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Now It Can Be Told: DEVO at the Palace Live album by Devo Released 1989 Recorded December 9 1988 Genre New Wave Length 60:01 Label Enigma Producer Devo Professional reviews Devo chronology Total Devo
(1988)Now It Can Be Told: DEVO At The Palace
(1989)Smooth Noodle Maps
(1990)Now It Can Be Told: DEVO at the Palace is a live album released by American New Wave band Devo, recorded during their "comeback tour" in promotion of the Total Devo album. It did contain several cuts from the album, but largely focused on earlier material (although the disc also had one exclusive song, "It Doesn't Matter to Me"). The cover art and tagline were based on the 1971 book The Beginning Was the End.
Contents
Song changes
The first part of the show was a semi-acoustic set, in which the band played heavily altered versions of earlier hits. The show's opener was a country version of "Jocko Homo", which was now significantly slower and had a vocal melody change. The sad ballad-esque delivery of the song prompted Mark Mothersbaugh to exclaim "I'll bet you didn't know that was such a sad song."
The next change was applied to "Going Under", which was performed in a style similar to the E-Z Listening Disc version.
The rest of the set was largely based on the original studio versions. (The only notable difference was in "Gut Feeling", where the fast "Slap Your Mammy" jam had been removed from the ending and was replaced by the different yet equally energetic song "Gates Of Steel".) However, the album's closer is an eleven-minute medley of "Shout", "Somewhere" from West Side Story, and "Disco Dancer". This is the second-longest track found in Devo's catalog; a longer studio version, totaling eighteen minutes, later appeared on the Recombo DNA compilation. It features a longer instrumental section and the addition of an older Devo song called "Social Fools".
Devo's performance of "Disco Dancer" is nearly identical to the remixed version heard in the song's music video.
Album length
The description of the album as containing "More than one hour of uncensored sonic proof" is a deliberate joke on the part of Devo. The album's length is 60 minutes and 1 second.
Track listing
- "Jocko Homo" – 3:51
- "It Doesn't Matter to Me" – 2:52
- "Going Under" – 4:17
- "Working in a Coal Mine" – 3:59
- "Happy Guy" – 3:22
- "That's Good" – 3:31
- "Jerkin' Back 'n' Forth" – 3:05
- "Girl U Want" – 3:02
- "Whip It" – 2:37
- "Baby Doll" – 3:53
- "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 3:36
- "Uncontrollable Urge" – 3:28
- "Gut Feeling" – 3:13
- "Gates of Steel" – 3:46
- "Somewhere With Devo: Shout / Disco Dancer" – 11:20
External links
- Devo Live Guide - Comprehensive guide to Devo's live performances.
Mark Mothersbaugh · Bob Mothersbaugh · Gerald Casale · Bob Casale · Josh Freese
Bob Lewis · Peter Gregg · Fred Weber · Rod Reisman · Jim Mothersbaugh · Alan Myers · David KendrickStudio albums Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo · Duty Now for the Future · Freedom of Choice · New Traditionalists · Oh, No! It's Devo · Shout · Total Devo · Smooth Noodle Maps · Something for EverybodyLive albums DEV-O Live · Now It Can Be Told: DEVO at the Palace · DEVO Live: The Mongoloid Years · Devo Live 1980 · Live in Central ParkCompilation albums E-Z Listening Disc · Devo's Greatest Hits · Devo's Greatest Misses · Hardcore Devo: Volume One · Hardcore Devo: Volume Two · Hot Potatoes: The Best of Devo · Adventures of the Smart Patrol · Pioneers Who Got Scalped · Recombo DNA · This is the Devo BoxEPs Be Stiff EP · Mechanical Man EP · DEV-O Live · Theme from Doctor Detroit · Watch Us Work It · Song Study EPSingles "Mongoloid" · "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" · "Be Stiff" · "Jocko Homo" · "Come Back Jonee" · "The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize" · "Secret Agent Man" · "Filmsy Wrap" · "Girl U Want" · "Whip It" · "Gates of Steel" · "Freedom of Choice" · "Working in a Coal Mine" · "Beautiful World" · "Through Being Cool" · "Jerkin' Back 'n' Forth" · "Peek-a-Boo!" · "That's Good" · "Here to Go" · "Are You Experienced?" · "Baby Doll" · "Disco Dancer" · "Post-Post Modern Man" · "Watch Us Work It" · "Don't Shoot (I'm a Man)" · "Fresh" · "What We Do"Home video releases The Men Who Make the Music · Human Highway · We're All Devo · The Complete Truth About De-Evolution · Devo Live · Devo Live in the Land of the Rising Sun · Devo Live 1980Related articles Categories:- Devo albums
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