Devo discography
Mark Mothersbaugh performing as part of Devo at Benicàssim, on July 20, 2007.
Studio albums9
Live albums10
Compilation albums16
Video albums9
EPs10
Singles25
Soundtrack albums1

The discography of Devo, an American new wave band formed in 1973, consists of 25 singles and 9 studio albums. Devo was founded by Gerald Casale, Bob Lewis and Mark Mothersbaugh. Devo currently consists of brothers Mark Mothersbaugh (synthesizers, guitar, lead vocals) and Bob Mothersbaugh (lead guitar, lead and backing vocals), Gerald Casale (bass guitar, keyboards, lead and backing vocals), Josh Hager (rhythm guitar, keyboards) and Josh Freese (drums). The band rose to prominence in the US during the new wave era with their single "Whip It". The band have released nine studio albums, ten extended plays, fourteen compilation albums, ten live albums, one soundtrack album and twenty-five singles.

Before signing a record contract with Warner Bros. in the US, the band released several singles on the independent Stiff Records label that charted in the UK. Devo followed up with their debut full-length album Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! in July 1978. The album reached No. 12 in the UK and No. 78 in the US. In 1980, Devo released Freedom of Choice, which went Platinum in the US and Gold in Canada, making it their highest selling album. Their 1981 follow-up, New Traditionalists, peaked at No. 23 on the American charts and was their final album to chart in the UK. Devo's chart success slowly fell throughout the decade until they released their apparently final studio album, Smooth Noodle Maps, in 1990; it failed to chart in either the US or the UK.

In 1996, Devo released a multimedia CD-ROM adventure game, Devo Presents Adventures of the Smart Patrol, through Inscape. Members of Devo also began recording together under different aliases, including the surf rock-influenced the Wipeouters and Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers. From 1990 through 2009, no new albums under the Devo name were released. However, a new single, "Watch Us Work It", was released as a digital download in 2007 and as part of a 12-inch EP in 2008. A new studio album, Something for Everybody, was released on June 15, 2010.

A tribute album to Devo, entitled We Are Not Devo, was released by Centipede Records in 1997 and featured various artists—including the Aquabats, Voodoo Glow Skulls and the Vandals—covering some of the band's songs.[1]

Albums

Studio albums

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
NZ
[5]
UK
[6][7][8]
1978 Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! 78 57 7 12
1979 Duty Now for the Future
  • Released: July 1979
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl, 8-track tape
73 51 87 13 49
1980 Freedom of Choice
  • Released: May 1980
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl, 8-track tape
22 5 75 9 47
1981 New Traditionalists
  • Released: August 1981
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl, 8-track tape
23 3 32 6 50
1982 Oh, No! It's Devo
  • Released: October 1982
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, 8-track tape
47 57 10
1984 Shout
  • Released: October 1984
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
83 92
1988 Total Devo
  • Released: May 1988
  • Label: Enigma
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl, DAT
189
1990 Smooth Noodle Maps
  • Released: June 1990
  • Label: Enigma
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl, DAT
2010 Something for Everybody
  • Released: June 15, 2010
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, digital
30 164
[12]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Year Title Notes
1981 DEV-O Live
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Warner Bros.
1989 Now It Can Be Told: DEVO at the Palace
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Enigma
  • Live 1988
1992 DEVO Live: The Mongoloid Years
  • Released: October 1992
  • Label: Rykodisc
2005 Devo Live 1980
  • Released: July 12, 2005
  • Label: Target Video
  • DualDisc containing both audio and video performance.
Live in Central Park
  • Released: July 26, 2005
  • Label: DiscLive
2012 Live 1981 Seattle
  • Released: April 21, 2012[13]
  • Label: Booji Boy
2014 Live at Max's Kansas City - November 15, 1977
  • Released: April 19, 2014[15]
  • Label: Jackpot
2014 Butch Devo and the Sundance Gig
  • Released: April 19, 2014[16]
  • Label: MVD
2014 Miracle Witness Hour
  • Released: November 17, 2014
  • Label: Futurismo
2015 Hardcore Devo Live!
  • Released: February 24, 2015
  • Label: MVD

Soundtracks

Year Title Notes
1996 Adventures of the Smart Patrol
  • Released: August 27, 1996
  • Label: Discover
  • Soundtrack of Devo's PC CD-ROM game of the same name. Includes a few catalog songs, two new songs, a spruced up demo recording and a few tracks by other artists.

