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Track listing[]

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Girl U Want"  Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald V. Casale 2:55
2. "It's Not Right"  M. Mothersbaugh 2:20
3. "Whip It"  M. Mothersbaugh, G. Casale 2:37
4. "Snowball"  M. Mothersbaugh, G. Casale 2:28
5. "Ton O' Luv"  G. Casale 2:29
6. "Freedom of Choice"  M. Mothersbaugh, G. Casale 3:28
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
7. "Gates Of Steel"  G. Casale, M. Mothersbaugh, Sue Schmidt, Debbie Smith 3:26
8. "Cold War"  Bob Mothersbaugh, G. Casale 2:30
9. "Don't You Know"  M. Mothersbaugh 2:14
10. "That's Pep!"  M. Mothersbaugh 2:17
11. "Mr. B's Ballroom"  M. Mothersbaugh 2:45
12. "Planet Earth"  G. Casale 2:45
Total length:
 32:14

2009 Warner Brothers reissue adds:

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
13. "Freedom Of Choice Theme Song" (Live)M. Mothersbaugh, G. Casale 2:46
14. "Whip It" (Live)M. Mothersbaugh, G. Casale 2:41
15. "Girl U Want" (Live)M. Mothersbaugh, G. Casale 2:56
16. "Gates Of Steel" (Live)G. Casale, M. Mothersbaugh, Schmidt, Smith 3:17
17. "Be Stiff" (Live)G. Casale, Bob Lewis 2:50
18. "Planet Earth" (Live)G. Casale 2:32

Other issues:

Freedom Of Choice has been reissued many times in CD and vinyl formats.Discogs
Most reissues devolve by the 21st century, including music industry-standard "brickwalled" audio. [1]
DEVO should have access to and control of the original recordings, but does not.

Personnel[]

Video[]

Short Films / Music Videos

Girl U Want
Freedom of Choice
Whip It -- “Whiptease”
  • “ 'The Girl U Want,' and 'Freedom of Choice,' were shot in video..." - Jerry (1984)[2]

Live Video

DEVO Live 1980,  DEVO Live
Live In The Land Of The Rising Sun
Live at the Observatory, Santa Ana, CA

Tour[]

Setlist

  1. Freedom Of Choice Theme
  2. Whip It
  3. Snowball
  4. It's Not Right
  5. Girl U Want
  6. Planet Earth
  7. S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)
  8. Penetration In The Centerfold (single released in UK, not the USA)
  9. Secret Agent Man
  10. Pink Pussycat
  11. Blockhead
  12. Satisfaction
  13. Uncontrollable Urge
  14. Mongoloid
  15. Be Stiff
  16. Gates Of Steel
  17. Freedom of Choice
  18. Jocko Homo
  19. Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
  20. Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)
  21. Come Back Jonee
  22. Tunnel Of Life (vocals by Booji Boy, partially projection and tape playback)
  23. DEVO Corporate Anthem (tape playback and projection)
  • This is a full setlist. On certain occasions, songs were removed and the order was shuffled

References[]

  1. ↑
    “DEVO Freedom of Choice Producer Robert Margouleff” uploaded to YouTube by RHINO
  2. ↑
    Gerald V. Casale. “Devo: a video history”. Optic Music. (1984, August).
    “The Girl U Want,” and “Freedom of Choice,” were shot in video with uneven results. Along with many others, I had reservations abut the look of videotape. The flat, electronic image and constricted sense of light are best suited for news reports, etc.

Links[]

Freedom Of Choice (Master Release) -- Discogs
Freedom of Choice (Release group) -- MusicBrainz
Freedom of Choice (Overview) -- Allmusic
Freedom of Choice -- Wikipedia
Freedom of Choice (BPM Profile) -- GetSongbpm
Freedom of Choice (Harmonic Profile) – GetSongkey


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