angry, funny and you can dance to it (in an awkward, jerky, white-boy kind of way). Devo were a really tight, energetic band at the time (any live record from the time will demonstrate that) and Brian Eno managed to capture that really well (although he and Mark Mothersbaugh apparently fought like cats and dogs over how much of Eno’s synth should go onto various songs). Subsequent Devo albums were often a bit more polished (especially in the 80s when they relied more heavily on electronics), but the tight, loud, spiky, raucous guitar band format of this first album really appeals. There are plenty of hooks and catchy beats, and the lyrics are funny without being dumb. It’s easy to read Devo as a comedy act or novelty band, but these guys were angry. Really angry. The bright colours and visual appeal can distract from a deep and abiding rage at capitalist society. Does their satire fall afoul of Poe’s Law (that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, it is difficult to distinguish between sincere expressions of extreme beliefs and parodies or satirical expressions of those beliefs)? Possibly. And, watching the recent documentary, they were sucked into the vortex of music industry, and they themselves couldn’t tell whether they were a cog in the capitalist music machine or a satire thereof. I listen to this album regularly. It’s got a good beat and I can bug out to it

Art Rock.

Very fun, tight, full of energy and sick musicians, especially the drummer. Some mental breakdowns. Well produced. Would be a 5* if the vocals didn't have that post punk taint where the frontman sings like they've got someone's fist up their ass. & honestly think they could really benefit from some brass here. Would really open up those pores 7.5 / 10 Best track/s: Sloppy, Gut Feeling, Jocko Homo

This is a weird one but in a really good way. I think that this album manages the absurd nature of the music and lyrics with the ability to put together an amazing medley of music that truly works.

That's a UFO of music. In a bad way.

Some great moments for sure, but not the wave I’d ride.

That (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction cover was, is, and will continue to be heinous. I wish I could like all the rest as much as Uncontrollable Urge, but I just can’t.

Uncontrollable Urge is a good enough start. Post-punk might have been coined after hearing this song. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction made it into Casino when Ace and Nicky are starting to lose their grip. Whip It was in the movie too. I like covers of great songs generally, particularly when they do something different. There's things to like about it...but definitely some things not to like as well. It's interesting to say the least. If this is post-punk it is also unfortunately also proto-New Wave. Jocko Homo is one of the worst songs I've ever heard. This is not good but it is short. It's like if the Ramones were nerds. I would wager that Les Claypool was listening to Shrivel-Up when he wrote the theme to South Park. They're like worse Talking Heads.

Yeah this is a weird one for sure. But weird in a great way. I can imagine hearing this in 1978 and not having any idea what was going on at all. It's amazing that these guys ever really made it into mainstream music. Even listening now it's pretty out there and I think a lot of people would fail to really connect with this record. I like it, but it's sort of a take it or leave it for me. If I never heard this one again that would not be a great loss for me. But I'd like to hear this one a couple more times in my life for sure. 3.5/5 but going to round down because it isn't good enough for 4.

