Freedom of Choice
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| Studio album by Devo | ||
| Released | July 1980 | |
| Recorded | 1980 | |
| Genre | Post Punk / New Wave | |
| Length | 32:14 | |
| Label | Warner Brothers | |
| Producer(s) | Robert Margouleff | |
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| Devo chronology | ||
| Duty Now for the Future (1979) |
Freedom of Choice (1980) |
DEV-O Live (1981) |
Freedom of Choice is an album by New Wave musicians Devo, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). It was highly unlike Devo's previous albums, full of synthesizers and outright synth pop elements. The album is considered to be quintessentially Eighties.
The album was produced by Robert Margouleff, famous for his synthesizer work in Tonto's Expanding Head Band and with Stevie Wonder.
On the Billboard Music Charts, Freedom of Choice peaked at #22 on the Pop Albums chart. It contains Devo's most well-known song, "Whip It", which hit #8 and #14 on the Club Play Singles and Pop Singles charts, respectively.
The group later performed an alternate version of "Girl U Want" that appeared on the Tank Girl soundtrack.
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[edit] Covers
Several songs from Freedom of Choice have been covered by other musicians, most notably "Girl U Want", which has been recorded by Superchunk, Soundgarden, and Robert Palmer.
The album's title track has been covered by A Perfect Circle, Lagwagon, Snapcase, Psychotica, and Fu Manchu. Collide and Face to Face recorded versions of "Whip It"; "Gates of Steel" was covered by Skankin' Pickle, Groovie Ghoulies, and Junkyard Dogs.
[edit] Track listing
- "Girl U Want" (Casale/Mothersbaugh) – 2:55
- "It's Not Right" (Mothersbaugh) – 2:20
- "Whip It" (Casale/Mothersbaugh) – 2:37
- "Snowball" (Casale/Mothersbaugh) – 2:28
- "Ton o' Luv" (Casale) – 2:29
- "Freedom of Choice (Casale/Mothersbaugh) – 3:28
- "Gates of Steel" (Casale/Mothersbaugh/Schmidt/Smith) – 3:26
- "Cold War" (Casale/Mothersbaugh) – 2:30
- "Don't You Know" (Mothersbaugh) – 2:14
- "That's Pep" (Mothersbaugh) – 2:17
- "Mr. B's Ballroom" (Mothersbaugh) – 2:45
- "Planet Earth" (Casale) – 2:45
(The track listing is from the CD release. This album was originally released on LP and cassette.)
- The 1993 CD re-issue featured the entire Oh, No! It's Devo album and the additional tracks "Turn Around" from the Freedom of Choice sessions and "Peek-A-Boo! (Dance Velocity)" from the Oh, No! It's Devo sessions.
[edit] Personnel
- Devo - Producer
- Mark Mothersbaugh - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
- Ken Perry - Mastering
- Bob Casale - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
- Gerald V. Casale - Keyboards, Vocals
- Robert Margouleff - Producer, Engineer
- Bob Mothersbaugh - Guitar, Vocals
- Alan Myers - Drums
- Howard Siegel - Engineer
- Karat Faye - Assistant Engineer
- Artrouble - Cover Design
| Devo discography |
| Albums: Be Stiff EP | Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo | Duty Now for the Future | Freedom of Choice | DEV-O Live | New Traditionalists | Oh, No! It's Devo | Shout | E-Z Listening Disc | Total Devo | Now It Can Be Told: DEVO at the Palace | Smooth Noodle Maps | Devo's Greatest Hits | Devo's Greatest Misses | Hardcore Devo: Volume One | Hardcore Devo: Volume Two | DEVO Live: The Mongoloid Years | Adventures of the Smart Patrol | Pioneers Who Got Scalped | Recombo DNA | The Essentials | Whip It and Other Hits | Devo Live 1980 | Live in Central Park |
| Side Projects: P'Twaaang!!! | Devo 2.0 | Army Girls Gone Wild | Mine is Not a Holy War |
| Home Video: The Men Who Make the Music | Human Highway | We're All Devo | The Complete Truth About Devolution | Devo Live | Devo Live In The Land Of The Rising Sun | Devo Live 1980 |
