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Something for Everybody is the ninth studio album by American new wave band Devo.It was originally released in June 2010 (being their first studio album in two decades, since 1990's Smooth Noodle Maps) on their original label Warner Bros., and it was their first issued on that label since their sixth studio album Shout in 1984.
A new studio album, Something for Everybody, was released on June 15, 2010. A tribute album to Devo, entitled We Are Not Devo, was released by Centipede Records in 1997 and featured various artists—including the Aquabats, Voodoo Glow Skulls and the Vandals—covering some of the band's songs. [1]
It contained a set of covers of Devo songs interspersed with renditions of popular songs in Devo's style. [26] Devo actively embraced the parody religion Church of the SubGenius. [27] In concert, Devo sometimes performed as their own opening act, pretending to be a Christian soft rock band called "Dove (the Band of Love)", which is an anagram ...
"Whip It" is a new wave and synth-pop song, [10] that is built around a consistent 4/4 beat known as a motorik beat. [4] [5] It is constructed in verse–chorus form.With a chord progression of D-A-E7sus4 in the verses and C-G-D in the choruses, the song is written in the key of E major. [11] "
Name DEVO, Gerald V. Casale Best known for Being the Rodney Dangerfield of rock ‘n roll. Current city Napa, CA Really want to be in I’m here now, call me. I’m making my wine in Napa Valley.
Record World said that the song had "a pounding rhythm with fight-song choruses." [2] Swanson rated "Freedom of Choice" as Devo's 10th best song, particularly praising its riff. [1] The single itself has no defined A or B side and instead instructs buyers to "Use your Freedom of Choice" in deciding which song is on which side.
It was subsequently re-released, on vinyl, in December 2008. The song was included on the deluxe version of the band's ninth studio album Something for Everybody, which was released on June 15, 2010. The song features a sample drum track from "The Super Thing" from Devo's 1981 album New Traditionalists.
In 1979 a Finnish punk band, Sehr Schnell, recorded the song in a Finnish punk collection album, "Hilselp", with lyrics in Finnish, "Mongoloidi". A 1979 Rhino Records compilation of Devo covers by various local bands, titled KROQ-FM Devotees Album, features three humorous versions of this song recorded by Jupiter, the Deadliners, and the Sordes ...