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

They are not men, they are imbeciles

Is that Tom Brady on the album cover?

These guys seem like they'd be really really annoying to be around. I just can't with the novelty BS. Also, the dude on the cover looks just like Tom Brady and it's creepy.

Shite

Trash

Was never into Devo back in the day. Still not into them.

I've always had low tolerance with humor music and this album doesn't change that

Devo rule big time

had some fun tracks, but as a whole its ok and felt like it didnt aged too good... (2.5/5.0)

Odd

Q: Are We Not Entertained? A: Well, the title 𝘘: 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘔𝘦𝘯? 𝘈: 𝘞𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘰! certainly is entertaining. Unfortunately, I wish I could say the same about the entire album. Q: Is the Music Any Good? A: It’s alright, I suppose. Devo clearly have their own peculiar sense of humor and an equally peculiar approach to music. I can appreciate the weirdness, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I enjoy listening to it. Being quirky is one thing; keeping me interested is another. Q: Is There Anything Worth Discussing? A: Well, there’s 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗶𝗱. I understand that the song is describing a person with Down syndrome and that the terminology fits the subject matter and the time in which it was written. Still, “mongoloid” is an outdated and offensive term that really has no place in song lyrics today. I don’t think Devo were necessarily trying to insult anyone, but even if the intention was satirical, the wording hasn’t aged particularly well. Q: Are We Not Fans? A: Not really. I can respect Devo for doing something different, but the music itself doesn’t do much for me. The concept is amusing, the execution is certainly unusual, and I appreciate the willingness to be weird. I just wish I found the actual songs as entertaining as the album title. Q: Will We Listen Again? A: Probably not anytime soon. Q: Are We Devo? A: Apparently not.

Even though my favorite Devo song, Dare to be Stupid, isn’t on here, it’s still a great album.

yeah no

Very fun album. Would listen again

Pas mon truc d'écouter juste du bruit comme ça. Désolé mais ce genre me répulse à un point... J'ai vrm pas la vision

C'est pas bien je passe pas un bon moment mais bon je suis pas la à skip quand même

fun music but not anything overly meaningful.

Weird and wonderful!

Solid stuff, but falls off a bit after the opening track

a bit annoying at times but its a pretty fun listen

I have friends who go ga-ga over Devo. I don't, but it makes sense. Theres a lot here to like. I don't really care for the Satisfaction cover, but man did they make it their own. Rounded up

I have a gut feeling this album makes you want to slap yo mammy

Ok

Short but sweet. Lots of covers but well done.

Devo punk without the redemption of Whip It. College girls bouncing around the club dance floor.

Meh pretty goofy

Actually wish I could have given it a 3.5

Не знаю, кто кому подражал, но Devo на этом альбоме звучат точь-в-точь, как ранние Taking Heads. Это отнюдь не плохо, просто довольно любопытный факт

I was previously only familiar with the Weird Al polka version of Jocko Homo

Q: Are you a good album? A: Yes, I am. Me: This album also contains my favorite Devo track of all time. I'm talking about "Mongoloid". And I liked the rest of the album too. So: 4/5

Fant ikke det vanlige albummet på YTM så ble live-versjonen (med litt flere sanger tror jeg)

One of the best debut albums ever.

I wasn’t feeling most of this album, just some noise for the sake of weirdness instead of putting together catchy or listenable tunes. I applaud the creativity but it just doesn’t quite come together for me.

а может быть вы геи ладно, я переслушал и теперь обожаю этот альбом, курт кобейн явно шарил за пацанов йа йа йа йа йа йайайа

A very peculiar album that comes across to me like a combination of Talking Heads and B-52's. The comparison with the first group should be kind of obvious, not only for the new-wave, art punk and blend of other styles, but also the singer that, at least to me, sounds very similar to David Byrne but even more extravagant, which is where the second comparison comes, as the very bizarre performances and weird noises reminds me of B-52's to some degree. While all these very strange and eccentric elements make the album rather entertaining, charming and fun, I'm not really invested in it. The thing that bothers me the most is the voice, and not because it is outlandish. It has to do with relying too much in the same delivery and melodies, with little to no variation, making it a bit one-noted when should be the opposite for an album that sounds as it does. For the instrumentation I don't have big criticisms like I do for the voice, as they do their job really well, being very playful, energetic when they bring the punk-ish rhythms and surreal with the extraterrestrial synth and melodies. In conclusion, I think it is a decent peculiar album. Not something I am crazy about, but still quite entertaining nonetheless.

