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Devo - Total Devo flac album
  • Performer Devo
  • Title Total Devo
  • Date of release 1988
  • Country US
  • Style Synth-pop
  • Other formats MIDI MP4 MP3 TTA AIFF AUD MP1
  • Genre Electronic
  • Size MP3 1330 mb
  • Size FLAC 1132 mb
  • Rating: 4.3
  • Votes: 197

Lyrics Artists: D Devo Total Devo. About Total Devo album. Album Total Devo (1988). Label Enigma Records (3). Performer.

Label: Restless Records ‎– 7 72756-2. Format: CD, Album, Reissue. Performer – Bob Mothersbaugh, David Kendrick, Gerald V. Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Casale. Programmed By – Paul C. (tracks: 14 to 16). Remix – Ivan Ivan (tracks: 14, 15).

Devo is a band that has seen the highest highs and the lowest lows - recently, mostly the latter. Much of this attempted comeback album seems to be a desperate SOS from main writer Mark Mothersbaugh. In Agitated, he mourns the transience of fame: I was picked in a random way/To be a singing dancing fool/And im agitated/In this place going less than great. In Disco Dancer, he sings, In a world thats turned unkind/I see whats going on behind my back. The kicker is that the bitterness so plainly described in the lyrics is camouflaged in inane arrangements. Maybe the members of Devo are mocking the system that built them up and then knocked them down. No, that’s all wrong.

Is Total Devo the best album by Devo? BestEverAlbums. com brings together thousands of 'greatest ever album' charts and calculates an overall ranking. This album At A Glance. Total Devo by Devo (1988) Overall rank: 44,092nd. Accolades: Top albums of 1988 (619th). Top albums of the 1980s (5,692nd). Best albums of all time (44,092nd).

Given the absence of Devo between "Shout" and "Total Devo", with new record label as well, there would obviously be some stylistical changes. but there are some good tracks on this album. Baby Doll" really should have been the single instead of "Disco Dancer" for having a catchier and trendsetting beat while being mainstream enough with the lyrics to reel in audiences. This is quite a good recording and totally in line with the old Devo. The songs are great and the sound is crisp and clear. Well, I don't like this album as much as the earlier ones. I listened to so much Devo in the past that I was burned out.

Tracklist

A1 Baby Doll 3:35
A2 Disco Dancer 4:11
A3 Some Things Never Change 4:11
A4 Plain Truth 3:12
A5 Happy Guy 3:23
A6 Don't Be Cruel 2:07
B1 The Shadow 3:24
B2 I'd Cry If You Died 4:03
B3 Agitated 3:53
B4 Man Turned Inside Out 4:15
B5 Blow Up 4:36

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Depósito Legal: M-20902-1988

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
D1-73303 Devo Total Devo ‎(LP, Album) Enigma Records D1-73303 US 1988
D4-73303 Devo Total Devo ‎(Cass, Album) Enigma Records D4-73303 Canada 1988
LIB 5148 Devo Total Devo ‎(LP, Album) Liberation Records LIB 5148 Australia 1988
D1-73303 Devo Total Devo ‎(LP, Album) Enigma Records D1-73303 Canada 1988
D2-73303, 3303-2 Devo Total Devo ‎(CD, Album) Enigma Records , Enigma Records D2-73303, 3303-2 US 1988

Tracklist Hide Credits

1 Baby Doll 3:56
2 Disco Dancer
Sampler [Bass Sample] – Steve Lindsey
4:14
3 Some Things Never Change 4:13
4 Plain Truth
Backing Vocals – Greta Greta, Nan Vernon
3:13
5 Happy Guy 3:26
6 Don't Be Cruel
Written-By – Elvis Presley, Otis Blackwell
2:10
7 The Shadow 3:25
8 I'd Cry If You Died 4:05
9 Agitated 3:52
10 Man Turned Inside Out 4:18
11 Sexi Luv 3:14
12 Blow Up
Written-By – Bob Mothersbaugh, Bob Casale*
4:38
13 Some Things Never Change (Cassette Version) 5:19

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – Columbia House
  • Made By – PDO, USA
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Enigma Records
  • Copyright (c) – Enigma Records

Credits

  • Engineer – Robert Casale
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Ted Pattison
  • Performer – Bob Mothersbaugh, David Kendrick, Gerald V. Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Casale*
  • Producer – Devo
  • Written-By – Gerald V. Casale (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 9, 13), Mark Mothersbaugh (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 10, 12, 13)

Notes

Columbia Record Club Version
CRC printed on back insert
Some different printing on disc, and has catalog number on spine.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 1877-73303-2 9
  • Label Code: LC 5163
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Other: CRC

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
D1-73303 Devo Total Devo ‎(LP, Album) Enigma Records D1-73303 US 1988
D4-73303 Devo Total Devo ‎(Cass, Album) Enigma Records D4-73303 Canada 1988
LIB 5148 Devo Total Devo ‎(LP, Album) Liberation Records LIB 5148 Australia 1988
D1-73303 Devo Total Devo ‎(LP, Album) Enigma Records D1-73303 Canada 1988
D2-73303, 3303-2 Devo Total Devo ‎(CD, Album) Enigma Records , Enigma Records D2-73303, 3303-2 US 1988