New Traditionalists [Original recording remastered]

Devo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 18, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: WEA/Reprise
• ASIN: B003DQIPXC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,335 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

DEVO New Traditionalists (2010 issue US edition 16-track digitally remastered CD album featuring 6 Bonus Recordings including the spoken word piece Nu-tra Speaks One Dumb Thing [as featured on the Pioneers Who Got Scalped compilation] Modern Life & Faster and Faster [both of which first appeared on the Recombo DNA compilation] Psychology of Desire [a demo of The Super Thing with alternate lyrics] and the E-Z Listening Disc version of Beautiful World)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great remaster, poor bonus tracks, May 21, 2010

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Matthew Fitch "stanlow" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Traditionalists (Audio CD)

Without a doubt, this is the BEST this album has ever sounded. I seem to recall hearing somewhere that the original master tapes had suffered some sort of damage prior to the original album' pressing, hence the slightly muffled sound heard since its original release. Based solely on this I would rate the disc 5/5. The problem comes with the bonus tracks. What's here cannot necessarily be faulted, what is not most certainly can. Where is "Working in a Coalmine," it was included on the original cassette release, a free 7' with the vinyl and has been present on any CD pressings up til now? Why is "MechaMania Boy" not here? It was included on the 90's reissue and is a New Traditionalist era b-side? Instead we are given tracks found on the still in print Pioneers Who Got Scalped anthology, a few from the limited release Recombo DNA (which to me sound more like "Oh No!"-era demos) and a track from the EZ-Listening CD. Again, why? It doesn't fit sonically with what is here, other NT EZ-Listening tracks are not included, and the space could have been used for "Mechamania Boy," or even other NT-era demos from "Recombo DNA." 3/5 for Bonus tracks, overall rating 4/5. Hopefully ALL RELEVANT tracks will be included on any other Warner Bros reissues (Oh No! It's Devo!, Shout) if and when they happen.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Everything you read and heard about it is TRUE, June 12, 2010

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Aparato SuperSonico (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: New Traditionalists (Audio CD)

I owned the original US WB pressing of the LP, then the "Collectibles" CD version, which I thought was crap. Today I received in the mail this remastered version of the album, and though it sounds better - more solid volume, sound, it seems the remastering emphasized too much the lows - so that the CD "thumps" a lot even at a flat bass and treble setting, and the high midranges and highs appear muffled. Originally I believed it was intentional or due to the poor quality of the LP mastering, but apparently what I've read here about the master tapes being damaged may very well be true. If so, it may indeed be a pity and may explain why the price of the CD - "new" has fallen below eight dollars. it is also a shame because WB could well have requested the original recording engineers to cook up another master tape from the original multi=track recordings. Clearly Devo has not been treated by the label with the seriousness and respect they afford Los Lobos song-stealer Paul Simon. I give this release 4 stars for the sound quality, 5 for the music.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A clearer gem from the past...., May 31, 2010

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Nathan Christian (Pitcairn, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Traditionalists (Audio CD)

The sound on this under rated Devo classic has been cleaned up considerably bringing it out of the muffled fog it was originally in. The clarity is much noticed on "Through Being Cool"

I like the extra tracks. They might be found on other Devo releases, but I don't mind them here. I like them especially "One Dumb Thing" which, from what I understand, eventually was rewritten as "PATTERNS" on "Oh, No! It's Devo!" It's neat hearing how a song was...then eventually ended up as. I do miss "Working In A Coal Mine" on this release even though it's not one of my favorite Devo songs.

The mark on the front "Parental Advisory Explicit Content" I feel was placed there for a marketing ploy. Anyone who is familiar with the original release knows there is nothing more than Benny Hill naughty boy type humor here as in "Soft Things". But possibly, if a consumer had not heard the extras before might think they are something REALLY naughty included there.

Over all, great price, great cd, great bonus tracks, GREAT DEVO RELEASE!