Something for Everybody | 
| Artist: Devo
Label: Warner Bros.
Category: Music
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Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 887
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 093624966814
EAN: 0093624966814
ASIN: B003JYOFIW
Release Date: June 15, 2010
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| Tracks:
| • | Fresh | | • | What We Do | | • | Please Baby Please | | • | Don't Shoot (I'm A Man) | | • | Mind Games | | • | Human Rocket | | • | Sumthin' | | • | Step Up | | • | Cameo | | • | Later Is Now | | • | No place Like Home | | • | March On |
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Product Description
More than three decades after the release of its visionary debut, 'Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo,' and a full 20 years since its last studio album, Devo is back with the aptly titled 'Something for Everybody.' The long rumored, wildly anticipated album (which was launched with a memorable performance in Vancouver at the Winter Olympics) features the band's classic line-up - Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh, Gerald and Bob Casale - joined by drummer Josh Freese (Nine Inch Nails, Guns n' Roses). Though the songs recorded for 'Something for Everybody' are built on Devo's signature mechanized swing, the recording and presentation of the album saw the band experimenting with an entirely new approach. A series of studies were conducted through the clubdevo.com site to help the band with its creative decisions, from color selection to song mixes. In fact, 16 songs were recorded but only 12 made the final album. DEVO invited fans and critics to help select the songs that they liked best to make the cut by participating in a Song Study at clubdevo.com.
Album Description
2010 album from the ground-breaking Electro-Rock quintet. Something for Everybody features the band's classic line-up of Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh, Gerald and Bob Casale joined by drummer Josh Freese. Though the songs recorded for Something for Everybody are built on Devo's signature mechanized swing, the recording and resentation of the album saw the band experimenting with an entirely new approach. A series of studies were conducted through their website to help the band with its creative decisions, from color selection to song mixes.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 88
 Devo 3.0 June 16, 2010
A. Meador (Morgan Hill, CA USA)
65 out of 68 found this review helpful
Alright, I've been a Devotee for something like 32 years. But let's not get straight to the heart of the matter. Where does this album fall in the scheme of all things Devo? The first 2 albums were guitar driven uber-nerd and quirky affairs. This is where I first fell for Devo. Freedom of Choice was where the boys had said they wanted to go - a keyboard driven band. Some fans were taken aback, was this a sellout? Yes and no. Devo if you recall had their own corporate anthem in 1979. They were always about pop culture and marketing. More on this below. So we embraced the new Devo. Then came New traditionalists. The first truly lateral step, but still good stuff this. Then came Oh No, It's Devo. Hmm. Love it or leave it, this was where fans began to rift. I still loved it. But alas, I fear the boys had run out of things to say - or perhaps we had really just caught up. Shout had its moments, but from here on the world seemed to be moving by. And so it passed.
Now comes Devo 3.0. (we shall never speak of Devo 2.0). A sharply honed purpose driven, lean and hungry new Devo. A Devo with a plan. A Devo shaped and polished by the infamous Focus Group with 88% approval*. Not a "reimagining", nor a "reboot", this is Devo for 2010. Sarcastic, witty and angular - this is the Devo we've been waiting for a long, long time. They have something to say and songs to play with an energy I personally thought was lost. Remember, these are the guys that used to do jumping jacks on stage if they weren't doing anything else. And it sounds as if they could do it again!
Will this create a whole new legion of Devotees? I don't know, but if you're new to Devo I'd say this is as good a starting point as any - and I never thought I'd say that about any "band reunion" album. The sound is the same in that you'd spot it a mile away, and yet has the vitality and strength of any newcomer. You'll hear Mark yelping as if it were 30 years ago. You'll hear spastic guitars. You'll hear wild and weird noises and samples.
Personal listening impressions? It's hard to rate or place it compared to previous efforts, but after tidbits like the Wipeouters and Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers I wasn't really prepared to be sucked in like this. Color me surprised. Okay, the album fades a bit in the second half, but not by much; similar to the way Freedom of Choice goes into a bit of cruise control on the second half. But if you're reading this, then just know you'll be sorry if you don't pick this beast up and set it spinning out of control. It has all the elements of the first 3 albums blended together in a foamy frothy mix; it sounds like what Shout should have been 26 years later. The fact that they chose to not include "Watch Us Work It" (the recent single from the Dell ads) speaks volumes (IMHO) of the quality of songwriting.
In the end, it turns out Devo was simply pointing the way for us 30 years ago, and have been waiting for us to arrive; so here we are. Welcome home. See? We told you so.
Another reviewer here mentioned not liking the album cover - it wasn't Dada enough. Devo was never really into Dadaism per se, it was all part of their marketing. Devo was ALWAYS about marketing, right after DNA modification that is. Look at the power dome. The Devo Corporate Anthem. No, the cover is about selling it. Gorgeous minimalistic lines, simple use of primary colors. Message received and understood.
Don't you want some? Sure you do. It looks good doesn't it? Try a little, you'll like it. Mmmmm, tasty tasty Devo.