I'll research this seminal new wave/post-punk album to give you a comprehensive analysis. **Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!** (1978) is one of the most audacious debut albums in rock history. Released in August 1978, this 33-minute manifesto from Akron, Ohio’s Devo arrived fully formed as a multimedia art project disguised as a rock band. Produced by Brian Eno with David Bowie lurking in the wings, the album captures the moment when punk’s aggression met the cold precision of emerging synthesizer technology—and birthed American new wave. --- ### **Concept & Themes: The Gospel of De-Evolution** The album’s conceptual backbone is Devo’s theory of **“de-evolution”—**the satirical but sincerely held belief that humanity is regressing into a species of thoughtless, consumption-driven automatons. Co-founders Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale developed this philosophy while students at Kent State University, where Casale witnessed the National Guard shooting of four classmates in 1970. That trauma seeded a worldview that rejected the ’60s optimism of linear progress. The lyrics read like dystopian comic strips. **"Jocko Homo"** (the album’s centerpiece and mission statement) takes its title from a 1924 anti-evolution tract and asks the eternal question: *“Are we not men?”* The answer—*“We are Devo”*—is delivered in a 7/-time chant that suggests humanity has already devolved into pinheaded conformity. **"Mongoloid"** controversially addresses Down syndrome not to mock, but to argue that a man with an IQ of 50 navigating society is actually superior to the “normals” who mock him—a typically pointed Devo inversion. Elsewhere, **"Space Junk"** narrates a satellite falling from orbit to crush a baby named Sally in an absurd meditation on technological fallout. **"Too Much Paranoias"** lampoons consumer anxiety through fast-food imagery (“I got static cling!”), while their cover of **"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"** transforms the Stones’ sexual frustration into corporate alienation—white-collar claustrophobia set to spasmodic guitar. --- ### **Musical Architecture: Mechanical Beach Music** Musically, the album occupies a bizarre liminal space between surf rock, punk, and proto-industrial. The band employed two guitarists—Bob Mothersbaugh (distorted lead) and Bob Casale (clean rhythm)—creating a stereo effect where dissonance meets chirpy melodicism. Drummer **Alan Myers** (the only non-brother) was the secret weapon: his precise, robotic beats provided the “metronomic glue” that held together the band’s jerky time signatures and sudden rhythmic shifts. **"Uncontrollable Urge"** opens the album with Beach Boys-esque harmonies corrupted by neurotic repetition (“Yeah yeah yeah yeah!”), while **"Gut Feeling / Slap Your Mammy"** begins with almost conventional arpeggiated guitar before accelerating into chaotic release. The synthesizers—mostly Mini-Moog and early synth modules—don’t dominate but texturize, swooping in like alien interference on “Space Junk” or providing the funhouse-mirror bends in “Mongoloid.” --- ### **Production: The Eno Conundrum** Brian Eno’s production is simultaneously the album’s greatest asset and its most complicated story. Eno paid for the band’s flights to Conny Plank’s studio near Cologne before Warner Bros. officially signed them, gambling on their potential. However, tensions emerged immediately: Devo resisted Eno’s experimental instincts, rejecting most of his synthesized additions except on tracks like the alien coda of “Jocko Homo”. The result is a compromise that nonetheless sounds revolutionary for 1978. Eno’s touch is evident in the **spatial depth**—the “springy, clean” bass processing on “Mongoloid,” the crisp separation of the dual-guitar attack, and the careful reverb on Mothersbaugh’s vocals. David Bowie, originally slated to produce before filming *Just a Gigolo*, assisted on weekends and helped remix after the Eno-band conflicts proved troublesome. --- ### **Influence: The Blueprint for the 80s** The album’s impact vastly outweighs its initial commercial performance (it peaked at #78 in the US, though it hit #12 in the UK). It served as a bridge between Cleveland’s industrial grime and the coming synth-pop explosion. Without *Q: Are We Not Men?*, there is no **Talking Heads** (whom Devo predated and influenced), no **They Might Be Giants**, no **industrial music** of the 1980s. The album pioneered the visual-music synthesis that would dominate MTV: the band’s matching uniforms, energy dome hats, and mechanized choreography predated the video age by two years but defined its aesthetic. It proved that “art school” concepts could coexist with danceable rock, influencing everyone from **Radiohead** (who inherited the dystopian angst) to **LCD Soundsystem** (who borrowed the robotic funk). --- ### **Pros & Cons** #### **Pros:** - **Conceptual Coherence**: Few debuts arrive with such a fully realized aesthetic—musical, visual, and philosophical. - **Sonic Innovation**: The integration of synthesizers as textural elements (rather than lead instruments) created the template for new wave production. - **Rhythmic Complexity**: Alan Myers’ drumming and the use of odd time signatures (7/8 in “Jocko Homo,” irregular phrases throughout) proved punk didn’t have to mean primitive. - **Peak Moments**: “Jocko Homo,” “Mongoloid,” and the “Satisfaction” deconstruction remain unmatched statements of satirical rock. - **Brevity**: At 33 minutes, no ideas overstay their welcome. #### **Cons:** - **Inconsistent Songwriting**: For every “Gut Feeling,” there’s a “Sloppy” or “Shrivel-Up” that feels like an underdeveloped sketch. The album peaks early and maintains rather than builds. - **The Coldness Problem**: The intentional mechanical detachment can feel emotionally alienating over full-album listens; the satire occasionally wears thin before the record ends. - **Eno’s Frustration**: One wonders what the album might have been had the band embraced more of Eno’s experimental synth work instead of mostly rejecting it. - **Insert Tracks**: The “Slap Your Mammy” appendage to “Gut Feeling” adds little, and “Space Junk,” while atmospheric, lacks the hooks of the opener. --- ### **Verdict** *Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!* remains Devo’s definitive statement—a document of post-industrial America choking on its own consumption, delivered via spastic guitars and futuristic paranoia. It’s not perfect; it’s messy, resistant to its own producer, and occasionally too clever for its own good. But as a cultural artifact predicting the rise of Reaganism, the information age, and the alienation of digital life, it’s prophetic. The question was rhetorical—we were already Devo, we just didn’t know it yet. **Essential Tracks**: “Uncontrollable Urge,” “Jocko Homo,” “Mongoloid,” “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” “Gut Feeling”

This was an interesting experience. Very camp. But I don't think I'd listen to it again. 3/5.

It was like listening to Audible at 2.5x speed. Don’t hate it, but it did feel like shaken-baby syndrome by the end.

The worst thing I've heard in years, maybe ever

An absolute masterpiece.

did not like towards end. 6.68/10 3/5

Great album!

About as New Wave as it gets. Produced by Brain Eno (with **David Bowie'**s help on the weekends) Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo is a lot of fun! Nothing really stands out on first listen except for the cover of The Rolling Stone's (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction and that's mostly for how goofy it is, but nothing disappoints. I knew a few singles prior to getting Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo this morning and liked them well enough but never enough to buy an album or even a greatest hits collection but after hearing **Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (**twice) this morning that will change & I'll add something by these quirky new wavers to my library. As of early 2026 Devo is still together, and I bet that they would be a whole lot of fun to see live maybe at one of those summer New Wave/Post Punk festivals/tour packages that I have seen spring up all over after Covid. Shrivel-Up!

