Hardcore Devo: Volume Two

Hardcore Devo: Volume Two
Compilation album by Devo
Released	Aug 23 1991
Recorded	April 1974-December 1977
Genre	Post punk
Length	66:01
Label	Rykodisc
Producer	Devo
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Devo chronology
Hardcore Devo: Volume One (1990) Hardcore Devo: Volume Two (1991) DEVO Live: The Mongoloid Years (1992)

Hardcore Devo: Volume Two (1991) is the second collection of demos released by the post-punk/new wave band Devo. It is currently out of print.

Overview

The Hardcore Devo albums are collections of 4-track basement demos recorded by the band between 1974-1977. Some tracks are earlier versions of some of Devo's best known tracks that would later be re-recorded and used on subsequent Devo records (e.g. "Jocko Homo," "Mongoloid"), but a majority of the tracks were never re-used and remained unreleased until the Hardcore Devo compilations.

Volume Two has been described as even more "hardcore" than Hardcore Devo: Volume One, as it contains more "experimental" tracks. However, it is not without its share of "classic Devo," with the band's trademark sound already beginning to show.

Track listing

1. "Booji Boy's Funeral" – 3:59 (Mark Mothersbaugh) (1977)
2. "Can U Take It?" – 3:00 (Gerald V. Casale) (1974)
3. "Bamboo Bimbo" – 3:16 (Gerald V. Casale/Mark Mothersbaugh)(1975)
4. "A Plan for U" – 3:11 (Gerald V. Casale) (1974)
5. "The Rope Song" – 3:21 (Gerald V. Casale/Bob Lewis) (1974)
6. "Goo Goo Itch" – 2:17 (Mark Mothersbaugh) (1976)
7. "Be Stiff" – 3:19 (Gerald V. Casale/Bob Lewis) (1974)
8. "All of Us" – 4:53 (Gerald V. Casale) (1974)
9. "Baby Talkin' Bitches" – 2:25 (Gerald V. Casale/Bob Mothersbaugh) (1975)
10. "I Need a Chick" – 2:51 (Gerald V. Casale/Peter Gregg) (1974)
11. "U Got Me Bugged" – 2:45 (Mark Mothersbaugh) (1975)
12. "Chango" – 3:10 (Gerald V. Casale/Mark Mothersbaugh) (1975)
13. "Fraulein" – 3:06 (Mark Mothersbaugh) (1975)
14. "Dogs of Democracy" – 3:25 (Mark Mothersbaugh) (1976)
15. "37" – 2:57 (Gerald V. Casale/Bob Mothersbaugh) (1975)
16. "Bottled Up" – 2:21 (Gerald V. Casale) (1976)
17. "Working In a Coalmine" – 3:13 (Allen Toussaint) (1977)
18. "I Been Refused" – 3:32 (Gerald V. Casale) (1974)
19. "Fountain of Filth" – 3:09 (Gerald V. Casale/Bob Casale) (1977)
20. "Clockout" – 3:09 (Gerald V. Casale) (1976)
21. "Let's Go" – 2:42 (Mark Mothersbaugh) (1977)

Personnel

• Bob Casale - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
• Gerald V. Casale - Keyboards, Vocals
• Bob Mothersbaugh - Guitar, Vocals
• Mark Mothersbaugh - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
• Jim Mothersbaugh - Drums
• Alan Myers - Drums

Production

• Producers: DEVO

See also

• Hardcore Devo: Volume One