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Hot Potatoes: The Best of Devo

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Album Review

Hot Potatoes is the best available single-disc overview of Devo's career, hitting nearly all of the most significant moments from their first five albums, as well as including the non-LP singles "Be Stiff" and "Working in a Coalmine." "Whip It" and "Freedom of Choice" are here, of course, as are cult favorites "Jocko Homo," "Mongoloid," "Satisfaction (I Can't Get Me No)," plus many more. However, even if it's the best available, it isn't that widely available in the U.S.; plus, Devo's first three albums in particular all have at least a few fine songs that aren't included here. But if you only want one disc and don't mind hunting a bit, Hot Potatoes: The Best of Devo is superior to the American Greatest Hits, which for some reason does not feature "Mongoloid," one of the most obvious choices for a Devo hits collection.

Customer Reviews

Excellent introduction to DEVO but one or two 'Classics' missing!

Hot Potatoes serves as a fantastic introduction to one of the most creative bands of the late seventies/early eighties. All DEVO's well known "Hits" are here, including the infamous 'Whip It', 'Jocko Homo', 'Mongoloid' and their brilliant re-invention of the Stones' 'Satisfaction'! Hot Potatoes lifts tracks from DEVO's first five, better known albums, a wise choice given the quality of the albums that followed! Rather than having a chronological tracklisting [perhaps in some people's opinion to hide their creative decline over the 5 years of material featured, which isn't a fair statement] the compilation mixes the old with the new, suddenly going from three tracks from their post-punk debut 'Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are DEVO!' to the electro-pop of albums such as 'Freedom of Choice', 'New Traditionalists' and 'Oh, No! It's DEVO!' before slipping back to a mix of both. Possibly worth of the full five stars were it not for the fact that there are some truly fantastic tracks that really should have been included! 'Smart Patrol/Mr DNA', 'Sloppy', 'Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy' and 'Planet Earth' to name four. Also tarnishing the album is the fact that DEVO [or whoever] decided to include the truly DIRE 'HMS&M Remix' of 'Whip It' at the end of the record straight after 'Big Mess' finishes the job so well! Well worth listening to for a 'full' experience of the band's unparalleled output, which continues to gain a cult following for itself and influence many bands after 20 years!

Biography

Formed: 1972 in Akron, OH

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

One of new wave's most innovative and (for a time) successful bands, Devo was also perhaps one of its most misunderstood. Formed in Akron, OH, in 1972 by Kent State art students Jerry Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh, Devo took its name from their concept of "de-evolution" — the idea that instead of evolving, mankind has actually regressed, as evidenced by the dysfunction and herd mentality of American society. Their music echoed this view of society as rigid, repressive, and mechanical, with appropriate...
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