Compilation albums

Year Title Notes
1987 E-Z Listening Disc
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Rykodisc
  • Compiles all but one of the tracks from Devo's two E-Z Listening Muzak Cassettes, which had been available only through Club Devo in 1981 and 1984, respectively, consisting of instrumental versions of classic Devo songs performed in the style of easy listening Muzak or new-age music.
1990 Hardcore Devo: Volume One
  • Released: August 17, 1990
  • Label: Rykodisc
  • Basement demo recordings from 1974–1977.
Devo's Greatest Hits
  • Released: December 1990
  • Label: Warner Bros.
Devo's Greatest Misses
  • Released: December 1990
  • Label: Warner Bros.
1991 Hardcore Devo: Volume Two
  • Released: August 23, 1991
  • Label: Rykodisc
  • More basement demo recordings from 1974–1977.
1993 Hot Potatoes: The Best of Devo
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Virgin
1998 Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 3, 1998
  • Label: Discover
  • Budget compilation.
2000 Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology
  • Released: May 9, 2000
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Bros. Archives
  • Two-disc set spanning Devo's entire career. Contains 17 previously unreleased tracks.
Recombo DNA
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Rhino Handmade
  • Limited edition two-disc set of previously unreleased material including demos, alternate mixes, live tracks and outtakes.
2002 The Essentials
  • Released: April 2, 2002
  • Label: Rhino
  • Budget compilation.
2003 Whip It & Other Hits
  • Released: October 10, 2003
  • Label: Rhino
  • Budget compilation.
2013 Something Else for Everybody
  • Released: July 23, 2013
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • A digital collection of 11 tracks from the Something for Everybody sessions that didn't make the album. Released on CD by Booji Boy Records on May 20, 2014.
2015 Social Fools: The Virgin Singles 1978–1982
  • Released: October 23, 2015
  • Label: Virgin
2016 E-Z Listening Muzak
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: Futurismo
  • Re-release of the E-Z Listening Disc CD with the omitted cassette track, and new recording of "Human Rocket"
2023 Art Devo 1973–1977[17]
  • Released: September 2023
  • Collection of rarities from their early years
50 Years of De-Evolution 1973–2023
  • Released: October 2023
  • Collection of hits and rarities

Box sets

Year Title Notes
2008 This Is the Devo Box
  • Released: July 23, 2008
  • Label: Warner Music Life
  • Fully remastered CD box set of Devo's Warner Brothers releases (including DEV-O Live) in miniature LP sleeve replicas. Available only in Japan. A vinyl version (minus DEV-O Live and the "Working in the Coal Mine" 7-inch) was released in the US for Record Store Day 2019.
2009 The Ultra DEVO-lux Ltd. Edition
  • Released: December 23, 2009
  • Label: Warner Bros.

