Be stiff (Devo) (LP 2380 - 2381)

Devo  Freedom Of Choice (Vinyl, Warner Bros Records, 1980) ****  

Devo  DEV-O Live (Vinyl EP, Warner Bros Records, 1980) ***  

Genre: Pop rock 

Places I remember: Marbecks Records

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Freedom Of Choice

Gear costume: Be Stiff (Live)

Active compensatory factors: Freedom Of Choice is a great pop record, with more hooks than a butcher's shop!

Truly, this is an infectious collection of songs. Each one is single worthy.

Indeed, Devo's third album did include their biggest hit - Whip it. Girl U Want, Gates Of Steel and Freedom Of Choice were other songs from the album released as singles.

The Live EP has versions of all four, plus Planet Earth and the awesome Be Stiff. It's a nice to have, the EP, but not essential. The parent album though, definitely is.

Where do they all belong? That's all the Devo I have. Next up in pop rock - Neil Diamond. Neil Diamond??? Yes, Neil Diamond.