Devo - Q. Are We Not Men? A. We Are Devo! album cover for the Rocktober limited edition Golfball White vinyl LP.
Devo - Q. Are We Not Men? A. We Are Devo! packshot of the limited Rocktober Golfball White vinyl LP, produced by Brian Eno and available at ToucanRecords.com
Devo - Q. Are We Not Men? A. We Are Devo! album cover for the Rocktober limited edition Golfball White vinyl LP.
Devo - Q. Are We Not Men? A. We Are Devo! packshot of the limited Rocktober Golfball White vinyl LP, produced by Brian Eno and available at ToucanRecords.com
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Devo - Q. Are We Not Men? A. We Are Devo! [Golfball White LP]

SKU: 0603497846009
$28.98

Product Details

  • Genre Collection Alternative
  • Genre / Style New Wave / Post-Punk / Art Punk / Art Rock
  • UPC 0603497846009
  • Record Label Warner Records
  • Edition Rocktober
  • Format LP
  • Disc Quantity 1
  • Vinyl Color White
  • Vinyl Size 12"
  • Vinyl Weight Standard
  • Additional Info Limited Edition, Indie Exclusive, "Golfball-White" Colored Vinyl,
  • Release Date 10/30/2020

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Devo introduced their theory of de-evolution through sharp guitars, synthesizers, and deliberately stiff rhythms on Q. Are We Not Men? A. We Are Devo!. Produced by Brian Eno, the Akron band's debut combines punk energy with unusual song structures and deadpan humor. Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale trade vocal parts while the guitars, bass, and drums repeatedly stop, restart, or change direction. This Rocktober pressing comes on Golfball White vinyl.

"Uncontrollable Urge" opens with shouted vocals and guitar figures, setting the pace before Devo dismantle the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" with a mechanical beat and unusual phrasing. "Praying Hands" pairs a repeating guitar pattern with a chant-like refrain. "Space Junk" turns a news-inspired disaster into a song, while "Jocko Homo" uses its call-and-response chorus to introduce the band's de-evolution slogan. "Gut Feeling" begins with a gradual instrumental build before the vocals arrive.

Brian Eno produced the album, with sessions at Conny Plank's studio in Germany. Devo's lyrics question conformity, consumer habits, and the assumption that society is always progressing. The version of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" changes the rhythm and vocal delivery of the original. The limited Rocktober edition was offered to independent record shops on Golfball White vinyl.

  • Format: Vinyl LP
  • Standout tracks: Uncontrollable Urge, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Mongoloid, Jocko Homo
  • Pressing details: Rocktober, Limited Edition, Indie Exclusive, Golfball White Vinyl
  • Genre/style: New Wave, Post-Punk, Art Punk, Art Rock
  • UPC: 603497846009

"Mongoloid" tells a satirical story over a repeating bass figure, and "Come Back Jonee" draws on early rock and roll rhythms. The brief "Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin')" and closing "Shrivel-Up" carry Devo's ironic approach through the second side.


* The Spotify track list may not exactly represent the tracks and audio of this LP edition.

Track List:

Side A:

  1. Uncontrollable Urge
  2. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
  3. Praying Hands
  4. Space Junk
  5. Mongoloid
  6. Jocko Homo

Side B:

  1. Too Much Paranoias
  2. Gut Feeling / (Slap Your Mammy)
  3. Come Back Jonee
  4. Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin')
  5. Shrivel-Up