Track listing[]
| Side one | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Uncontrollable Urge" | Mark Mothersbaugh | 3:09 | ||||||
| 2. | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | 2:40 | ||||||
| 3. | "Praying Hands" | Gerald Casale, M. Mothersbaugh | 2:47 | ||||||
| 4. | "Space Junk" | G. Casale, Bob Mothersbaugh | 2:14 | ||||||
| 5. | "Mongoloid" | G. Casale | 3:44 | ||||||
| 6. | "Jocko Homo" | M. Mothersbaugh | 3:40 | ||||||
| Side two | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 7. | "Too Much Paranoias" | M. Mothersbaugh | 1:57 | ||||||
| 8. | "Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)" | M. Mothersbaugh, B. Mothersbaugh / G. Casale | 4:54 | ||||||
| 9. | "Come Back Jonee" | G. Casale, M. Mothersbaugh | 3:47 | ||||||
| 10. | "Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin')" | M. Mothersbaugh, B. Mothersbaugh, G. Casale, Gary Jackett | 2:40 | ||||||
| 11. | "Shrivel Up" | G. Casale, M. Mothersbaugh, B. Mothersbaugh | 3:05 | ||||||
Total length: |
34:24 | ||||||||
(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!
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Uncontrollable Urge" (Live) | M. Mothersbaugh | 3:32 |
| 13. | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Live) | M. Jagger, K. Richard | 3:15 |
| 14. | "Praying Hands" (Live) | G. Casale, M. Mothersbaugh | 3:30 |
| 15. | "Space Junk" (Live) | G. Casale, B. Mothersbaugh | 2:35 |
| 16. | "Mongoloid" (Live) | G. Casale | 4:53 |
| 17. | "Jocko Homo" (Live) | M. Mothersbaugh | 4:45 |
| 18. | "Too Much Paranoias" (Live) | M. Mothersbaugh | 2:34 |
| 19. | "Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)" (Live) | M. Mothersbaugh, B. Mothersbaugh/G. Casale | 4:25 |
| 20. | "Come Back Jonee" (Live) | G. Casale, M. Mothersbaugh | 4:27 |
| 21. | "Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin')" (Live) | M. Mothersbaugh, B. Mothersbaugh, G. Casale, Jackett | 2:32 |
| 22. | "Shrivel Up" (Live) | G. Casale, M. Mothersbaugh, B. Mothersbaugh | 3:19 |
Personnel[]
DEVO[]
- 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[]
- Brian Eno - producer
- Patrick Gleeson - engineer
- Conrad Plank - engineer
Album Art and Design[]
- Barbara Watson - photographer (photo of Satisfaction video production.)
- Devolved computa-posite cover graphic courtesy of Devo Inc.
- John Cabalka - design (graphic supervision)
- Erik Munsön - design (package production design), AKA "Eric Monson"
Tour[]
Setlist[]
- 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[]
- 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[]
- 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[]
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Pop Albums | 78 |
Extra Info[]
- Recorded at Konrad "Conny" Plank's home studio in Neunkirchen-Seelscheid , ESE of Cologne (Köln), Germany (Deutschland)
- Come Back Jonee and Shrivel-Up were recorded in San Francisco at Patrick Gleeson’s recording studio Different Fur and mixed in Germany.
- The Spanish title was translated as "P: Somos Nosotros Hombres? R: Nosotros Somos Devo" -- (Discogs)
- Q:AWNM? A:WAD! was released by Virgin Records with alternate album design.
- (Produced in association with Devo – Mark and Jerry altered the mix on some songs. They would use the soundboard to de-emphasize Eno’s additions if they were “less angular and more beautiful” and changed the song’s aesthetic.)
- (David Bowie had originally intended to produce Devo’s album in Tokyo in the winter of ‘77/’78 and release it through his Bewlay Bros. Music publishing company. Instead, Bowie was the lead actor in a film production in Berlin. Bowie commuted by train on weekends to observe the album’s production. He would “remix a few” of the songs to improve them.) [1]
External Links:[]
- 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
- Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (BPM Profile) -- GetSongbpm
- Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (Harmonic Profile) -- GetSongkey
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- ↑ PasteMagazine.com. 2023-08-19. A Half-Century of Devo and The Spudeois. By Matt Mitchell. Photos by George Rose/Richard McCaffrey.