{"product_id":"devo-something-for-everybody","title":"Devo - Something for Everybody","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(PRESALE - SHIPS OR PICKUP 10-23-26)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eROCKTOBER - BLUE VINYL - INCLUDES BONUS 7\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComing in way above their previous effort, 1990’s Smooth Noodle Maps, Something for Everybody is the album Devo's fans had craved for 28 long years, or maybe 29, if you fall on the sour side of the iffy Oh, No! It's Devo. The synthetic, compressed, and punchy production -- courtesy of producer and Bird \u0026amp; the Bee member Greg Kurstin -- is a modern take on the sound of 1981’s New Traditionalists, and if you judge by hooks, this is right in line with their 1980 breakthrough, Freedom of Choice, although there’s certainly no “Whip It”-sized megahit here. Instead, there’s the opening “Fresh!” a herky-jerky, infectious number with lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh stuttering as if he just created New Wave’s “My Generation.” The wicked highlight “Don’t Shoot (I’m a Man)” (“They’ll hunt you down\/And tase you bro\/For playing with the rules”) is the album’s other key track, thanks to Mothersbaugh’s perfect framing of de-evolution’s give (hybrid cars) and take, take, take (Beltway snipers, overzealous cops, etc.). Both highlights are co-produced by Santigold who, like Kurstin, checks her ego at the door, allowing the five spud boys to sound like a functioning band. The twangy guitars of Bob 1 are perfectly balanced with the synths and electronic percussion from new member Josh Freese, while Mothersbaugh’s ironic downers are complemented by co-frontman Jerry Casale’s more snide and silly songs, and the two attempts to re-create the sarcastic grandeur of their masterpiece “Beautiful World” -- with “Later Is Now” and “No Place Like Home” -- come pretty darn close. While some will complain that the satirical social commentary just isn’t as razor-sharp, and that the wild, primal nerdiness of their first two efforts is long gone, the purposeful Something for Everybody is proudly not a nostalgia trip and is, instead, filled with age-appropriate subversion, right up to its ironic title. \"Something for Veteran Fans\" is more like it with \"Something Surprisingly Vital\" being an even better choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1        Fresh    \u003cbr\u003eA2        What We Do\u003cbr\u003eA3        Please Baby Please\u003cbr\u003eA4        Don't Shoot (I'm A Man)   \u003cbr\u003eA5        Mind Games\u003cbr\u003eA6        Human Rocket   \u003cbr\u003eB1        Sumthin'    \u003cbr\u003eB2        Step Up  \u003cbr\u003eB3        Cameo   \u003cbr\u003eB4        Later Is Now    \u003cbr\u003eB5        No Place Like Home    \u003cbr\u003eB6        March On    \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Analog Record Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45202646761672,"sku":null,"price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0348\/8505\/files\/91e1xtY6mNL._AC_SL1500.jpg?v=1788119611","url":"https:\/\/www.analogrecordshop.com\/products\/devo-something-for-everybody","provider":"Analog Record Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}