Not for me.

Different doesn’t mean great

The old wave is dead; long live the new wave

Solid.

we're the Devo fan

corny title but some saving songs in there

There is something about this, that really appeals to me. I haven’t listened to Devo that much before, but I think it’s pretty great

achei todas as musicas muito parecidas nao é mt meu estilo mas entendo alguem gostar

Brian Eno’s hands are all over this lol. It’s great in a so fun it doesn’t matter kind of way. I hate the Sayisfaction cover with a passion though.

Great album. Uncontrollable Urge was the best song. I was listening to this song while driving in a blizzard, and it kept me wide awake. I love the energy!

This is absolutely influential. Without this we would have no Viagra Boys and that’s a world I don’t want to live in. Wild lyrics and great energy permeate everything here. Maybe the third most significant person/group out of Akron Ohio. Favorite songs were Uncontrollable Urge, Satisfaction, Mongoloid, Too Much Paranoias, Gut Feeling, and Come Back Jonee.

I get why this is on here. There’s a certain charm to Devo and especially this album, given the music at the time (or let’s face it, any time). That said, it is very strange and really not my thing. I’ve heard people say that this is the beginning of new wave, and I sort of understand that, though new wave has a lot more depth to it. This is more or less nerd frat rock, and there’s a reason that really no one else followed it. I read that Bowie said that they were the band of the future, but that’s just based on how they looked. Devo never proved to be a harbinger of music of the future. Smack dab between two and three stars, going with three because it’s so different, new and interesting. And that’s despite the fact that Brian Eno produced this and I really don’t like him. Maybe it’s because the cover looks like Tom Brady. Hey, maybe they were the band of the future…

This album is just wild. The drum patterns are wonky and I love it. It was really fun trying to mimic what the beat was in the "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" cover. I know the opening track as that fun weird song on Rock Band 2, not the intro to Ridiculousness. This album is just the oddest display of rock, like if an alien came down and tried its best to mimic human music. It's pretty close but something definitely seems off about it. Amazing

Loved it.

The album is ok, couple familiar songs

I quite liked this album, and the devolution meaning plus variety of work is gonna bump this up to a 5. The album itself seems to have quite a few covers

Best Song: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction There are two things that Devo and Frank Zappa have in common: one - they both put together really talented musicians; two - they are really weird. I enjoyed this and list it as something to listen to more often but it is really weird and you need to be in the mood. 4/5.

Listened doing jobs Heard before but a long time ago

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Glad I could listen to an example of the weirdness that is Devo. Somewhat unique entry on the 1001 albums list, and you can definitely tell this was an influence for/rival to talking heads. Pretty good listen overall, although there were a few songs which were a bit too weird and brought this great album down to a 3

Didn't really demand my attention

2026.01.13.

It's great. Lots of Devo classics on here.

Started to play the album this morning, and it faded into my working day- almost like I forgot it was on, like a white noise....not for me.

One of the most fun listens and discoveries from this list. Together with Bjorks band that we had earlier last year this was a total blast. Very silly lyrics wrapped in some very good music. It got a little bit annoying with Are We Not Men? , when it became very repetitive. But overall a fun funny funnyish listen. Just a little bit of fun.

If one must do post punk/new wave, doing it like DEVO is really the only way that doesn’t come off as cringe.

Like the funk. Pretty enjoyable :>.

Cómo olvidar cuando Tom Brady fue el modelo para la portada del mejor álbum de Devo

New wave gonna new wave. It’s ok, but not really my bag.

Are we not entertained?

Loved this one! New Wave and Post Punk are my jam apparently.

A lot of music I listen to is pretty depressing- Devo is a perfect antidote.

What’s not to love? Eno-produced, Bowie-remixed, post-punk with synth, all wrapped in a Dadaist sense of humour. Really angular David Byrne style to the vocals, and some of the guitar licks remind me of The Feelies.

Like the Clash without the political message.

Not the biggest fan of this album

Perfect album no notes

It starts so ska-ish. I saw Devo for the first time ever last summer and they're still kicking ass as old dudes. Respect for being different but also making fun music. Highlights: uncontrollable urge

I hated this

A fun album. Punk meets new wave.

