Devo DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE

Audio Remasterer: Scott Levitin.Recording information: Chateau Recorders, Hollywood, CA (1978 09 ??_1979); Conny's Studio, K?ln, Germany (1978 09 ??_1979).Photographers: Devo; Dale Cooper; Norman Seeff.While the most obvious flaw of Devo's Duty Now for the Future is that the material simply isn't as good as on their debut, their second album also captures the group in the midst of a significant stylistic shift. On their first album, for all their herky-jerky rhythms and electronic accents, Devo were pretty much a standard guitars/bass/drums rock band, albeit one with more than their share of eccentricities. Duty Now for the Future found them bringing the keyboards that were used as punctuation on their earlier material into the forefront, adding a new level of irony to their "little minds through big technology" philosophy. While Devo would later learn to use electronics with confidence and wit, they were still learning how to integrate them into their sound on Duty Now, and the result