Duty Now for the Future

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Duty Now for the Future

Studio album by Devo
Released	July 1979
Recorded	1979
Genre	Post Punk
Length	38:56
Label	Warner Brothers
Producer(s)	Ken Scott Devo Brian Eno Chuck Statler
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Devo chronology
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978)	Duty Now for the Future (1979)	Freedom of Choice (1980)
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Duty Now for the Future was the second album by United States New Wave band Devo. It was released in 1979 (see 1979 in music).

"Devo Corporate Anthem" music & video are clearly a reference to Rollerball, in which games are preceded by players and audience standing solemnly while listening to a regional corporate anthem.

"Secret Agent Man" is a cover (with modified lyrics) of the song by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri.

"Devo Corporate Anthem" and "The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize" videos were featured on the collection "The Complete Truth About De-Evolution".

"Secret Agent Man" video was featured in the film "The Truth about De-Evolution" as an early document that was originally titled "The Beginning was the End" along with videos for "Jocko Homo" and other random Devo shorts and information.

The majority of the songs on the album had been performed in Devo's live set as early as 1976 or 1977.

[edit] Track listing

"Devo Corporate Anthem" – 1:16
"Clockout" – 2:48
"Timing X" – 1:13
"Wiggly World" – 2:45
"Blockhead" – 3:00
"Strange Pursuit" – 2:45
"S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)" – 4:27
"Triumph of the Will" – 2:19
"The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize" – 2:42
"Pink Pussycat" – 3:12
"Secret Agent Man" – 3:37
"Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA" – 6:06
"Red Eye" – 2:50

In 1994, the Infinite Zero label reissued a remastered version of this album on CD with two bonus tracks: the single a-side "Soo Bawlz" and the b-side of the UK "The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize" single, "Penetration In The Centrefold."

Devo discography