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DEVO FUN?? es isch meeega wie talking heads au brian eno okaay. aber au afoch troche i riffs. playing hands isch uuuhuere fun. mongoloid findi glaub chli schwierig? en mensch mit down syndrom wo niemer merkt daser e behinderig hesch welld gsellschaft so "de-evolved" isch.? scheisse bitz? JJJETZ ischs nervig worde (s lied isch jocko homo) gut feeling isch huuuere nice. es isch würkli fun aber au mindestens so nervig. typischs 3. aso würkli wenns guet isch und hitted machtsega spass und isch mega carefree aber uf duur ischs wüüürkli nervig.

so ENDLICH mal fangt miteme starche yeayeayeyeyeyeyeaaaaah ah hahaha uii weiss nöd öbmer das zu goofy isch me muess aber sege, sie hend satisfaction sicher zu "ihrem" lied gmacht mongoloid ☹️ jocko homo ischmer definitiv too much okeee gut feeling bringt echli ordnig is ganze slap your mammy GAHT AB GEIL joaaah di punkigere lieder hani na cool gfunde und unkreativität chammer devo sicher nöd vorwerfe - aber han wenig chönne demit ahfange

This is a delightful mix of weird and cool rock

Very upbeat and cheery, but nothing particularly standout to me. It has JUST enough weird factor in its early synth feelings (I mean this positively) to get it up to a 4 for me, though.

Sounds too goofy, and too try hard chaotic. It's annoying and unlistenable. I dont belive anyone that likes more than 3 song on this album. Feel like artis that are trying to imitate what's hip and popular, I think they were aiming for avant-garde but it ended up giving homeless music. It's the type of music a homeless man picks up and is forced to listen to. But some song I kinda like, the last song was giving primus (the riff)

I'd be happy never hearing this album again in my life

Maybe it needed a particular frame of mind and I just wasn’t in the mood

Neat

Not a bad album, I'm not sure why Satisfaction was there, I guess they covered it 15 years after it came out, but it was overall an alright album, I just left it playing in the background while doing other stuff.

Always a fun one to revisit. "Gut Feeling" is one of my favorite songs ever. The lyrics always get a kick out of me. My other favorites from this album are "Mongoloid" and "Uncontrollable Urge". Favorite track: Gut Feeling

Really liked this. Going to need to listen to more Devo.

The album is exactly what its genre classification promises: post-punk and new wave. Perhaps the album was important in its day, but looking back, there are clearly better albums in these genres. Against this backdrop, this album was only moderately interesting. 3/5

il fuoco c'è, manca il pollo

Short ,sharp, punk new wave songs

Trupa de garaj sound

Unbearable herky-jerky post-punk for the "Idiocracy was a documentary" crowd

I really like the new wave sound, and a lot of these songs are great and very fun. I would listen again. That said, there were a lot of moments that weren’t very cohesive and i wanted to skip through. Top Songs: Come Back Jonee, Gut Feeling

8/10 Favourite: Jocko Homo Least Favourite: Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin')

Strange sounds, played with intent and determination. A quintessential 80s album that actually came out in 78. Delightfully weird, wonderfully produced, silly and musically sophisticated at the same time. one of new wave's most influential bands. Starts off strongly with uncontrollable urge sounding like a base driven (post) punk classic that could be The Rezzilos . Then into an odd and almost out of place cover of satisfaction. Denis production is perfect and the weirdness and frivolity really starts to come to the fore in praying hand and space junk . The unfortunately named monfaloid was always pushing the boundaries of acceptable but to a modern ear sounds crass. Jocko homo , come back honey and sloppy are Sheree excellence. Any album that sounds like the cardiacs could be involved if all right in my book Almost a 5 but not quite

Devo is hands down one of my all-time favorite new wave bands. There’s something about their avant-garde and quirky approach that resonates with me, and they managed to break through into commercial pop culture. It’s also worth noting that this album was produced by Brian Eno, which adds another layer of awesomeness!

We are Devo?

post punk at its finest. love the concept "de-evolution" -- such a raw and aromantic reaction to the cultural rapture. it's leaning all the way in on hostility.

Weird. A hoot. Devo is way more punk-y than I thought. Enjoyed listening until we got to the lowkey racial slur song.

Talking Heads mixed with B-52s. Doesn't sound that good, but something about it kinda scratches a part of brain I didn't know was itchy.

One of the weirdest punk/new wave albums I've ever heard and that's not necessarily a bad thing. The songs are so outside the box and weird that the album was non stop fun. Still, the vocals are not good, ut they don't need to be. All in all, afun experience,but nothing that blew me away. A 4/5

We are DEVO. D-E-V-O. That was an earworm that burrowed into my head sometime during my school 4th or 5th form years. And has resurfaced on multiple occasions throughout my 60 years. I obviously knew it was Devo, but thank you 1001 for finally rediscovering Jocko Home for me. 
 This album is everything that the Eagles is not. 4½

It's just a lot of fun. First song makes me think of the Bones Brigade documentary that came out in the 2010s. Put this album on in the morning before taking my kid to daycare, he started dancing and smiling. That's gotta count for something, right?

Dull and hard work

I don’t hate this. It’s weird and fun.

This is the one that I will never be objective about. Got me through Hawley Junior High. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yehyehyehyehyeh yeah!

It's not an album that I would normally want to sit and listen to. I like Devo, but one song at a time is enough for me. I find it agitating to listen to the whole thing at once. That said, there's not denying their pioneering sound and influence!

