Now It Can Be Told

Devo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00000DRD2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #291,915 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Jocko Homo

2. It Doesn't Matter to Me

3. Going Under

4. Working in the Coal Mine

5. Happy Guy

6. That's Good

7. Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth

8. Girl U Want

9. Whip It

10. Baby Doll

11. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

12. Uncontrollable Urge

13. Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy

14. Gates of Steel

15. Somewhere With Devo: Shout / Disco Dancer

Editorial Reviews

Now It Can Be Told: DEVO at the Palace is a live album released by American New Wave band Devo, recorded during their "comeback tour" in promotion of the Total Devo album. It did contain several cuts from the album, but largely focused on earlier material (although the disc also had one exclusive song, "It Doesn't Matter to Me"). The cover art and tagline were based on the 1971 book The Beginning Was the End.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A BIG SURPRISE, April 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: Now It Can Be Told (Audio CD)

In 1989, Devo hit the road for a reunion tour following the "Total Devo" CD, and were, frankly, a highly aggressive live act once more. They were ready to start taking on the old targets. After all, the Reagan/Bush weirdness was in full bloom, so why not prove that de-evolution was still a thing to take note of? This album documents that period well, including the acoustic version of "Jocko Homo" that starts the show off. (Remember how everyone was astounded that Bruce Springsteen, who was touring behind "Tunnel Of Love," was trying to show the maturity of the times by playing "Born To Run" as an acoustic lament?) The spudboys use this kind of irony to play a "cool" version of "Going Under," and a mellowed, jazzier version of "Working in a Coal Mine" before the really getting to work and letting loose with a meaty version of the newer "Happy Guy."

From this point on, Devo rocks out. It helps that most of the remainder of "Now It Can Be Told" is comprised of selections from "Q/A," "Freedom of Choice" and "New Traditionalists," plus you get the wonderful "Shout" and a devolved version of "Somewhere" from "West Side Story." If only because Rhino Handmade's full length version of 1981's "Dev-o Live" is getting tougher and tougher to find, you should have this wonderful artifact about the truth behind De-evolution, some ten years after Devo set the snowball off on its roll down the mountain.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Duty Now for the Past, August 18, 2005

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J. B. Rodriguez "jb_rodriguez" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Now It Can Be Told (Audio CD)

I am preparing to see Devo live this October, and while searching through their catalogue I saw this CD. I never knew this CD existed, and while I should be fair in mentioning that I don't actually have it, I WAS AT THIS SHOW!! This was the last time I saw DEVO, during my college days, and this show is/was still one of the best I've ever seen. First, they blew the audience away with an opening acoustic set - imagine DEVO in the yellow suits sitting on stools - that included some unpredictable numbers like "jocko homo." Second, they left and returned with the flower pots (okay "energy domes", and played an electrifying tour through most of their greatest songs. Remember, this was a time when DEVO was waning. Most of us original fans exited after "Shout" - it was just too, well, synthesized and without edge. But this show restored the faith, at least for their live performances. I'm looking forward to seeing them again after 16 years. Oh yeah, I still carry a scar on my right hand from taking a stage dive at this show and landing on some broken glass on the floor. Memories.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Accoustic Jocko Homo worth the price alone, December 19, 2004

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Bob Dobbs "As seen on sysadmins gone wild" (Pinole,Ca ( kulture Kapitol )) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Now It Can Be Told (Audio CD)

A very very good album. My favourite versions of many songs.

An awesome medley at the end. You don't own all their albums if you don't have this one ( duh ).

Consume, Sleep, crack that whip!