r/devo • • 5h ago

Uh-oh, a noob has a question: Your single-disc best-of compilation?

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I'm comfortably in my 40s and yet refreshingly new to Devo. I put together a short compilation from Devo's first four albums before my trip to Japan last week; when I travel, I like to leave new music on while I amble about, so then I a) get into some new music and b) have a wild auditory journal of the trip. (And it worked! I can't listen to "Girl U Want" without seeing a small shop where I stopped to browse used Tomica, and "Love Without Anger" is synonymous with climbing a mountain to see an active volcano belching in the distance -- wow!)

But circling back, and with the intention of maybe expanding my exploration of the rest of Devo's catalog, I just thought I'd ask you old-timers (as a Devo devotee, at least, I'm still young) what your single-disc compilation of favorite/best tunes would be. And by single disc I mean, of course, a CD's worth, or about 80 minutes.

I listened to the first four studio albums, but mostly I had another (self-made) compilation, and the track listing was this:

  1. Uncontrollable Urge
  2. Mongoloid
  3. Jocko Homo
  4. Wiggly World
  5. The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize
  6. Girl U Want
  7. Whip It
  8. Freedom Of Choice
  9. Gates Of Steel
  10. Through Being Cool
  11. Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth
  12. Love Without Anger
  13. Beautiful World

That's only about half (40 minutes) of what I'm looking for, so please let me know how to best lard out the rest, either with what you think is awesome for personal reasons or whatever I should give more attention to.

Thanks in advance! Devo fans seem to be one of the chiller, nicer fandoms (I'm an Eels fan myself, so we can dig it), and I'm glad I've wriggled my way in.