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeah yeah! 1978 was the best year for music ever. I'm sure I didn't appreciate it at the time.

the first time I listened to this album I thought it was kind of irritating. Upon relisten I have no idea what the fuck I was thinking because this thing rules. I bet hearing this in 1978 was fucking crazy.

Synth-y!

Aika rasittavaa huumorimusiikkia, lukion tiedostavat pojat varmaan tykkäsivät

#203/1001. Imagine a world without DEVO. What a sad, low-saline level and (cubic)square place it would be. The only comfort might be the band DOVE, a Christian soft rock group.

Mjög skemmtilegt. Devo var mjög skemmtileg en um leið pólitísk hljómsveit.

I’d forgotten until today that I actually bought the lead single from the album, Jocko Homo/Mongoloid back in 1978. Listening today I’ve no idea what I was thinking of and shows how much your tastes can change. But that is not quite right as there is loads of music from 1978 which I still treasure, adore and play regularly but not this. Despite Brian Eno being involved in production this album sounds very thin. The treble really does need turning down. Not Brian Eno’s finest moment but if Wiki is to believed he did try to change things but Devo refused. So the mystery continues why I bought the single buried within my 7” collection. I never play these at all now but have taken a look today. The single is contained within a fold out sleeve and my copy is still immaculate as is the actual single. Rarely played I guess. So I checked out Discogs to discover it’s worth over £22. I could therefore say that I bought the single as an investment but I’d be lying. 1/5 8/11/25

Not my bag. Didn't hate it, but I've never been a Devo fan and I continue not being one.

It has a certain vibe to it, which is quite original, but i'm not sure if I liked it. The Rolling Stones cover was interesting, but did not blow me away

I didn't like this.

This record is a classic of alt rock and post-punk. Funny thing is that it was released before there was a POST to the punk.

I mean, nonsensical lyrics and surf rock riffs with cool synths. Not my thing.

Retards pretending to be smart

Day701 - ohio sure can put out some of the best music. it’s a shame they’re not in the rock and roll hall of fame already. it was nice of tom brady to get in his time machine and pose for the cover

I’ve got a lot of time for experimentation that also doesn’t take itself too seriously and produces something enjoyable.

Still fun after all these years. But crack that whip summarizes m eighth grade experience.

Well this fucking rules.

4 stars for Gut Feeling alone. But the rest of it holds up as well.

Now I understand why Whip It was a one-hit wonder. This wasn't a nice album at all, and it didn't even contain their one-hit. Gut Feeling / (Slap Your Mammy) was particularly awful.

Interesting "unusual" sounds + rather classical 70s sound. The cover on rolling stones sucks

Crazy pop band of the 70’s. Broke into the music sciene, with a different sound, and look. Crazy flower pot hats. Some good music.

Weird, wonky, & fun

two debut album in a row? i mean wdym by this. also i am adhd and people jokes that devo is peak adhd music. and i am a fan of they might be giants. many of the other tmbg fan around me are into devo. maybe after today ill get that flower pot hat that devo members often wear in order to make a statement. and as a person who is into talking heads idk what should i say about this album. half of the album is all over the place, i am once a fan of the stones and listened to satisfaction for a lot of time so the cover of satisfaction feel weird to me, im almost sure that uncontrollable urge is about sexual desire, the whole concept of mongoloid is so stupid although its a good song, the rest of the album does not impress me that much, and i feel devo'd (as in began to feel that i have devolved and became a stupid ass monkey) after finishing. 4/5

A little more experimental than the usual new wave album, and even a little punky. Despite all this, though, it didn’t leave a strong impression on me. 3.5?

I don’t know if you got an eighth of coke when you bought this album or if you got this album when you bought an eighth of coke, maybe a bit of both.

4.3/5 actually a very influential album probably their best combining punk w new wave

Liked this band and album a lot when it first came out but it has not help up that well and the song Mongoloid has become increasingly more offensive over time.

I think DEVO is one of the most important bands to appear in my lifetime. It's fairly tragic that they ended up signed to Warner Brothers, who treated them so poorly, even to the point of the master tapes for their albums being damaged and lost.

caraio esse eh bem mais punk do que eu achei que seria. new wave bem peculiar, bem maluco e meio nerd (pela estética, eu acho). bem interessante, eh tem uma pegada de post-punk também, viu. no mais, belíssimos synths e guitarradas, hein. eh esquisito, eh dançante, eh a porra toda, que isso. mais um pra eu ficar obcecado, graças a deus. achei pedradaça DEMAIS!!!!!

A classic of the scratchy, sort of funky in an angular way post-punk era. I think I have cd-copy somewhere. Was very hip in the 2000s when bands like Franz Ferdinand were breaking through. The hits are great, the Stones cover is so much fun but as an album I find it maybe a bit too much. It is quite hard to ignore the 'look at us being all quirky'-ness of it all. I wish I could give it 3-and-a-half stars...

