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Devo – Duty Now For The Future (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1979
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Duty Now For The Future is an LP by Devo from 1979 released on the Warner Bros. Records label.
About this album
Duty Now For The Future finds Devo sharpening their art-punk satire without losing the nervous humour that made them stand out in late-1970s rock. Released in 1979, it followed their breakthrough debut and pushed their clipped rhythms, synth squalls and absurdist social commentary into a more streamlined major-label setting. The album’s mechanical pulse and deadpan delivery helped define new wave’s colder, stranger edge, while songs such as Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA and Blockhead show how Devo turned corporate paranoia, conformity and modern alienation into something danceable as well as unsettling. It remains one of the group’s key statements.
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Artist: DevoLabel: Warner Bros. Records – BSK 3337Format: LP, Album, StereoUnits: 1Country: AustraliaReleased: 1979Genre: Pop & RockStyle: New Wave
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A1 Devo Corporate Anthem
A2 Clockout
A3 Timing X
A4 Wiggly World
A5 Blockhead
A6 Strange Pursuit
A7 S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)
B1 Triumph Of The Will
B2 The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize
B3 Pink Pussycat
B4 Secret Agent Man
B5 Smart Patrol / Mr. Dna
B6 Red Eye