Duty Now for The Future/New Traditionalists [Import]

Devo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 25, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
• ASIN: B00000E0W3
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #961,961 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Devo Corporate Anthem

2. Clockout

3. Timing X

4. Wiggly World

5. Blockhead

6. Strange Pursuits

7. S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)

8. Triumph of the Will

9. The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprise

10. Pink Pussycat

11. Secret Agent Man

12. Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA

13. Red-Eye Express

14. Through Being Cool

15. Jerkin' Back and Forth

16. Pity You

17. Soft Things

18. Going Under

19. Race of Doom

20. Love Without Anger

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Devo's best effort - Duty Now For The Future, April 30, 2003

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"buck39_yahoo_com" (ATLANTA, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Duty Now for The Future/New Traditionalists (Audio CD)

Devo came on the music scene at a time of great upheaval and flux. Heavy Metal, Disco, Power Rock, Punk, New Wave, and Pop(whatever fell through the cracks) were all vying for attention.

Devo's first three albums were evolutionary/revolutionary. The breakthrough - Q. Are We Not Men A. We Are Devo, is their best known. Freedom Of Choice was also a strong album but had some tracks that would have been better off left out. Not that the music itself was bad, just the vocals were bland and uninspired.

Duty Now For The Future was recorded with every knob set on "10." The vocals were exciting, the material was top-notch, the performance was fantastic, and the mix was great. On some of the songs you have to really listen closely to pick up on the subtle counterpoint synth playing just below the volume level of the main instruments. This was inspired, this was produced masterfully, this is the ultimate DEVO album.

Buy it, put it in, and turn it way up.

My fondest memory of this was seeing the Atlanta concert supporting this album, and during a guitar solo, one of the Bob's fell off the stage and landed on top of me. My buddies and I lifted him back up on stage and he kept right on playing.

New Traditionalists was not in the same class, but a few songs were very good. Shaking Back And Forth, Going Under, Race Of Doom, and Beautiful World were the highlights of this album.

While other acts sang about drugs, the devil, and anarchy, Devo's concerts, music, and certainly their wardrobe were fun, creative and different from anyone else's. Some people will never get it. "Pity You" if you don't.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Musically terrific, but audiophiles beware., January 16, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Duty Now for The Future/New Traditionalists (Audio CD)

As the other reviewer stated, this CD combines two great albums. In fact, Duty Now For The Future is my favorite Devo record. The only problem I have with this disc is the sound quality. There are occassional "drop-outs" that occur throughout the disc that are a little annoying. Unfortunately, this disc is the only way to get a hold of these two albums. Maybe someone will remaster these albums one of these days? Oh well. This disc is still well worth picking up.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally, someone reissued these classics, March 20, 2002

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"gdatlanta" (Atlanta, Georgia USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Duty Now for The Future/New Traditionalists (Audio CD)

The good thing about these overseas compilations is that you get a 2 for 1 deal on the recordings. The bad thing is that with a band like Devo, who constantly morphed from one album to the next, it renders a different feel to the CD half-way through due to the overall tone and attitude of one album to the next. DNFTF exhibits a sound not typical of any other Devo record, not quite as 'punk' as their earlier material and not quite as 'squared off' as their later material. Often with a feel of some other 'progressive rock' emerging at the time, this album explores odd time signatures and new approaches to rock. New Traditionalists falls into the 'squared off' genre. This is post-Whip It, very synth heavy and finely tweezed, as if they had steriled their own safety pin. This features their other siren songs: Through Being Cool and Workin' In A Coalmine (their 'radio songs'?), however there are far more substantial tracks on this record than these. All in all, it seems NT is the destination of Devo's journey....all things prior seem to lead to this point. As usual, both album are laden with prophetic visions of 'de-evolution' and when looking back today it inspires one to say, 'Devo was right'.