The influence, aesthetic, and concept are all there, I just didn’t like the music. It may be one of things I don’t get that other people swear by…

I suspect this has tried to take some of the more serious post punk aesthetic and put a bit of humorous take on it but some of it just seemed a bit derivative and childish as a result. Nothing particularly grabbed me, and there are other bands doing a similar thing much better.

3 1/2 Stars: Who knew Ridiculousness would single-handedly rubber stamp residuals to Devo for all eternity?!

"Uncontrollable Urge" is a fantastic song. I could pretty much take or leave everything else. The title track is irritating.

This had some great high spots (Are We Not Men, for one) but also some kinda disappointing lows (Satisfaction, for one). I like Devo a lot, but this was maybe a little too edgy for me to love. It was good, but it wasn't great, IMO. Three stars.

Not really my cup of tea

Good fun most of the time and lots of cool bass lines

Eno = good

Man there is a lot here that should not work. DEVO is full of that 80's New Wave cheese that I tend to hate but there is just a charm and a sort of almost punk attitude to the way they do things that lets it not only stand above the rest of it's contemporaries but elevate to a truly great album. 9/10

First album I've gotten from this list that I am actually familiar with. I listened to Gut Feeling 203 times last year. I think this album may be good

Bootleg talking heads. I'll never think of this album ever again

I only know this band for Whip It so to hear the debut album I was up for it. It was really good, loads of energy and variety in their music. Will definitely try out more of their albums.

Really like this, sounds like the blueprint for the next few years of new wave. Love the touches of new agey synths, some tracks almost have a throwback rock & roll or glam feel and others are close to punk rock. Prefer this to some of the other quirky art punk heard so far if only because it feels very competent and you can really hear the punk roots.

The Good: We get to attend a Q&A session!!! The Bad: The questions are kinda stupid… The Ugly: The answers are even worse… Damn this album kicks off straight away… don’t believe there is even a second of silence… bam, in your face, here we go. Nice and refreshing… but it also gets a little repetitive after a while. We are Devo has been reverberating in my mind for two days now. Can’t seem to get that out of my head. The weird thing is that one would expect the album that contains Whip It Good to be the representative Devo album, but I guess I don’t know what I should listen to before I die as well as Dimery… Normally I am all for the ‘70s and their eclectic tastes of music and such, so I am at a loss regarding what I need to rate this album with… Shooting it down the middle… if it would have included the Whip It Good song, it would have been 4* for sure!!!

Didn't float my boat.

Wicked awesome dudes!

No entiendo muy bien si el álbum tiene una propuesta paródica o humorística, pero en mi opinión escucharlo me resulto simplemente molesto. A lo largo de toda la escucha estuve ansiando que terminara para escuchar algo que sí disfrutara. Puedo decir que la música está bien ejecutada, aunque tampoco es que haya mucho virtuosismo para admirar. La voz no me gustó, pero si me parecieron interesantes algunos recursos más experimentales que utilizaron, y los aportes de Brian Eno en el aspecto más electrónico. Por lo demás no puedo decir que me haya gustado ni que me parezca un álbum relevante.

If you could ever here some one’s fingers all over something, it’d be Brian Eno here.

Not for me.

Their performance on SNL is legendary. Every music fan should watch that if they haven’t seen it. To do that on a national stage is crazy. When it happened, people didn’t think it was real. A band like them today wouldn’t even sniff SNL. People want too much pop produced crap. I was surprised to see them on this list and am happy for it. You should go watch Billy Corgan’s The Magnificent Others podcast with Devo - it’s great.

new wave, artsy pop music, very influential and ahead of its time. Why wasn't this band more popular? I know they had more than one single, but they still come across as a one hit wonder. Maybe too gay?

Weird and goofy. Yeah I'm a fan. Heard the first song from MTV.

Good stuff, even without the big hit of Whip It. I liked this a lot.

Thought this would get 1 star going into it. I imagined New Wave Synth pop 80s bullshit, but then realized this came out in 78. And it shows. This was wonderfully weird and fantastic. The energy and personality and uniqueness of the lead singer was awesome. Need to re-listen

This is pretty straight forward new wave. For me, I like the singles that Devo had, and this album doesn't have them. I can appreciate the new musical ideas that they were laying down at the time, but this was a little to new wave for me.

9/10 Forever I thought that DEVO was a novelty. I still think that. I love them. 11-12-2025

Such a unique sound for that era, and there are so many "bangers" on this album. I think I've heard a majority of these on the radio at some point in my life and the fact that so many recognizable songs are on one album is impressive. Also GO AKRON!

Steamy nicks?

This didn't click for me. I appreciate it's absurdity and the energy that travels through - live shows must be great if you're onboard.

Strong 3 . Great sound, second best album from them

Interesting but not something I would put on.

