Hardcore Devo: Volume Two

Hardcore Devo: Volume Two
Compilation album by Devo
Released Aug 23 1991
Recorded April 1974-December 1977
Genre Art punk
Length 66:01
Label Rykodisc
Producer Devo
Devo chronology

Hardcore Devo: Volume One
(1990)		 Hardcore Devo: Volume Two
(1991)		 DEVO Live: The Mongoloid Years
(1992)
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Pitchfork Media 7.9/10[1]

Hardcore Devo: Volume Two (1991) is the second collection of demos released by the post-punk/new wave band Devo. It was out of print for over twenty years, however, it was re-issued on Superior Viaduct[2] in 2013 both as a vinyl release (May 2013) and a CD containing both volumes and bonus tracks (July 2013).

Overview

The Hardcore Devo albums are collections of 4-track basement demos recorded by the band between 1974-1977. Some tracks are earlier versions of some of Devo's best known tracks that would later be re-recorded and used on subsequent Devo records (e.g. "Jocko Homo," "Mongoloid"), but a majority of the tracks were never re-used and remained unreleased until the Hardcore Devo compilations.

Volume Two has been described as even more "hardcore" than Hardcore Devo: Volume One, as it contains more "experimental" tracks. However, it is not without its share of "classic Devo," with the band's trademark sound already beginning to show.

Track listing

  1. "Booji Boy's Funeral" – 3:59 (Mark Mothersbaugh) (1977)
  2. "Can U Take It?" – 3:00 (Gerald V. Casale) (1974)
  3. "Bamboo Bimbo" – 3:16 (Gerald V. Casale/Mark Mothersbaugh)(1975)
  4. "A Plan for U" – 3:11 (Gerald V. Casale) (1974)
  5. "The Rope Song" – 3:21 (Gerald V. Casale/Bob Lewis) (1974)
  6. "Goo Goo Itch" – 2:17 (Mark Mothersbaugh) (1976)
  7. "Be Stiff" – 3:19 (Gerald V. Casale/Bob Lewis) (1974)
  8. "All of Us" – 4:53 (Gerald V. Casale) (1974)
  9. "Baby Talkin' Bitches" – 2:25 (Gerald V. Casale/Bob Mothersbaugh) (1975)
  10. "I Need a Chick" – 2:51 (Gerald V. Casale/Peter Gregg) (1974)
  11. "U Got Me Bugged" – 2:45 (Mark Mothersbaugh) (1975)
  12. "Chango" – 3:10 (Gerald V. Casale/Mark Mothersbaugh) (1975)
  13. "Fraulein" – 3:06 (Mark Mothersbaugh) (1975)
  14. "Dogs of Democracy" – 3:25 (Mark Mothersbaugh) (1976)
  15. "37" – 2:57 (Gerald V. Casale/Bob Mothersbaugh) (1975)
  16. "Bottled Up" – 2:21 (Gerald V. Casale) (1976)
  17. "Working In a Coalmine" – 3:13 (Allen Toussaint) (1977)
  18. "I Been Refused" – 3:32 (Gerald V. Casale) (1974)
  19. "Fountain of Filth" – 3:09 (Gerald V. Casale/Bob Casale) (1977)
  20. "Clockout" – 3:09 (Gerald V. Casale) (1976)
  21. "Let's Go" – 2:42 (Mark Mothersbaugh) (1977)
  22. "Man From the Past" – 3:22 (Gerald V. Casale) (1974)*
  23. "Doghouse Doghouse" – 2:40 (Gerald V. Casale) (1974)*
  24. "Hubert House" – 1:50 (Gerald V. Casale/Mark Mothersbaugh) (1975)*
  25. "Shimmy Shake" – 2:57 (Bob Mothersbaugh) (1975)*

Tracks denoted with an asterisk (*) are found exclusively on the Superior Viaduct re-release.[3]

Personnel

Production

See also

References

  1. ↑ Beta, Andy. "Devo: Hardcore Volume 2". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  2. ↑ Pilmer, Michael (June 19, 2013). "Hardcore DEVO Re-Issued On Vinyl and CD!" (html). clubdevo.com. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
  3. ↑ http://www.superiorviaduct.com/collections/devo/products/devo-hardcore-volume-2-2xlp

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