Shout

***Shout*** is the sixth studio album by the American new wave band Devo. It was originally released in October 1984 on Warner Bros. Records, their last studio album published on Warner Bros. Records until 2010's album, *Something For Everybody*.

## Background

In 1982, Mark Mothersbaugh purchased the Fairlight CMI IIX with band money and introduced it into the sessions. He reluctantly agreed to its use because many musicians and bands had used it at that time, especially Depeche mode. The band even planned to visit the people who produced their albums with Fairlight CMI, but never did it.

That same year, they started to do some experimentation with the Fairlight CMI and made demos like "Some Things Don't Change", "Big Adventure", etc. Two songs, "The 4th Dimension" and "Here to Go", were included in the album "Shout". "Here to Go" was inspired by artist Bryon Gysin's theory that constant change was the meaning of life and an essential component for humanity.

After some experimentation, Gerald Casale and other band members were dissatisfied with the results, so Casale suggested centering the album around the use of bass, drums and guitar, reserving the Fairlight for sequencer lines, "scary sounds" and "abstract elements". Mothersbaugh eventually rejected this idea, and as a result, Casale began withdrawing from the sessions. By the time of Gerald Casale's withdrawing, Mark Mothersbaugh was making short clips of sound loops with file names like XP01, and were later released as his 1988 album *Muzik for insomniaks*. Eventually out of desperation, Bob Casale, called Gerald Casale and begged him to come back so that he could add some normal song, structure and lead vocals.

Church of the SubGenius, the religion Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh was in, was involved with the album and the making of "Are You Experienced" music video.

Warner Bros. initially rejected the album and asked that the band include a cover version, with Casale suggesting the Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Are You Experienced?".

As with every Devo studio album, the band developed a new look for the album, eschewing the black T-shirts and slacks with white "Spud Ring" collars of the *Oh, No! It's Devo* (1982) period and replacing them with "Chinese-American Friendship Suits."

## Release

### Music Videos

The band was allotted $50,000 to make a music video for "Are You Experienced?". However, the band drew criticism that the video, which featured Hendrix impersonator Randy Hansen emerging from a coffin, was "tasteless" and "disrespectful", which did not aid the album's reception. As a result, the band did not tour to promote the album, leading Warner Bros. to ultimately offer a termination of the band's new six-album contract in exchange for $250,000.

Despite being one of Devo's most visually complex and expensive music videos, "Are You Experienced?" wasn't included on the 2003 DVD music video collection *The Complete Truth About De-Evolution* (although it had been included on the LaserDisc of the same title issued in 1993).

### Tour

The tour was abandoned by the band after Warner and Virgin dropped them.

## Track Listing

*All tracks are written by Mark Mothersbaugh & Gerald Casale except where noted*

***Side One (17:07)***

1. Shout (3:15)
2. The Satisfied Mind (3:06)
3. Don't Rescue Me (M.Mothersbaugh) (3:04)
4. The 4th Dimension (4:26)
5. C'mon (3:16)

***Side Two (15:29)***

6. Here to Go (3:15)
7. Jurisdiction of Love (M.Mothersbaugh) (2:58)
8. Puppet Boy (3:08)
9. Please Please (3:00)
10. Are You Experienced? (Jimi Hendrix) (3:08)

## Credits

* Gerald Casale:
	+ Lead Vocals on all tracks except ' Shout', 'Don't Rescue Me', 'Jurisdiction of Love' & 'Are You Experienced?'
	+ Bass Synth
	+ Backing Vocals on 'Shout', 'Don't Rescue Me', 'C'mon', 'Here To Go' & 'Puppet Boy'
* Mark Mothersbaugh:
	+ Lead Vocals on ' Shout', 'Don't Rescue Me', 'Jurisdiction of Love' & 'Are You Experienced?'
	+ Keyboards on all tracks except 'Shout' & 'Here To Go'
* Bob Mothersbaugh: Electric Guitar
* Bob Casale: Keyboards
* Alan Myers: Electronic Drums

## External links

* *Shout* at Wikipedia
* *Shout* on Discogs