Mobile Fidelity

Devo

Devo Creates a New-Wave Milestone Via Futuristic R&B and Radio-Accessible Songwriting: Platinum-Certified Freedom of Choice Includes "Whip It" and "Girl U Want" Put on Your Energy Dome Hat and Experience the 1980 Album in Definitive Sound on Disc: Mobile Fidelity's Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD Presents Robert Margouleff's Much-Lauded Production with Incredible Clarity Devo faced considerable pressure when it started laying the groundwork for Freedom of Choice. Given an ultimatum by its record label, which dictated the group make a commercially successful album or lose its deal, the Ohio quintet wrote all-new material and pursued a futuristic vision of R&B. A winning partnership with Stevie Wonder collaborator Robert Margouleff, a decision to pen radio-friendly songs, and a geographic reset helped inspire what became the group's signature effort one long recognized as a new-wave milestone. Sourced from the original master tapes and housed in mini-LP style packaging, Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition hybrid SACD presents the 1980 album in definitive sound. Never before on disc have the much-lauded aspects of Margouleff's production been as clear, sharp, or present. The record's dry, raw feel as well as its emphasis on the grooves and percussion pairs with Margouleff's expertise with electronic instrumentation. The diverse array of synthesizers, as well as the live-in-the-studio blend of guitar, bass, and drums, come across with visceral realism. "Freedom from choice," Devo sings on the title track. "Is what you want." When it comes to this particular album and reissue, it's hard to argue with the claim. Numbered Hybrid Stereo SACD NUMBERED SPECIAL EDITION

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Genre

Alternative Rock

Format

CD · 1 disc

Release

15-01-2027

Label

Mobile Fidelity

Item-nr

1233338

EAN

0821797231961

Availability

Exp. 15-01-2027