New Traditionalists [Import]

Devo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 31, 1999)
• Format: Import
• Label: Warne
• ASIN: B00002ZZN0
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,546,581 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Plastic Hair Thingies Rule, May 27, 2003

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Tim Brough "author and music buff" (Springfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Traditionalists (Audio CD)

"New Traditionalists" found DEVO in a precarious state. Their arty irony and brainy pop smarts had made them a flavor of the moment via the "F.O.C." "Whip (H)it" single and video, and suddenly the whole world was chanting "are we not men?" It both emboldened them and deepened their cynicism. "Through Being Cool" rallied the alienated to rise against the ninnies and the twits at the same time "Beautiful World" wearily declared that it might have been a beautiful world for you, but "it's not for me." After all, how could you rail against the lemming/jock mentality when they were the ones donning your energy domes at the football games and singing "Whip It" at corporate synergy rallies?

But having been touched by the gold finger of hit making, DEVO did their best to fill an album with enthusiastic pogo anthems about their favorite topics; love, sex, and the willful decline of the human condition. "Jerking Back and Forth" and "Love Without Anger" are typical visions of human relationships ala DEVO. (The stop motion doll video for "L.W.A." is among the band's best.) "Going Under" had them tinkering with their sound a little, and "Working In A Coal Mine" was given the DEVO oldie treatment. Sonically, this is probably the band's best production job next to what Eno gave their debut. All in all, a solid album.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The way they comb their hair, makes me want to say..., December 22, 2000

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George Copping - See all my reviews

This was the first of the Devo albums I purchased and has remained my favourite for the past 10 years. If you are looking for the best of Devo's music, get this one...

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars forget about the ninnies & the twits, May 30, 2000

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Funkmeister G - See all my reviews

This apparently is Devo's biggest selling lp, even more than Freedom of Choice which preceded it [maybe that just had big hit singles?]. This begins w/ the anthem Thru Being Cool, in case you haven't heard it, it's basically a defiance of the supposedly need to avoid geekiness @ all times in modern society or something like that. After this is a funky little number called Jerkin' Back & Forth, very much definitive of its era in sound. Apart from Thru Being Cool, the other most famous song here is Beautiful World, a sarcastically joyous tune, not unlike what the Mothers did in the 60s w/ Plastic People etc. Contemporary single Working In The Coal Mine is appropriately included as a bonus track, seeing the single did come w/ many copies of the lp back in the day. unfortunately you probably don't get the catalogue of wacky clothes & poster w/ the cd though. Probably their 3rd or 4th best album.