Extended plays

Year Title Peak chart positions Notes
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
NZ
[5]
UK
[6][8]
1977 B Stiff EP
  • Label: Stiff
  • Formats: Vinyl
  • Compiles the first three Devo singles released on Stiff Records.
1978 Mechanical Man EP
  • Label: Elevator
  • Formats: Vinyl
1981 DEV-O Live
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, vinyl
50 1 14
  • Live EP from the Freedom of Choice tour
1983 Theme from Doctor Detroit
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: Vinyl
59 88 42 98
1988 Baby Doll EP
  • Label: Enigma
  • Formats: 12-inch vinyl, CD
Disco Dancer EP
  • Label: Enigma
  • Formats: 12-inch vinyl, CD, Mini CD
1990 Post Post-Modern Man EP
  • Label: Enigma
  • Formats: CD Maxi-Single
2008 Watch Us Work It
  • Label: MVD
  • Formats: 12-inch vinyl
  • Vinyl release of the downloadable single.
2010 Song Study EP
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: Digital download
2011 What We Do: Electro-Devo Remix Cornucopia – EP
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: Digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album/EP
US
[19][20]
US Dance
[19]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
NZ
[5]
UK
[6][8]
1977 "Mongoloid" B Stiff (EP)
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" 98 41
1978 "Be Stiff" 71
"Jocko Homo" 62 Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
"Come Back Jonee" 60
1979 "The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize"
b/w "Penetration in the Centrefold" (non-album track)
Duty Now for the Future
"Secret Agent Man"
1980 "Girl U Want" Freedom of Choice
"Whip It" 14 8[A] 77 11 11 51
"Freedom of Choice" 103 71
1981 "Working in the Coal Mine" 43[B] 30 20 17 8 Heavy Metal (soundtrack)
"Beautiful World" 102 14 15 New Traditionalists
"Through Being Cool" 107 32[C]
1982 "Jerkin' Back 'n' Forth"[21]
b/w "Mecha-Mania Boy" (non-album track)
"Peek-a-Boo!" 106 13 45 Oh, No! It's Devo
"That's Good" 104 6[D]
1983 "Theme from Doctor Detroit" 59 50 88 42 98 Doctor Detroit (soundtrack)
1984 "Are U Experienced?" Shout
1985 "Here to Go" [E] 40
"Shout"
1988 "Disco Dancer" [E] 45 Total Devo
"Baby Doll"
1990 "Post Post-Modern Man" [F] 26 Smooth Noodle Maps
"Stuck in a Loop" - -
2007 "Watch Us Work It" Something for Everybody
2009 "Don't Shoot (I'm a Man)"
2010 "Fresh"
Greetings from Akron, Ohio (Split 7-inch with The Black Keys)
Devo track is "Human Rocket"
non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Other releases

This section is intended to be a compendium of the many properly released tracks that Devo has recorded for TV and film soundtracks, video games and various artists compilation albums, as well as rare remixes and other oddities. It does not list any of the tracks that appeared on proper studio albums and singles, nor any tracks from collections of previously unreleased songs (such as the Hardcore Devo compilations) or illicit bootleg releases.

Year Title Source Notes
1979 "Flimsy Wrap" 7-inch flexi-disc included with UK picture disc copies of Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Segment of a radio DJ talking during a set break of the band's 11/10/78 concert at the Old Waldorf, San Francisco, California
"It Takes a Worried Man" (AKA: "Worried Man Blues") Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology A cover of the folk song by the Carter Family, from the film Human Highway
1981 "Uncontrollable Urge" (Live) Urgh! A Music War: The Album Recorded live at the California Theater, San Diego, CA, August 20, 1980
1982 "That's Good" (Extended Version) "That's Good" promotional 12-inch single Artificially extended mix using "cut and paste" techniques
"Speed Racer" (Extended Version) "That's Good" promotional 12-inch single Artificially extended mix using "cut and paste" techniques
1983 "Luv-Luv" Songs from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Doctor Detroit
"That's Good (Extended Edit)" Disconet Program Service Volume 5 Program 9, Disconet Mix, 1983 Mixed By Valapucci
1985 "Let's Talk" Fright Night: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

Reissued on Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology.
1986 "Bread and Butter" 9½ Weeks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

Reissued on Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology.
A cover of the song by the Newbeats
1987 "I Wouldn't Do That to You" Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology From the film Happy Hour
"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology A cover of the song by Brian Hyland, from the film Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
1988 "Bush Whacked" Recombo DNA 1979 session outtake jam. 7-inch flexi-disc included with Volume 1, Issue 6 of Reflex Magazine in August 1988. An extended version (labeled "Prosthetic Version") was issued on Recombo DNA.
"Baby Doll (Sung in Swedish)" Tapeheads: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Alternate version of "Baby Doll" from Total Devo
1993 "Whip It" (HMS & M Mix) Hot Potatoes: The Best of Devo Remixed by Psychoslaphead
1995 "Are You Ready?!" Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: the Movie - Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture
"Girl U Want" (Remake) Tank Girl: Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack Based on the cover by Soundgarden
"Part of You" Infinite Zero CD reissue of Oh, No! It's Devo Previously unreleased 1982 session outtake from Oh, No! It's Devo
1996 "Supercop" Supercop: Music From and Inspired by the Dimension Motion Picture
"Head Like a Hole" Supercop: Music From and Inspired by the Dimension Motion Picture.

