Devo - New Traditionalists

Original Release Date

1981

Release Information

US LP+7" 1981 (Warner Bros - BSK 3595 / EP-3595)
UK LP 1981 (Virgin - V 2191)
US CD 1997 (Infinite Zero/American Recordings - 9 43111-2)
US CD 2010 (Warner Bros - 523884-2)

1 Through Being Cool 3:14
2 Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth 3:05
3 Pity You 2:47
4 Soft Things 3:27
5 Going Under 3:28
6 Race Of Doom 3:43
7 Love Without Anger 2:37
8 The Super Thing 4:20
9 Beautiful World 3:35
10 Enough Said 3:30

Limited Bonus Single with US LP
11 Working In The Coal Mine 2:48
12 Working In The Coal Mine 2:48
[same song on both sides]

Bonus Tracks on Infinite Zero CD
11 Working In The Coal Mine 2:53
12 Mecha-Mania Boy 2:48
13 Nu-tra Speaks (New Traditionalist Man) 1:39

Bonus Tracks on Warner Bros CD
11 Nu-Tra Speaks (New Traditionalist Man) 1:40
12 One Dumb Thing 2:46
13 Modern Life 3:05
14 Faster And Faster 2:50
15 Psychology Of Desire (Demo) 4:23
16 It's A Beautiful World (E-Z Listening Version) 3:12

Chart Placings

UK Chart Hit: 50, 4 wks

Credits

US LP:

Produced by DEVO
5, 7, 8, 10: Mixed at the Power Station in N.Y.C.
1-4, 6, 9: Mixed at the Record Plant, Los Angeles

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UK LP:

Produced by DEVO
1-5: All titles mixed at the Record Plant in L.A. except [5] mixed at the Power Station in NYC
6-10: All titles mixed at the Power Station in NYC except [6, 9] mixed at the Record Plant in L.A.

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2010 CD:

Tracks 1 through 10:
Recorded at the Power Station in N.Y.C.
5, 7, 8, 10: Mixed at the Power Station in N.Y.C.
1-4, 6, 9: Mixed at the Record Plant in Los Angeles
Mastered by Phil Brown, Warner Bros. Recording Studios
Engineered by Larry Alexander
Assistant Engineer at the Record Plant: Karat Faye

Track 11 recorded and mixed at Amigo Recording Studio, North Hollywood, CA.
Track 12 recorded at Devo Rehearsal Facility, Panorama City, CA.
Engineered by Robert Casale
Restored and remixed at Mutato Muzika, West Hollywood, CA

All tracks remastered by Scott Levitin at WEA Studios, Los Angeles

Additional Credits

Mark Mothersbaugh - lead and backing vocals, guitar, keyboards
Bob Mothersbaugh - guitars, keyboards, lead and backing vocals
Gerald Casale - keyboards, bass, lead and backing vocals
Bob Casale - guitar, keyboards, baking vocals
Alan Myers - drums

1997 CD Bonus Tracks:

11: From Bonus single with original US LP, also issued as a standard single
12: B-side of Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth 7", released January 1982
13: B-Side of Beautiful World 7", released September 1981 (US)

2010 CD Bonus Tracks:

11: B-Side of Beautiful World 7", released September 1981 (US)
12: Recorded at Devo Rehearsal Facility, Panorama City, CA (6/82). Restored & remixed at Mutato Muzika, West Hollywood, CA. Originally issued on Pioneers Who Got Scalped - The Anthology
13: Recorded 1983. Originally issued on Recombo DNA, 2000
14: Recorded 1982. Originally issued on Recombo DNA, 2000
15: Demo, recorded 1979. Originally issued on Recombo DNA, 2000
16: Originally issued on EZ Listening Cassette, released 1981

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Additional Notes

Track timings are from the 2010 CD.

Images

US LP+7" 1981 (Warner Bros - BSK 3595 / EP-3595). Initially with poster, some in stickered sleeve. Click here for more. (Note: There is also a "Club Edition" of this LP, which came with neither single nor poster. The sleeve is identical in every way except the back cover bears the legend "Manufactured by Columbia House Under License".)

UK LP 1981 (Virgin - V 2191). Click here for more

US CD 1997 (Infinite Zero/American Recordings - 9 43111-2). Click here for more

US CD 2010 (Warner Bros - 523884-2). Click here for more