Fizzing with ideas and urgency, bright and sharp, herky-jerky and slightly wonky, in the best possible way. There is a great podcast on the album cover, too - https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/328-devolutionary-design/

This gave me flashbacks to Ridiculousness & Super Bowl XLIX. It's new wave so you know to expect quirkiness.

Weird and quirky in the most awesome way. This album had a lot of influence on other post-punk (adjacent) artists, and it's not hard to see why.

Sounds amazing for a debut album, is fresh, new-wave and f*ck off is a masterpiece for post punk

Good lord this was awful. Sounds like five substitute teachers got locked in a RadioShack and decided to start a band. Just a bunch of weird noises and dudes aggressively refusing to sing. You know an album is going to be bad when the second song is a terrible Rolling Stones cover, and somehow it's all downhill from there.

Its devo… im not gonna pretend that i like them, but they get an extra star for at least being different, not my cup of tea but i get why they are on the list

Creepy, weird, unnerving and absolutely brilliant, DEVO's debut still manages to astonish nearly 50 years on. The band pulls back the curtain to show how the sausage is made and it ain't pretty, but what compels me to return to this album over and over again is the tightly focused and hyper-energetic music that underscores the their manic vision of the modern world.

This album started as a 3/10 and finished as a 7/10. When I realised what they must be like live, I started hearing it differently and started to enjoy it.

Devo is a goofy band and this is a goofy album. I'm glad I gave it a good listen.

this is shit

75

Well, this us energetic and fun and silly....

I really thought Devo were going to be more my style of weird but I just can't get into it

altijd een feestje met Devo!!

Didn't enjoy this at all, as much as I respect it.

Vždy ma fascinoval názov skupiny, ten je u mňa za 5*. Ale piesne mi pripomínajú štýl Talking Heads.

10/14 Was okay

I enjoyed Devo, but I'm not sure there is much depth here. Stylised 80's production and beats, choppy guitars and not much variation. I accidentally listened to the expanded album with Whip it on and their contribution doesnt really go beyond that

Mongoloid and uncontrollable urge are grand but the rest is a tiny bit annoying after a while

Gotta approach Devo expecting to be confuddled. It helps. Good album but i prefer their later more synth heavy stuff 'I cant get me no Satisfaction' is how you do a cover 'Uncontrollable Urge' and 'Mongoloid' and 'Shrivel Up' my faves Thought 'Turnaround' was on this album but heyho 3.5

solid stuff by the legends of New Wave 5/5

Devo deserves to be on the list, but they have better albums.

I am neither men nor Devo. Too long for me

Like a more guitar-driven Talking Heads, Devo are almost always catchy & I love what they're 'bout. In a way, they're the Doors of new wave - you can intuit their inconsistency, & they're a bit too artsy for what they actually are at the end of the day - but at least on their debut, they pull it off, whate'er it is they want to get across. Things really started to coalesce for me on the curt 'Space Junk,' one of the more emotional tracks on the record, & there simply is a great deal of creativity manifest here. Unfortunately annoying at times, especially the 'title-track' 'Jocko Homo',' Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo is nonetheless a necessary & meaningful classic. I have no idea what they went on to do after, & I kinda don't care, but w/ this one they did enuf.

Dated and annoying

different but definitely some cool moments

The androids of the future were already making music decades ago

This is definitely one of the most fun albums I have listened to in a while. Plenty of quirks and oddities to enjoy, which is what I would expect from a band that wears those funny red hats. I say the were ahead of their time, but I should also say that they helped pave the way for not only the post-punk scene, but also contributing towards the rise of industrial music. Even Trent reznor acknowledges them as an inspiration of some form for nine inch nails. I will definitely listen to their other albums in future

Surprisingly listenable!

Another New Wave album produced by Brian Eno and David Bowie. Post-punk and fun-rock. The question is: should we take it all seriously? After listening, I’d say yes. While their music doesn't quite resonate with me personally, DEVO was undoubtedly crucial for all the alternative bands that followed. They don't take themselves or their surroundings too seriously; much of what they do is satire, and the music itself becomes an experiment. "Jocko Homo" is Devo’s undisputed manifesto and their key programmatic track. The song provides the theoretical basis for the band's name, Devo, which is derived from "de-evolution" (evolution in reverse). The central thesis is that humanity is not progressing but rather degenerating—driven by herd mentality, blind consumerism, and social conformity—back to a primitive, ape-like state. The song parodied the arrogance of the modern businessman by exposing him as nothing more than an ape blindly following orders. To this day, the track is considered one of the smartest and most biting satires of the entire post-punk and New Wave era. The music often sounds staccato and features unusual time signatures. At times, it creates a stumbling, robotic feel. It isn't the kind of music I listen to—or could listen to—every day, but this record certainly deserves its place on this list.

