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First Released: July, 1978
Recorded: 1977-1978
Tracks: 11
Label: US: Warner Brothers / UK: Virgin
Contents
Track listing[edit | edit source]
- Uncontrollable Urge (3:08)
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (2:38)
- Praying Hands (2:47)
- Space Junk (2:13)
- Mongoloid (3:42)
- Jocko Homo (3:38)
- Too Much Paranoias (1:56)
- Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy) (4:54)
- Come Back Jonee (3:46)
- Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin') (2:37)
- Shrivel Up (3:05)
(Track timings from US Warner Brothers CD release)
1979 Virgin UK reissue adds:
- (Picture disc LP and a letter from the desk of General Boy)
- Flimsy Wrap (3:35) single track flexi disc
2009 Warner Brothers remastered reissue adds:
- DEVO live at The London HMV Forum, London, England, May 6, 2009.
- A special concert performance of Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
- Uncontrollable Urge (Live) (3:26)
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Live) (3:07)
- Praying Hands (Live) (2:48)
- Space Junk (Live) (2:17)
- Mongoloid (Live) (3:38)
- Jocko Homo (Live) (4:32)
- Too Much Paranoias (Live) (2:26)
- Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy) (Live) (4:19)
- Come Back Jonee (Live) (4:21)
- Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin') (Live) (2:25)
- Shrivel Up (Live) (3:05)
Personnel[edit | edit source]
DEVO[edit | edit source]
- 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, occasional guitar, lead vocals
- Alan Myers - drums
Production[edit | edit source]
- Brian Eno - producer
- Patrick Gleeson - engineer
- Conrad Plank - engineer
Album Art and Design[edit | edit source]
- Barbara Watson - photographer
- Devolved comuta-posite cover graphic courtesy of Devo Inc.
- John Cabalka - design (graphic supervision)
- Erik Munsön - design (package production design), AKA "Eric Monson"
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- DEVO, especially G.V.C. , were involved with the production, mixing, and album art
- Recorded at Konrad "Conny" Plank's home studio in Neunkirchen-Seelscheid , ESE of Cologne (Köln), Germany (Deutschland)
- The Spanish title was translated as "P: Somos Nosotros Hombres? R: Nosotros Somos Devo" -- (Discogs)
Tour Setlist[edit | edit source]
- Wiggly World
- Secret Agent Man (Q/A Japan shows, then DNFTF tour*)
- Pink Pussycat
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- Too Much Paranoias
- Praying Hands
- Uncontrollable Urge
- Mongoloid
- Jocko Homo
- Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
- Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin')
- Come Back Jonee
- Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)
- DEVO Corporate Anthem (tape playback)
- Red Eye Express (vocals by Booji Boy)
- The Words Get Stuck In My Throat (vocals by Booji Boy)
Live Trivia[edit | edit source]
- This is the full normal set list. On several occasions, one or several songs were absent and the order was changed
- On 11/15/78, I Need A Chick (sung by Booji Boy) was played as the last song of the set
- One undated circulating tape shows that In Heaven Everything Is Fine replaced The Words Get Stuck In My Throat at least once
Live Behavior[edit | edit source]
- See article "Outfits: 1978."

Original Q/A Yellow Suits and 3D Glasses
- Yellow protective suits (with the word "DEVO" on breast) worn with 3D glasses
- The yellow suits were taken off during Jocko Homo (in some instances pants were removed during Uncontrollable Urge), revealing the black shorts, socks, knee/elbow pads, and T-shirts (also emblazoned with "DEVO")
- Red helmets were added after the song ended. Mark as Booji Boy wore the latex head mask and the black undersuit
Charts[edit | edit source]
Album - Billboard (North America)
Year | Chart | Position |
---|---|---|
1978 | Pop Albums | 78 |
External Links:[edit | edit source]
- Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (Master Release) -- Discogs
- Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! at MusicBrainz
- Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (Overview) -- AllMusic
- Are We Not Men? We Are Devo! -- Wikipedia
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