-Update-
There seems to be some confusion on the CD content and song order, so here it is:
1) Fresh 2) What We Do 3) Please Baby Please 4) Don't Shoot (I'm A Man) 5) Mind Games 6) Human Rocket 7) Sumthin' 8) Step Up 9) Cameo 10) No Place Like Home 12) March On
Songs that didn't make the CD cut are available on MP3 or iTunes.
Hope that helps!
* Only 88% focus group approval because the song order was changed to "partnership approved" content, meaning Devo and/or WB decided the focus group wasn't entirely correct!
Thank you D-E-V-O June 15, 2010
Mason Williams (Mars)
28 out of 30 found this review helpful
Something For Everybody is popular music's finest hour. It's the fountain of youth. An instant classic. I used to drive my parents batty back in 1980 jumping around the house singing Whip It and Uncontrollable Urge now my kids jump around the house singing "What we do is what we do"... My 9 year old said "this music is too good to be new"... the torch has been passed. Something for Everybody serves to ease the pain for all of us suffering through these musical dark ages.
Devo that will make you proud June 16, 2010
Vstmxo (USA)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
They're back. And this time, they mean it. With this album Devo aims to set us straight on who's the boss in laying down ironic beats. Back in their heyday Devo proclaimed "It's a beautiful world we live in." Today they shout "What we do is what we do. It's all the same, ain't nuthing new." Both statements are the opposite of true. Several tracks on this album offer a whole lot of new. First, if you're buying the Standard ("Corporate") album, skip over Fresh. It's a Devo classic rave-up, with a wonderful stuttering chorus, but it sets the wrong tone for the newness to come. Start up with Step Up, a rocker with wicked swing. You haven't heard this from Devo before. Then continue with March On, a synth opus that could pop the tiles off the dance floor. After that, check out Human Rocket, another swinging rocker that mixes electronica with rockabilly, and offers lyrics that make you smile. After Human Rocket, just dig in. Some of the cuts sound (wonderfully) like old Devo on steroids (Don't Shoot... and the omnipresent Fresh). Mind Games is pure 80s power pop (also new for Devo) and perhaps we could have done without it. The biggest surprise -- and quite a departure for Devo -- is the gripping "There's No Place Like Home," in which Devo frames the most devastating assessment ever of human stupidity in a satirically pretentious pseudo-Rush power ballad. It's $#!@ BRILLIANT. And Devo can play! At its best, classic Devo made you think. Sometimes it made you cringe. On this album, Devo makes you proud.
Devo Is Back ! June 15, 2010
Bill Williams (Bay Area, California)
18 out of 22 found this review helpful
Devo Is back !
I have loved Devo since 1980 when I heard
"Girl u want" on the radio.
I have all of their albums on Vinyl and CD.
I've seen them 6 times in Concert.
I've met them and have their autographs.
I do not understand why most of the reviews of this album,
And their previous 3 albums talk mostly about
how they are "less rock n roll" or have "less guitar than..."
What is wrong with slick synthesizer music?
I LOVE "Shout" and "Total Devo" BECAUSE they are so
electronic. What is wrong with that?
Devo has never been a standard Rock n Roll band.
Even their very earliest music had a heavy dose of Synthesizer.
This new album is excellent. It picks up after their best work.
New Traditionalists, Oh No, it's Devo, and Shout, and Total Devo are previously their best albums. (not a big fan of Smooth Noodle Maps)
I do love their first 3 albums but get board listening to
the much more traditional Rock n Roll sound.
Remember Spuds....Devo stands for D-Evoloution.
So if they are musically evolving backwards,
Then they will end their careers with the most sophisticated music,
since they started it with such unsophisticated music.
That said, The new album rocks just as hard as anything they've ever done!
There is plenty of Rock n Roll guitar along with the pulsing synthesizer bass.
And Josh Freeze Rocks on Real drums harder than David Kendrick
and possibly harder than Alan Myers!!
I love the blend of Bob 1's Guitar and Jerry's Minimoog Bass.
And the Synthesizer parts are clean and fun and sound both Retro and modern
all at the same time !!! I just wish that there was more music being made
in the classic new wave style. But there is this new album and it is fantastic !
B Williams
Modern Devo-tion For Me... June 15, 2010
Alexander Lawrence
17 out of 21 found this review helpful
No matter what anyone else says, being in the music industry, I feel they have always had a small circle of formation, musically. In other words, they haven't had a wide range of genre's added to their catalog. They are simply Synthpop, New Wave, and Synthrock. If you look at wikipedia, and other good sources of the band's music, you don't commonly see "Rock" as their main genre. A lot of people think because you hear a guitar, it's "Rock", but that is not necessarily the case.
Overall, this is pure New Wave with a very modern flair. It brings us back to the 70's, 80's and 90's, but with an up-to-date sound. My favorite Devo album will always be 'Oh No! It's Devo", but this is running a close second. I was amazed, too, on how smooth the production is on 'Something For Everybody'. Not to bring up an age factor, but for their ages and what they've been through in the last 30 years, they sound just as good as they did back in the 80's, vocally.
If you are a Devo-ted to Devo, then I highly suggest purchasing this wild, fun and danceable CD.
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