The more Talking Headsy XTCish elements of Devo appeal to me. I love the feel, energy and presentation of the music, which is skittish and slightly unhinged. The songs themselves are cool, though I’m not sure how I feel about the Satisfaction cover. I remember switching the record off in disgust after hearing Mongoloid as a 17 year old. This time round I had the patience to read the Mongoloid Wikipedia page which gives some fascinating historical context around the word, but it did still leave me stretching my head as to why they committed so hard to this bit. In a good mood I like this band and in a bad mood I’m not particularly bothered about them - there are worse reactions!

It’s another high 3 from me

Q: Are we not entertained? A: We are (with) Devo! I'm about the pickiest New Wave listener you'll ever find, but a combination of infectious energy and Eno's one-of-a-kind production, I can't help but smile more than Malibu Tom Brady on the cover of this album.

These men are Devo: creators of infectious music helmed by an all-time brilliant producer that ultimately falls short of new wave's other originators.

I can’t deny how fun and charismatic this album is. A handful of songs feel half-baked, another few are close to being pretty good, and a couple are truly great.

Some old men making old men music

Like a lot of too young to know better kids of the era, my introduction to Devo was Whip It removed from all context and intent — just passing through the mediascape as some oddball thing that was vaguely funny and made more weird by the revenge of the nerds in the video. There was no one who pulled me aside and said "hey, these guys are more mischievous and punk than what's on the surface of the flat screen, my guy". I needed a few more years of devolution in my prefrontal cortex to fully get it. But...Q: You know what would've helped me along the way? A: hearing this album first. I'd hang with a lot of kids that had older siblings who pointed us in the direction of many amazing bands of all stripes and everyone of them let us down when it came to Devo. I didn't hear this album until years later after having largely forgotten them. Listening, then and now, it unlocks a level of Devo easy to appreciate.

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was really good, reminded me of talking heads, but more punky though

Not sure how I feel about this one

10 stars. The pride of Akron, Ohio. Spuds forever!

Ei oikein Devo iske. 1,5/5.

Good listen.

Eneergetic and a bit weird but, mostly, not in a way that connected with me.

Fun music

Wild that this came out in 1978. Already knew and liked "Uncontrollable Urge" but also enjoyed "Jocko Homo" "Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy" and "Come Back Jonee" a lot.

I am not sure about this album. It is really 80s synthpop but the ones that are so 80s that I just cannot bear. It was a chore to go through the album, the "Satisfaction" cover was not good, and the lyrics most times are...weird 2/5 I know they are important, but man, this is not for me

I love the avant garde music style and that Devo breaks convention here. It as a dissonant sound that only comes from musicians who know how to play music well. I don't know that it's a steady rotation album for me, but I did enjoy it. Of particular note for me were Mongoloid, Satisfaction, Jocko Homo, Too Much Paranoias.

Banger after banger, very fun and energetic. 9/10 Favourite track: Shrivel Up

Enjoyed this! Short and sweet

Pretty groovy and idiosyncratic. Nice guitar and production.

As one half of famous New Wave pioneers Houmous & Chutney I can really appreciate this record. Shame it involved Eno. Len Houmous hates Eno. Never forgave him for eating his last rolo. He was saving it for Joni Mitchell! 4.5 1/10 Uncontrollable Urge

Refreshing with some New Wave. Not my cup of team, but i suspect them to be some sort of pioneer for the whole movement. I truly enjoyed the listen. The Rolling Stoned cover was lit!

I mean - it's just unpleasant. another "i appreciate the historical significance but..."

Sounded ok, wouldn’t relisten.

This is the easiest review so far as I already have this album and love it. Devo have their own style within the electronica genre , I played this loud and was dancing round the kitchen to most songs and such fun to listen to

Nochmal anhören

its definitely a joyful album, devo is not familiar for me beforehand, except the band’s name. Is this the OG (i cant get no) satisfaction song? fun guitar riffs, lively vocalist. Very danceable new wave/post punk. Jocko Homo is a ridiculous song, all with its name and their singing about the odd album name also in this track. It is a quirky song that gets stuck in your head. Great melody on the last song shrivel up. It’s sounds oddly familiar. Like that one autechre song that sounds like you are in a ice cave that is melting, and you can hear the water drops echo in the cave.

If you don't love DEVO you don't love music

I know DEVO is beloved by their fans, but for me, most of this sounds like experimental electronic music. Everything about this music is what I really dislike about 80's "nerd" music. Its all high-pitched and at a frantic pace. It doesn't make sense, but even the Weird Al song: Dare to Be Stupid, which is a parody of DEVO, is a song I just cant stand. I am towards the end of the album and I have to admit to dancing in my seat a bit. But its Shrivel-up, which isnt as high pitched as a lot of the other stuff.

I enjoyed it and like the band, some duds on there

This album is not revolutionary by any means. I understand the Brian Eno, the use of synthesizers (that were a thing before you know) but I don't really care, I was bored. While it does slap at some points, it is also music I have heard lots, that could be made by any one else. The writing is moronic often ("she said sloppy", the use of yeah yeah yeahs). It also borders on offensive, Mongoloid and Gut feeling/slap your mammy, but that album is so minor that I don't know that it need to be said that much. It's not a one, cause I appreciate the edit to remove the laudation of violence against women in the Gut Feeling edit, and the fun moments, Uncontrollable Urge and Praying Hands are there. But I'll probably never listen to it again and be absolutely fine.

pretty cool to listen to new wave before it realllly blew up in the 80's. def an important album for the genre but since it's half a formative album it lacks that substance of it that the greats that followed it. good album tho!!!!

