# DEVO: Something For Everybody

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 17, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-something-for-everybody/547024 "2010-07-17T12:15:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-something-for-everybody/547024/1 "2010-07-17T12:15:51Z")

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Has anyone else had a chance to hear the new DEVO album _Something For Everybody_?

I never got the opportunity to hear _Total DEVO_ or _Smooth Noodle Maps_, but _Something For Everybody_ is so good that it sounds like the spiritual successor to _New Traditionalists_. IMHO, it’s better than _Oh, No! It’s DEVO_ and beyond that, it’s just really fun to listen to while still containing that unique subversive edge. Plus, it’s always cool hearing Bob 1 get the occasional line as well.

So am I alone here?

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**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-something-for-everybody/547024/2 "2010-07-17T12:52:52Z")

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I think it’s a blast of an album. It’s a summer party record for geeks.

I also saw them last week at the Forecastle Festival in Louisville and they killed.

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**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-something-for-everybody/547024/3 "2010-07-17T14:29:45Z")

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I heard the song “What We Do” twice and it’s truly horrible. When they were having the Facebook blitz to have fans winnow 16 tracks down to 12, I listened and voted, and recall that some of the songs sounded pretty good. One thing that stood out to me is that some of the music stood up to their earlier days, but lyrically it seemed weak.

Of course, repeated listens could change any of this, I just don’t know if I’ll make the time though.

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-something-for-everybody/547024/4 "2010-07-17T15:28:55Z")

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I’ve been listening to it for about a month now and really like it. Definately not for everbody if you were never into DEVO or are not not a fan of the 80s synth-pop/punk type stuff. To me it has the silliness of old Oingo Boingo albums along with contemporary synth sound of something like The Killers.  
If it were on vinyl I’d say side one is the stronger half of the album with the exception of the final “March On”.

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**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-something-for-everybody/547024/5 "2010-07-18T00:49:02Z")

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> [@DoctorJ](#):
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> I think it’s a blast of an album. It’s a summer party record for geeks.

Exactly!

> [@Purd\_Werfect](#):
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> I heard the song “What We Do” twice and it’s truly horrible.

I actually quite like that track. Really recalls some of the old DEVO for me.

> [@Hampshire](#):
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> If it were on vinyl I’d say side one is the stronger half of the album with the exception of the final “March On”.

I really like “Later Is Now” as well.