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Shout | 
 enlarge | Artist: Devo
Label: Collectables
Category: Music
Buy New: $12.98
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 78746
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 6553
UPC: 090431655320
EAN: 0090431655320
ASIN: B00094ASTK
Release Date: June 14, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Shout | | • | The Satisfied Mind | | • | Don't Rescue Me | | • | The 4th Dimension | | • | C'mon | | • | Here To Go | | • | Jurisdiction of Love | | • | Puppet Boy | | • | Please Please | | • | Are You Experienced? |
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 Listen up spuds August 13, 2008
This album is not one of devo's great ones but it is still devo! I can't realy say a bad word about this band but unfortunately not as inspirational as some others ,like "duty now for the future"! Still a must for hardcore devo fans.
The Truth About the De-evolution of Devo September 16, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was stationed at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, in 1984, when I first saw this record (now, finally, on CD, for you completists).
After the first spin on my turntable, I wanted to shout.
Something like "give me my money back!" or such.
If you listen to Devo's 1989 live record "Now It Can Be Told," Mark makes a comment (after an acoustic numer) that the audience might wonder why the band was sitting down. "After 15 years in the music business, it's kind of hard to sit down," he wryly remarked.
And, yet, this album, which has a few catchy tunes -- "The Satisfied Mind," "Here to Go," and their cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Are You Experienced?" -- is mostly *all* filler. The song "Puppet Boy" is simply embarrassing.
This is hard to fathom, given how solid "Oh, No! It's Devo!" was. But, when a band over-relies on synthsizers and computers, this is what invariably happens: Devo managed to devolve within two years the same amount music itself took twenty years to do.
The proof in the pudding that Devo just ran out of ideas is their album "Total Devo," which was four years in the making, but sounded like it was four weeks. "Smooth Noodle Maps" was slightly better, the the fact of the matter is, this latter record had no memorable hits, and "Shout" and "Total Devo" had at least a couple each.
I am pleased to announce, however, to anyone who's seen the Dell Computer (talk about "de-evolution": A Microsoft based computer!) commercial with their new song "Watch Us Work It," knows that Devo can experience flashes of sheer brilliance every so often (the song is an amalgam of "The Super Thing" and "Enough Said"), but for 23 years, they've been unable to muster enough creativity for an entire album.
I Know It Is Bad, But I Still Like It January 25, 2006
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
As a music collector I find bad music can be entertaining like a bad movie. This is a good example. I love the Hendrix cover. I enjoy it 100 times more than the original, but other than that, "Puppet Boy" and "The Fourth Dimension" are the only other songs that I really enjoy. That said "Here To Go", great lyrics, has made me appreciate it since it has been included in all their hits packages, and "Shout" is not bad. Even though I know the rest is bad I still listen too it and I don't even look at car accidents. Probably the worst Devo album, but one I still like.
 underrated July 15, 2005
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Devo's "Shout" will not appeal to anyone who only liked their first album. If you found "Freedom of Choice" or (especially) "New Traditionalists" too synth-y, you'll have nightmares after listening to this one.
However, if you're not so close minded and like your old Devo with some nice sounding beats and keyboard riffs in place of live drums and spaghetti-western-faux-punk guitar, you'll absolutely love this.
It's nicely produced, for the most part. Yes, it's straining a bit here -- and it went right over the top with the upcoming crap fest "Total Devo" -- but for dancey synth pop, the production suits the songs like a glove.
And while the lyrics are lesser than those of other Devo albums (at least the ones before this), they're still noticably funny and intelligent, and considering what kind of music this is, it's a welcome plus.
That doesn't mean the music sounds like any other synth pop band -- it still sounds like Devo. Just not as odd.
If I were you, I'd listen to some samples or something first. Not many people I know like this. But, as it is, it's quite enjoyable.
Shout it out loud! June 27, 2005
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Ok, that was KISS...but it really does apply to DEVO's final album for the WB. There were a few problems for the band in the three year lapse between "Shout" and "Oh No," not the least of which was that DEVO was feuding with their record company. It seems that, in the almost 5 years since "Whip It" had made them a household name, DEVO's lack of hits had made WB look at them as an anachronism. So when "Shout" came along, complete with a hilarious video/cover of Jimi Hendrix' "Are You Experienced," there was no-one left to champion the band.
Darn shame, that! This album is as good as "Freedom Of Choice" or "New Traditionalists," and much better than "Oh No." First off, the band drops the gimmick-per-album stance that marred "Oh No" for more straight-forward playing. It gives the album a significantly edgier sound, especially the call to arms of the title track. There are a few interesting additions to the always present de-evolution themes in "The Fourth Dimension" (the girl gets tired of the 3-d world and leaves Mark behind), and in "Puppet Boy's" narrative of non-conformity.
Since the climate for DEVO had shifted considerably, these great songs had to wait for "Pioneers Who Got Scalped" to get more visibility. But now that "Shout" is once again loose in CD racks everywhere (I was lucky enough to find a Japanese import over 10 years ago), I highly recommend grabbing it.
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