Now It Can Be Told: Devo at the Palace

Now It Can Be Told: DEVO at the Palace is a live album by American new wave band Devo, released in 1989 by Enigma Records. The album was recorded during their 1988 "comeback tour" in promotion of the Total Devo album.

Now It Can Be Told: DEVO at the Palace
Live album by
Released1989
RecordedDecember 9, 1988
VenueThe Palace, Hollywood
GenreNew wave
Length60:01
LabelEnigma
Producer
Devo chronology
Total Devo
(1988)
Now It Can Be Told: DEVO at the Palace
(1989)
Smooth Noodle Maps
(1990)
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Music historian Andy Zax noted that the album presented reshaped versions of old songs from the band's repertoire as well as some new material, including a "twangy country ballad" version of "Jocko Homo" and the new composition "It Doesn't Matter to Me", "sounding like a long lost '60s folk-rock nugget".[1]

The album's closing track is an eleven-minute medley of "Shout", "Somewhere" from West Side Story and "Disco Dancer". A longer studio version totaling 18 minutes later appeared on the 2000 Devo rarities compilation Recombo DNA.[2]

Artwork and packaging

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The cover art and tagline were based on the 1971 book The Beginning Was the End. Initial vinyl pressings were double LPs that contained three sides of music and a fourth "blank" side with etched signatures from the band. The label of the fourth side was marked, "ATTENTION SPUDS! NO GROOVE! DO NOT PLAY!"[3]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jocko Homo"M. Mothersbaugh3:51
2."It Doesn't Matter to Me"M. Mothersbaugh2:52
3."Going Under" 4:17
4."Working in a Coal Mine"Allen Toussaint3:59
5."Happy Guy" 3:22
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."That's Good" 3:31
2."Jerkin' Back 'n' Forth" 3:05
3."Girl U Want" 3:02
4."Whip It" 2:37
5."Baby Doll" 3:53
6."(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards3:36
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Uncontrollable Urge"M. Mothersbaugh3:28
2."Gut Feeling"M. Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh3:13
3."Gates of Steel"M. Mothersbaugh, G. Casale, Sue Schmidt, Debbie Smith3:46
4."Somewhere With Devo (Suite includes "Shout" and "Disco Dancer")" 11:20
Total length:60:01

Personnel

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Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[3]

Devo

Technical

  • Gerald Casale – producer, engineer, graphic concepts
  • Bob Casale – producer, engineer
  • Recorded by Westwood One
  • Biff Dawes – engineer
  • Mark Mothersbaugh – graphic concepts
  • Patrick Pending – art direction

References

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  1. ^ Zax, Andy (2000). Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology (CD liner notes). Los Angeles: Rhino. R2 75967.
  2. ^ Devo (2000). Recombo DNA (CD liner notes). Los Angeles: Rhino Handmade. RHM2 7718.
  3. ^ a b Devo (1989). Now It Can Be Told: Devo at the Palace 12/9/88 (LP liner notes). Enigma. 7 73514-1.
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