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DEV-O Live
Warner Brothers
  • Rhino Handmade
    • ProducerDevo
    Devo chronology
    Freedom of Choice
    (1980)     		DEV-O Live
    (1981)     		New Traditionalists
    (1981)
    Professional ratings
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllMusic[1]

    DEV-O Live is a live

    Fox Warfield Theatre in San Francisco.[2]

    Background

    DEV-O Live stems from a 16-track promotional album called Devo Live: Warner Bros. Music Show, recorded for broadcast on the King Biscuit Flower Hour.[2] The broadcast was so popular that four songs ("Freedom of Choice Theme Song", "Whip It", "Be Stiff" and "Gates of Steel") were released as a promotional EP in November 1980, titled DEV-O Live, followed by the more widely available EP of the same name that added two more tracks ("Girl U Want" and "Planet Earth").[2] In 1999, Rhino Handmade re-released DEV-O Live on CD and included both the wide release EP version and the original promotional album in its entirety.[2] Additionally, side breaks and the announcer's voice from the show were edited out.[2] The Rhino edition was released in a plastic sleeve with a cover insert. It was later reissued in the 2008 Japanese CD box set This Is the Devo Box.

    On November 29, 2019, Rhino issued an LP of the 16-track version as a Black Friday limited edition for Record Store Day, under the title Devo Live!.[3]

    Four additional songs—"Pink Pussycat" (played after "Secret Agent Man"), "Satisfaction" (played after "Blockhead"), "Freedom of Choice" and "Jocko Homo" (both played after "Gates of Steel")—appear on audience recordings of the show.[4]

    Reception

    Devo were given consistent radio support by

    Countdown
    .

    Track listing

    All songs by

    Gerald V. Casale
    , unless otherwise indicated.

    1981 EP

    Side one
    1. "Freedom of Choice Theme Song" – 2:44
    2. "Whip It" – 2:42
    3. "Girl U Want" – 2:45
    Side two
    1. "Gates of Steel" (Casale, Mothersbaugh, Deborah Smith, Susan Schmidt) – 3:16
    2. "Be Stiff" (Casale, Bob Lewis) – 2:49
    3. "Planet Earth" (Casale) – 2:31

    1999 CD reissue

    Original EP
    1. "Freedom of Choice Theme Song" – 2:46
    2. "Whip It" – 2:41
    3. "Girl U Want" – 2:56
    4. "Gates of Steel" (Casale, Mothersbaugh, Schmidt, Smith) – 3:17
    5. "Be Stiff" (Casale, Lewis) – 2:50
    6. "Planet Earth" (Casale) – 2:32
    Promo LP
    2. "Freedom of Choice Theme Song" – 2:46
    3. "Whip It" – 2:41
    4. "Snowball" – 2:42
    5. "It's Not Right" (Mothersbaugh) – 2:20
    6. "Girl U Want" – 2:56
    7. "Planet Earth" (Casale) – 2:32
    8. "S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)" (Mothersbaugh) – 4:06
    9. "Secret Agent Man" (Steve Barri, P. F. Sloan) – 3:17
    10. "Blockhead" (Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh) – 3:25
    11. "Uncontrollable Urge" (Mothersbaugh) – 3:08
    12. "Mongoloid" (Casale) – 2:50
    13. "Be Stiff" (Casale, Lewis) – 2:50
    14. "Gates of Steel" (Casale, Mothersbaugh, Schmidt, Smith) – 3:17
    15. "Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA" (Casale/Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 4:08
    16. "Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)" (Mothersbaugh, Mothersbaugh/Casale) – 4:12
    17. "Come Back Jonee" – 3:19

    Personnel

    Devo
    Technical
    • Devo – producer, mixing
    • Biff Dawes – live engineer
    • Robert Kaminsky – live producer
    • Ken Perry – mastering
    • Lisa Barillier – front cover photography
    • David Peters – back cover photography

    Charts

    Weekly charts

    Chart (1981) Peak
    position
    Australia (Kent Music Report) 1

    Year-end charts

    Chart (1981) Position
    Australia (Kent Music Report)[6][7] 5

    Sales

    Region Certification Certified units/sales
    Australia — 115,000[8]

    References

    1. ^ Allmusic review
    2. ^ a b c d e Devo (1999). DEV-O Live (CD liner notes). Los Angeles: Rhino Handmade. RHM2 7708.
    3. ^ "Devo - Devo Live!". Record Store Day. 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
    4. ^ Ziegler, Mike. "DEVO Live Guide - 1980". Devo Live Guide. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
    5. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
      .
    6. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
      .
    7. ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1981". Kent Music Report. 4 January 1982. p. 7. Retrieved January 11, 2022 – via Imgur.
    8. ^ "Major fight economics with quirky rock originals". Billboard. 12 June 1982. Retrieved 22 September 2018.

    External links

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