For a new wave post-punk band, this album wasn't horrible; it was a bit fun and experimental. Any more songs and I'd be completely sick of it.

Classic Devo.

Dope

i’ve got an uncontrollable urge to turn this off immediately! spotify describes DEVO as “one of new wave's most innovative bands”. sometimes art can be innovative and also not good. no thanks!

This is the album that galvanized me and made me a fan despite knowing them just as the “Whip It” band as a kid. It’s wild to me that this sound started in the 70s as it sounds so quintessentially 80s. True pioneers.

pretty crap to be honest. No clue why anyone would want to listen to it

Eh, not keen. Some moments are alright and others are pants. What was that we are Devo thing all about? Mongoloid with a chromosome too many? Wtf?! Maybe it's going over my head, but I don't really get how that's considered hear-before-I-die-worthy.

This is rad, kinda like parquet courts and the talking heads

I wanted to like Devo very badly, but somehow it did not click. But I guess it‘s okay. Fav: Uncontrollable Urge

Never wanted to listen to a Devo album. Way, way better than expected.

Jeg tænkte Brian Eno og Takling Heads. Der var også en flig af sej guitar én gang. Jeg hyggede mig med den.

Er det galt eller genialt? Jeg kan helt ærligt ikke blive klog på det. Det er Talking Heads goes Madness. Det er ret tosset, men alligevel med nogle seriøst gode rytmer. En ting er sikkert; det må være en kæmpe fest live.

This album is just ridiculousness, but it's also fun at the same time. Favorite Track: "Uncontrollable Urge".

Zany, eclectic, satirical, and full of nervous energy, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! makes for an awesome debut with many standouts. I can see myself returning to this, it’s just such a fun album.

Too much on a Monday morning.

Was interesting enough, a couple recognisable ones throughout. Like a talking heads-y version of the beach boys surf genre of music I felt best describes a lot of it. Middle of the road is fair.

It starts off fine. It's quirky, odd, kind of fun, but the longer it goes, the more it wears you down. By the end, I wasn’t sure if I’d listened to an album or endured an experiment.

Hey, I listened to this one a good while ago. On a complete whim, mind you - I don't remember a single lick of this album, or even what genre it even belonged to. Rock, I'm assuming. Anyways, I've always thought this was a great name for an album, so I'm keen to crack this one open again. Ah, new wave. I shoulda known. This is surprisingly quite familiar to me given that I only listened to this once forever ago. I never thought I'd be saying this, but this album is pretty alright. The vocals are good across the board, though it's in the guitars where this album truly excels. The energy they're able to capture is pretty fantastic, and this album only being confined to 35-minutes means that they never overstay their welcome. "Uncontrollable Urge" is pretty good. Those great guitars are on full display, and the vocals are quite neat. "(I Can't Get Me No) Satisfaction" is an even better follow up. The pivot to a lo-fi sound comes as a big surprise, though it works quite well - the bassy sound on the guitars is pretty hypnotic, and the vocals have a great punchiness to 'em. "Jocko Homo" is a pretty unusual tune, though I quite liked it. The avant-garde vocal style is pretty good. "Gut Feeling / (Slap Your Mammy)" is another good cut. The quirky, wavering piano bit is quite nice Book time. Innovative within the punk genre and highly unusual. Produced by Brian Eno. I don't need much more than that, really. This is a solid pick - I cosign the inclusion.

I've got an uncontrollable urge... to give DEVO five stars. yeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeah

Delightfully weird and uplifting.

Not my bag

1 star for the music, 2 for the outfits

Very early new wave. Not really my sound. A little silly but seeing as I was not born yet I can only hypothesize they were slightly ahead of there time.

A really fun album, not one I would listen to regularly but maybe as a dance party option? Not a big fan of the vocals, but the music and particularly the rhythms are fantastic and very unique.

not bad. His voice can be produced better but it was recorded in the 70s so it gets away with that. Or it might have been much better if he had put his microphone closer when they recorded it. Music is ok. Nothing too catchy for the first time, but you can tell they are writing good music that they’re quite happy about.

this had some interesting tracks... but overall i still can't get behind the New Wave sound.

Fun and refreshing, the new wave sound is always so intriguing to me and I really enjoyed this quick album.

I didn't realize that I like Devo! Some songs got irritating (I can totally see why someone wouldn't like them) but I was jamming with this album overall. It being nice and short helped with some of the annoyance that could develop from their sound.

It's an enjoyable and decently solid album of late '70s New Wave, music's most funloving genre, so it makes for a good time Shrivel up, DEVO!!

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