Weirdly I even enjoyed this!

#495 / 1089 Heard before? ❌ Revisit? ❌ I've only really heard Devo's name and few tracks that used to play pn MTV in the 80's, I had heard the horrible Satisfaction cover on this record before. I always thought they were a pop band with weird hats, new wave punk-ish pop was not on my radar. I am curious why they're on this list of albums tho. It's like a second rate cover band of... that "other band I also don't like" which name I can't remember now. "Mongoloid" suprised me tho, I know it from psychobilly band Demented Are Go record, but now realised Finnish punk band Sehr Schnell also covered it too. Annoying music, so 2/5

These were more talented than I had set in my mind. They demonstrate an ability to develop intricate percussion tracks and imaginative rearrangements of a classic song “Can’t Get No Satisfaction”. They introduce us to New Wave. They use punk styles in unique ways. The list goes on. Glad this one was on the list.

на любителя. меня не зацепило.

This was really fun, I think I'll be coming back to this!

This is a great album, really enjoyed it

Yeah its fucking good, it is less good than I remember it being but I guess I just like New Wave less than I used to Fav track: Mongoloid 7.5/10

Love this, these guys were peak on here. Any LP that has a track called Mongoloid has a lot to live up to and they absolutely crush it. Other than the hits Uncontrollable Urge & Gut Feeling, listen to Space Junk & Jonee

Listened to it twice and really liked it. It's whacky, got some silly Talking Heads vibes that I really dug. Consider me a Devo fan. Favourites: Uncontrollable Urge Praying Hands Too Much Paranoias

Sound is a lot like B-52s 3/5

Such unclean music. Zero.

Super fun and quirky, very punky new wave. I liked this a lot! Will be returning to this definitely.

Sometimes progressive innovators are great, but this lot created the prototype which just got much better elsewhere.

The band responsible for me coming the closest I came to being expelled from school. So, for old times' sake alone, five stars

Devo’d to have to listen to this. Not my thing.

The real question here is whether you'd risk a detention for it. Sadly the answer is no. 2*

Annoying

Wow, finally some NEO representation! there are some interesting punk elements here, but i mostly don't like their sound. 4 songs into the album, it felt like i'd been listening for an hour.

I don't think I was fully prepared for the cacophonous noise that is Devo. I also don't think I was fully prepared for how fun that cacophonous noise actually was?

Classic album. A few bum notes for me, but I love these guys. Easy 4/5

LP cover is Tom Brady before Tom Brady was Tom Brady. Good LP too!

teve umas faixas que gostei do som, e outras que me soaram irritantes, principalmente por conta do vocal. me lembrou bastante talking heads, só que pior.

se já não conhecesse talvez não curtisse hoje em dia, mas devo ainda me pega.

Devo was one of those bands that I hadn't gotten into until well into adulthood. And this album is quintessential Devo. I hadn't heard the album in full in quite a while. I was glad to have it pop up here. Like many albums that show up on this list, AWNM-WAD is one whose influence can be felt decades later. How strange it would have sounded back in '78, and even now it's a fun oddball.

I feel this is less "weird" to ears now, very good though.

Some kind of new wave. Probably one of the first signs of the upcoming 80s. I was an 80s kid, but that’s not an excuse. It sucks

An outrageous record that’s an outrageous amount of fun.

Weird, but a fun weird. Are we not Men? naw, We are Devo. I actually put two tracks from this one on my playlist. The main hit from this album Jacko Homo, and Uncontrollable Urge, The latter of which I swear I've heard versions of before but never this version. I like it.

Devo is weird.

Never really got into Devo although I do like a couple of their songs. This was a decent listen but didn’t blow me away

This album felt like when I spent a long night out and you cut your friend off and they snuck one more drink, line, pill or whatever and went from fun drunk/high to over the top. I know you are Devo, yes you said you were Devo, everyone knows that you are Devo... It reminded me of the movie Go, just disjointed, flying around not making sense. At times I liked it (much like my drunk/high friend) but then other times they run off with a stranger or are dancing on the tables and you have to drag them back.

This was super fun and goofy, and their creativity really stands out. I dig the Satisfaction cover too. This is probably more of a 3.5 but I’m gonna round up on this one.

Are Devo men? Is a man a Devo? What is a Devo? Who is Devo? All these questions and no answers.

3.5

2.5