New Traditionalists
Devo put the oblique humor aside for this 1981 album, choosing instead a more direct attack on their social and cultural targets. The result?-the second-biggest hit of their career (a #23 LP) and a big bunch of indelible Devo songs: Through Being Cool; Beautiful World; Jerkin' Back 'n' Forth , and more tunes that straddle the line between punk and new wave.