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Duty Now for the Future | 
 enlarge | Artist: Devo
Label: Collectables
Category: Music
Buy New: $12.98
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 43374
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 6554
UPC: 090431655429
EAN: 0090431655429
ASIN: B000784WN6
Release Date: February 22, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Devo Corporate Anthem | | • | Clockout | | • | Timing X | | • | Wiggly World | | • | Blockhead | | • | Strange Pursuits | | • | S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain) | | • | Triumph of the Will | | • | Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize | | • | Pink Pussycat | | • | Secret Agent Man | | • | Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA | | • | Red-Eye Express |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 We are all DEVO!!! August 13, 2008
One of the Penultimate creations of the Devo crew a must for everyone's cd collection. This album was way before its time (79! wow ) this sound could is still not dated today! The energy and creative genius is just oozing out of this album. A perfect mix of rocking giutar work , crazy pioneering electronic music and profoundly fun lyrics and vocals. Do yourself a favour and buy this album now !!!
 Overlooked but still worth a second listen February 18, 2008
Devo's second album is a slight step back from their first in terms of it's mass appeal. However it's packed with good performances and the production values are more in line with the Devo ethic than the first album. The song Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA sums up Devo perfectly. Wiggly World is a classic as is Strange Pursuit. The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize had a great promotional video. Secret Agent Man is an in concert fave sung by Bob 1.
As I mentioned this is not Devo's most popular album. If You give it a sceond listen you'll find it's packed with gems.
The future is here September 26, 2007
This is by far one of Devo's strongest albums. A new wave/punk rock tour de force. If you like Devo, this is a must have.
Devo, Pre-Energy Dome September 15, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This CD offers the casual devo-tee a chance to really understand the evolution of the de-evolution band. By sandwiching the immediate predecessor and immediate progeny of "Freedom of Choice," the listener can truly understand how Freedom Of Choice is the missing link between organic Devo (Duty Now for the Future) and synthetic Devo (New Traditionalists).
"Duty Now For The Future" was Devo's apocalyptic warning against a wiggly world taken over by corporate culture; by the time "New Traditionalists" came out, the members of Devo had been fully re-programmed to trumpet the coming of a Brave New World.
Or had they?
Songs like "Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA," "Devo Corporate Anthem," "Clockout" and "Blockhead" were harbingers of a "one-size-fits all" universe that came to fruition with "Freedom of Choice," though the spudboys by that time all chose to march in energy-dome topped-off lockstep.
Their lockstep neck-salute anthem, "Triumph of the Will," is a dark synthetic foreshadowing of Things To Come. Or, is it? Is it prophecy, or retreading Leni Riefenstahl's utopian vision of Nazi Germany?
But, there is a premonition of revolt in such songs from "New Traditionalists" as "Beautiful World" (for YOU; IT'S NOT FOR ME), "Through Being Cool" and "Going Under." "Working in a Coal Mine" was Devo's attempt at nostalgia as only they could understand it; disembodied computer-synth hu-boon vocals over steel guitar. It really takes a great swipe at all the MOR so-called "blues" artists like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton.
Devo never sold out, they just constantly repackaged themselves.
 GREAT ALBUM, GREAT BAND, SO WHY NOT GREAT RE-RELEASE? July 23, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
There is no question in the power of Devo's music, philosophy or art (especially in "Duty For The Future"), however this edition of the recording is quite lackluster considering a previous version of "Duty" far out weighs it. The Infinite Zero label (reissue label ran by Henry Rollins) produced a quality re-mastered version sporting two great bonus tracks (Soo Bawls, Penetration In The Centerfold) with lyrics to boot. The release here features no extra tracks, on lyrics, and adding to the insult a weak re-mastering (if any at all). The CD sleeve itself consists of a single 4.75" X 4.75" paper square. The original vinyl gave you more than that.
If you wonder why the album hasn't been repackaged by reissue titans at Rhino, consider the fact that the company who put this one together is actually a subsidiary of Rhino Records; Collectable recordings. Quite a shame, actually.
My advice is that if you are new to this recording, pick it up because the price isn't that high for it. But if you'd like to have quality experience of a great work, seek out the Infinite Zero copy if you can find it (because it's out of print, of course). Or try purchasing the import version by Virgin records which has this album backed with another Devo classic "New Traditionalists".
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