Reissued on Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology.
A cover of the song by Nine Inch Nails
"Theme From Adventures of the Smart Patrol" Music From Adventures of the Smart Patrol A studio version of an instrumental track played by Devo at the beginning of concerts on their New Traditionalists tour. Recorded for the Inscape PC CD-ROM game Adventures of the Smart Patrol under the name "The Smart Patrol".
"That's What He Said" Music From Adventures of the Smart Patrol Recorded for the Inscape PC CD-ROM game Adventures of the Smart Patrol under the name "The Smart Patrol".
"U Got Me Bugged" (Alternate Vocal Mix) Music From Adventures of the Smart Patrol Demo recorded in 1975 and released in 1991 on Hardcore Devo: Vol. 2. Overdubbed for the Inscape PC CD-ROM game Adventures of the Smart Patrol.
1997 "Thanks to You" Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology From the film Meet Wally Sparks
"Communication Break-up" Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology From the film Meet Wally Sparks
1998 "Huboon Stomp" Chef Aid: The South Park Album A studio version of a very early Devo song that had only been performed live
"Witch Doctor" The Rugrats Movie: Music From the Motion Picture A cover of the song by Ross Bagdasarian Sr.
1999 "One Dumb Thing" Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology 1982 session outtake from Oh, No! It's Devo. Restored, remixed and completed for the PC CD-ROM game Interstate '82.
"Faster and Faster" Recombo DNA 1982 session outtake from Oh, No! It's Devo. Restored, remixed and completed for the PC CD-ROM game Interstate '82.
"Modern Life" Recombo DNA 1982 session outtake from Oh, No! It's Devo. Restored, remixed and completed for the PC CD-ROM game Interstate '82.
2000 "The Words Get Stuck in My Throat" Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology Studio version of a song sung by Booji Boy and often played live on the early tours. The song originates from the 1966 Japanese sci-fi film War of the Gargantuas.
2001 "It's All Good" Digital download Originally released as a flash animation on Shockwave, credited to "Big Dirty Farmers". No longer available, but audio circulates as bootleg.
2002 "Ohio" When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear A cover of the song by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, chronicling the events of the Kent State massacre of 1970. (Devo members Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale have often cited this event as the catalyst for the creation of Devo.)
2003 "Go Monkey Go" Heroes & Villains: Music Inspired by the Powerpuff Girls A song written for the character Mojo Jojo and appearing in bumpers for the Cartoon Network
2004 "Whip It" (Philip Steir & Ramin Sakurai Remix) The Cornerstone Player 061 2 CD/1 DVD promotional set for the film Hustle & Flow.
2006 "Girl U Want" (Black Light Odyssey Mix) Future Retro
2009 "Red Shark" Digital-only "Devo Demo Bundle" for fans who purchased concert tickets C. 1979–1980 demo version of "It's Not Right"
"Merry Something to You" YouTube video Released December 2009. Video set to stills of Mark Mothersbaugh artwork. Later released on 2010 compilation Gift Wrapped II: Snowed In.
2012 "Monsterman" Monster Man TV series.
Reissued on Something Else for Everybody.
Theme song for the Syfy series Monster Man.
"Don't Roof Rack Me, Bro! (Seamus Unleashed)" Digital download Song poking fun at the scandal involving Mitt Romney's former dog, Seamus, being strapped to the roof of the family's car in a dog carrier.
"Don't Roof Rack Me, Bro (Remember Seamus)" [Remix] Digital download
2022 "Empire" Good Music to Ensure Safe Abortion Access to All By David Byrne and Devo. Part of a various artists compilation album made available for only 24 hours on Bandcamp, with all proceeds going to Abortion Care Network, Brigid Alliance and Noise for Now.[22]

Filmography

Video releases

Film appearances

TV appearances

References

General

  • "Devo > Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved June 9, 2008.

Specific

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  3. 1 2 3 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 88. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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Notes

  • Warwick, Neil; Jon Kutner; Tony Brown (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums. Omnibus Press. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.


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