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One of new wave's most innovative bands, Devo bubbled up from the Midwestern underground of the 1970s with a marvelously obtuse, self-designed vision that they were able to successfully convey to a large audience. Taking their name from their own philosophy of "de-evolution," the Akron, Ohio-based group merged dark social satire and offbeat humor with highly stylized visuals, briefly breaking through to the mainstream with 1980's Freedom of Choice and its smash single "Whip It," whose accompanying video was made a staple by the fledgling MTV network. Their jerky, robotic rhythms, bizarre uniforms, and focus on technology were like nothing else on the pop landscape, though some of their campier elements caused some critics to unfairly dismiss them as a novelty group.
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Tracklist
1 Come Back Jonee
2 Social Fools
3 The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprise
4 Penetration in the Centrefold
5 Secret Agent Man
6 Soo Bawlz
7 Girl U Want
8 Turn Around
9 Whip It
10 Snowball
11 Gates of Steel
12 Through Being Cool
13 Race of Doom
14 Working in a Coal Mine
15 Enough Said
16 Beautiful World
17 The Super Thing
18 Peek-a-boo!
19 Find Out
Bonus Tracks:
20 Peek-a-boo! (Dance Velocity)
21 Peek-a-boo! (Devo Dub)
22 Flimsy Wrap