Track listing[]
All songs written and composed by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale, except where noted.
| Side one | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Through Being Cool" | Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh | 3:14 | ||||||
| 2. | "Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth" | 3:05 | |||||||
| 3. | "Pity You" | M. Mothersbaugh | 2:47 | ||||||
| 4. | "Soft Things" | 3:27 | |||||||
| 5. | "Going Under" | 3:26 | |||||||
| Side two | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 6. | "Race of Doom" | 3:44 | |||||||
| 7. | "Love Without Anger" | 2:37 | |||||||
| 8. | "The Super Thing" | 4:21 | |||||||
| 9. | "Beautiful World" | 3:35 | |||||||
| 10. | "Enough Said" | M. Mothersbaugh, G. Casale, General Boy | 3:26 | ||||||
Total length: |
33:28 | ||||||||
| Japanese CD issue adds: | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 11. | "Working In The Coalmine" | Allen Toussaint | 2:53 | ||||||
| 1997 Infinite Zero CD reissue adds: | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 12. | "Mecha-Mania Boy" | 2:48 | |||||||
| 13. | "Nu-Tra Speaks (New Traditionalist Man)" | Gerald Casale | 1:39 | ||||||
| 2010 Warner Brothers CD reissue adds: | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 11. | "Nu-Tra Speaks (New Traditionalist Man)" | G. Casale | 1:40 | ||||||
| 12. | "One Dumb Thing" | 2:46 | |||||||
| 13. | "Modern Life" | M. Mothersbaugh | 3:05 | ||||||
| 14. | "Faster And Faster" | M. Mothersbaugh | 2:50 | ||||||
| 15. | "Psychology Of Desire" (Demo) | 4:23 | |||||||
| 16. | "It's A Beautiful World" (E-Z Listening Version) | 3:12 | |||||||
Personnel[]
- Robert Casale - rhythm guitar, additional keyboards, occasional backing vocals
- Gerald V. Casale - bass guitar, keybass, lead vocals
- Robert Mothersbaugh - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Mark Mothersbaugh - keyboards, lead vocals
- Alan Myers - drums
Additional[]
- Robert L. Mothersbaugh Sr. - lyrics
Production[]
- DEVO - producer
- Phil Brown - mastering
- Larry Alexander - engineering
- Karat Faye - engineer (on songs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 9)
- Bill Inglot and Dan Hersch - 1997 re-release remastering
- Brent Scrivner - new traditionalist hairdoos
- John Zabrucky - new traditionalist astronaut artwork.
- Moshe Brakha - cover photography
- DEVO INC. - design concept
- Richard Seireeni - art direction
- Manuel J. Donayre - 1997 re-release art director
Tour[]
Setlist[]
- NuTra Theme
- Going Under
- Through Being Cool
- Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth
- Soft Things
- Pity You
- Girl U Want
- Planet Earth
- Whip It
- Race of Doom
- Set Change Countdown
- The Super Thing
- Uncontrollable Urge
- Mongoloid
- Jocko Homo
- Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
- Gut Feeling
- Gates of Steel
- Booji's Beautiful World
- Working In The Coalmine (pre-recorded music bed, live vocals)
- DEVO Corporate Anthem (projection and tape playback)
Extra Info[]
- In addition to Alan's acoustic drums, some tracks included sounds from a Linn brand LM-1 and LM-2 (and reportedly a Vox Drumbox)[1] For instance a Linn can be heard on the track "The Super Thing" - whose drum track was sampled for the later "Watch Us Work It." Alan can be seen with a LM-1 in the "Beautiful World" video (although the track also featured acoustic drums).
- This is the last album by Devo to have the phrase, "a subsidiary and licensee of Warner Bros. Inc.," on the back cover. However, cassettes by the band continued to use this phrase until 1984.
- The NuTra Pomp was based on John F. Kennedy's hairdo as seen in a commemorative postage stamp.
- New Traditionalists was released by Virgin Records with alternate album design.
- DEVO: Unmasked. page 152. “Thanks, General Boy” reveals that Robert Mothersbaugh, Sr. submitted lyrics to DEVO and that his lyrics for “Enough Said” were used.
External Links[]
- New Traditionalists (Master Release) -- Discogs
- New Traditionalists (Release Group) -- MusicBrainz
- New Traditionalists (Overview) -- AllMusic
- New Traditionalists -- Wikipedia
- New Traditionalists (BPM Profile) -- GetSongbpm
- New Traditionalists (Harmonic Profile) – GetSongkey
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