E-Z Listening Disc

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E-Z Listening Disc
E-Z Listening Disc cover
Studio album by Devo
Released 1987
Recorded 1987
Genre New Wave/Muzak
Producer Devo
Devo chronology
Shout
(1984)		 E-Z Listening Disc
(1987)		 Total Devo
(1988)

E-Z Listening Disc is the 1987 release by Devo. It is a disc of instrumental versions of classic Devo songs performed in the style of easy listening Muzak or New Age music. The album is a collection of tracks from Devo's two "E-Z Listening Cassettes," available only though Club Devo. The CD omits a second E-Z Listening version of "Shout."

Notable is the version of "Satisfaction" present here; it uses the original Rolling Stones guitar riff, which does not appear in any other versions of Devo's cover. Some fans suggest[citation needed] this was added because otherwise the rendition would not be recognizable; indeed, the song's vocal harmony could not be replicated with an instrument and Devo's quiet bass-riff was the only indicator of what it was.

[edit] Track list:

  1. "Gates of Steel"
  2. "Girl U Want"
  3. "Come Back Jonee"
  4. "Whip It"
  5. "That's Good"
  6. "Jerkin' Back and Forth"
  7. "4th Dimension"
  8. "Shout (Hello Kitty)"
  9. "Mongoloid"
  10. "Pity You"
  11. "Goin' Under"
  12. "Swelling, Itching Brain"
  13. "Jurisdiction of Luv"
  14. "Peek 'a' Boo"
  15. "Satisfaction"
  16. "Space Junk"
  17. "Time Out for Fun"
  18. "It's a Beautiful World"
  19. "Jocko Homo"
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