Best Devo album?

[tuvor]

I'm so lame. I can't think of anything worthwhile for my first poll.

Anyway, as you might guess, my vote goes to Duty Now for the Future. Not as well-known as Are We Not Men?, but far more devolved. Plus, a better cover of Secret Agent Man you will never hear.

In order to keep it under 10 choices, I'm only listing "official" album releases, as defined by me. No collections and no live albums.

[Placebo]

1. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are DEVO!

:thumbsup:

[enigmatic]

3. I used to have the Devo industrial suits....

I lived in Clevo, so they wern't hard to find. And by the way, "Mongoloid" is a cl;assic, dammit!

[Placebo]

6. they tell us that we lost our tails...

evolving up from little snails
i say it's all just wind in sails
are we not men? we are DEVO!
we're pinheads now we are not whole
we're pinheads all jocko homo
are we not men? D-E-V-O
monkey men all in business suit
teachers and critics all dance the poot
are we not men? we are DEVO!
are we not men? D-E-V-O
we must repeat o.k. let's go!

[tuvor]

7. I wonder if george's friend Pootie-Poot dances the poot.

Or is the point moot?

[enigmatic]

8. Ohhhhh Dad, we're ALL Devo!

[tuvor]

9. Top of the Pops. Sweet! n/t

[Forkboy]

2. Freedom of Choice for me

[rawtribe]

4. I like everything

up to New Traditionalists after that album they lost me.

[tuvor]

5. Same here.

God knows, I TRIED to like Total Devo.

[frylock]

10. i agree that duty now was their best..

however, I must disagree with you on DEVO's "Secret Agent Man" being the best version, as, IMHO, The Plugz "Hombre Secreto" from the Repo Man soundtrack is without question the dopest cover of that song.

[tuvor]

11. Heard the Plugz version, and like it, a lot, too.

But I still prefer Devo's version.

Maybe it's the different lyrics, which since they're in English, I can understand.

i live a life of danger for the fbi
keeping tabs on our nation
on the land on the sea in the sky
and every single night before i go to bed
i get down on my knees and thank god
i'm a secret agent man

secret agent man
they've given me a number
but they've taken away my name

i got one hell of a job to perform for the u. s. of a.
got the responsibility of our nation's top security
but every night and day
i salute the flag and say
thank you jesus cause i'm
i'm a secret agent man

you know they got me doin' this doin' that
and a little bit of something else
fighting cavities of evil
save-guarding america's health
but not an afternoon pass
i don't get up off my ass
and say thank you god
'cause i'm a secret agent man

[Patsy Stone]

12. A great concert -- 1982

I love Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are Devo, but I have a special place in my heart for Oh, NO! It's DEVO!. Plus, since it had no votes, I had to help it out... :)

Time Out for FUN!

[Guaranteed]

13. Uhhhhh....Whip It?

Is that an album? :P