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Reduced price due to minor storage wear

Rare 1980 Scandinavian press

Devo, from Ohio, was a collective tthat were at the forefront of new wave with a style rooted in brainy, robotic synth pop. It was their 1980 album, Freedom Of Choice, that got the band into a fully fledged synth-pop group, producing arguably their most musically cohesive effort in the process. Synthesizers are now fully integrated into the band’s sound, frequently dominating the arrangements and at least sharing equal time with the guitars. Everything is played with a cool, polished precision that mirrors the stylized uniformity of the band’s visuals; the dissonance is more subdued than in the past, and the uptight rhythms are no longer jarring, instead locking the band into a rigidly even keel. The album has a little less of the debut’s energy, and a little less variety as well. But the songwriting is a match for consistent quality, and moreover, the music on Freedom Of Choice is the sound that defines Devo in the minds of many.

Track list:
1. Girl U Want
2. Its Not Right
3. Whip It
4. Snowball
5. Ton O Luv
6. Freedom Of Choice
7. Gates Of Steel
8. Cold War
9. Dont You Know
10. Thats Pep
11. Mr. Bs Ballroom
12. Planet Earth