Duty Now for the Future

Duty Now For The Future
Recorded	September 1978 - early 1979
Length	38:56
Label	Warner Brothers Virgin
Producer	Ken Scott
Devo release chronology
Previous	Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978)
Next	Freedom Of Choice (1980)

WB LP front cover
WB LP back cover
Virgin LP front cover
Virgin LP back cover

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"DEVO Corporate Anthem"	Mark Mothersbaugh	1:16
2.	"Clockout"	Gerald Casale	2:48
3.	"Timing X"	M. Mothersbaugh	1:13
4.	"Wiggly World"	Bob Mothersbaugh, G. Casale	2:45
5.	"Blockhead"	B. Mothersbaugh, M. Mothersbaugh	3:00
6.	"Strange Pursuit"	G. Casale, M. Mothersbaugh	2:45
7.	"S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)"	M. Mothersbaugh	4:27

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"Triumph Of The Will"	M. Mothersbaugh, G. Casale	2:19
9.	"The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize"	M. Mothersbaugh	2:42
10.	"Pink Pussycat"	M. Mothersbaugh, B. Mothersbaugh	3:12
11.	"Secret Agent Man"	P. F. Sloan, Steve Barri; arr M. Mothersbaugh	3:37
12.	"Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA"	G. Casale / G. Casale, M. Mothersbaugh	6:06
13.	"Red Eye"	M. Mothersbaugh, G. Casale	2:50

1994 Infinite Zero CD issue adds:

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Soo Bawlz"	M. Mothersbaugh	2:23
15.	"Penetration In The Centerfold"	M. Mothersbaugh, G. Casale	2:25

2010 Warner Brothers CD remaster reissue adds:

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"General Boy Visits Apocalypse Now"	M. Mothersbaugh, G. Casale	1:47
15.	"Soo Bawlz"	M. Mothersbaugh	2:22
16.	"Be Stiff"	G. Casale, Bob Lewis	2:43
17.	"Penetration In The Centerfold"	M. Mothersbaugh, G. Casale	2:28
18.	"Secret Agent Man" (Live)	P.F. Sloan, Steve Barri	3:21

Personnel

• Bob Casale - rhythm guitar, additional keyboards, occasional backing vocals
• Gerald V. Casale - bass guitar, additional keyboards, lead vocals
• Bob Mothersbaugh - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Mark Mothersbaugh - keyboards, lead vocals
• Alan Myers - drums

Tour

Setlist

1. Softcore Mutations [early "Going Under"]
2. Timing X
3. Soo Bawls
4. Secret Agent Man
5. Pink Pussycat
6. Penetration In The Centerfold
7. Strange Pursuit
8. Those Darn Girls
9. S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)
10. Roll Out the Barrel (Film)
11. Satisfaction
12. Praying Hands
13. Uncontrollable Urge
14. Mongoloid
15. Jocko Homo
16. Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
17. Come Back Jonee
18. Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)
19. DEVO Corporate Anthem (Film)
20. In Heaven Everything Is Fine - a cover of In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)
21. The One That Gets Away

• Note: This is the full normal setlist. On some dates, the order was shuffled and songs were removed.

Extra Info

• DEVO’s royalty payments funded the die cut micro-perforated border around the “punch out” postcard.
  “cosmetically altered image courtesy of Janet Peir (sic, Janet Perr) © 1979 Devo Inc.”
  postcard front
• DNFTF was released by Virgin Records with alternate album design.
  Science boy was featured on the front and large song titles were listed on the back cover in many type fonts. An alternate Virgin back cover had full color versions of the photos seen on one side of the purple WB inner sleeve. The postcard was included inside and not set in the cover. Some included a letter from General Boy reminding you that "it is every citizen's duty to remain constantly alert."
  postcard back • alternate Virgin full color back cover
• DNFTF had a Virgin print ad/poster incorporating four devolved stock photos.
• "Science Boy" was designed by George L. Kaufman of Cleveland, Ohio.

Links

Duty Now For The Future (Master Release) -- Discogs

Duty Now for the Future (Release group) -- MusicBrainz

Duty Now for the Future (Overview) -- AllMusic

Duty Now for the Future -- Wikipedia

Duty Now for the Future (BPM Profile) -- GetSongbpm

Duty Now for the Future (Harmonic Profile) -- GetSongkey

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