E-Z Listening Disc
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Compilation album by Devo | ||||
Released | 1981 (EZ Listening Cassette) 1984 (EZ Listening Cassette Volume 2) 1987 (CD) | |||
Recorded | 1981, 1984 | |||
Studio | Studio Devo | |||
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Length | 37:52 (EZ Listening Cassette) 36:59 (EZ Listening Cassette Volume 2) 70:32 (CD) | |||
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Producer | Devo | |||
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E-Z Listening Disc is a compilation album by the American new wave band Devo, originally released in 1987 by Rykodisc. The album is a compilation of all but one of the tracks from Devo's two E-Z Listening Muzak Cassettes, which had been available only through Club Devo in 1981 and 1984, respectively, consisting of instrumental versions of Devo songs performed in the style of easy listening Muzak or New-age music.
Release history
The first 'EZ Listening' Devo release was the 1981 EZ Listening Muzak Cassette, which was available to purchase through mail order slips included with Devo's fourth studio album, New Traditionalists (1981). It featured 10 tracks. In 1984 they followed this up with EZ Listening Muzak Cassette Volume 2, which included 10 more new tracks.
In 1987 Rykodisc released E-Z Listening Disc, which included every track from the two cassette albums minus the standard version of "Shout". The "Hello Kitty" version, featuring synthesizers and an electric guitar, was included on the CD, whereas the other is a lounge music version featuring electronic piano, synth bass and drums. Additionally, the CD does not replicate the original cassette running order.
The album was re-released in March 2016, and was available as either a double album or two CD box set. Along with the twenty tracks originally found on the E-Z Listening Cassettes, the re-release also contains a newly recorded easy listening version of the song "Human Rocket" from Devo's 2010 album Something For Everybody.[2]
Track listing
All songs by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald V. Casale, except where otherwise indicated.
EZ Listening Cassette
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Come Back Jonee" | 3:13 | |
2. | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | 4:12 |
3. | "Space Junk" | G.V. Casale, Bob Mothersbaugh | 2:41 |
4. | "Jocko Homo" | M. Mothersbaugh | 3:37 |
5. | "Swelling Itching Brain" | M. Mothersbaugh | 4:15 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Whip It" | 3:01 | |
2. | "Mongoloid" | G.V. Casale | 5:10 |
3. | "Girl U Want" | 5:01 | |
4. | "Pity You" | M. Mothersbaugh | 3:27 |
5. | "It's a Beautiful World" | 3:15 |
EZ Listening Cassette Volume 2
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Gates of Steel" | G.V. Casale, M. Mothersbaugh, Sue Schmidt, Debbie Smith | 2:57 |
2. | "That's Good" | 3:40 | |
3. | "Jerkin' Back and Forth" | 3:12 | |
4. | "Shout" | 4:11 | |
5. | "4th Dimension" | 3:52 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Goin' Under" | 3:09 | |
2. | "Peek 'a' Boo" | 4:28 | |
3. | "Time Out for Fun" | 3:24 | |
4. | "Jurisdiction of Luv" | M. Mothersbaugh | 3:44 |
5. | "Shout (Hello Kitty)" | 4:13 |
1987 Rykodisc CD
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Gates of Steel" | G.V. Casale, M. Mothersbaugh, Schmidt, Smith | 2:57 |
2. | "Girl U Want" | 5:01 | |
3. | "Come Back Jonee" | 3:13 | |
4. | "Whip It" | 3:01 | |
5. | "That's Good" | 3:40 | |
6. | "Jerkin' Back and Forth" | 3:12 | |
7. | "4th Dimension" | 3:52 | |
8. | "Shout (Hello Kitty)" | 4:13 | |
9. | "Mongoloid" | G.V. Casale | 5:10 |
10. | "Pity You" | M. Mothersbaugh | 3:27 |
11. | "Goin' Under" | 3:09 | |
12. | "Swelling Itching Brain" | M. Mothersbaugh | 4:15 |
13. | "Jurisdiction of Luv" | M. Mothersbaugh | 3:44 |
14. | "Peek 'a' Boo" | 4:28 | |
15. | "Satisfaction" | Jagger, Richards | 4:12 |
16. | "Space Junk" | G.V. Casale, B. Mothersbaugh | 2:41 |
17. | "Time Out for Fun" | 3:24 | |
18. | "It's a Beautiful World" | 3:15 | |
19. | "Jocko Homo" | M. Mothersbaugh | 3:37 |
2016 Futurismo double CD/LP
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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9. | "Shout" | 4:11 | |
10. | "Human Rocket (Laughing Gas Version)" | M. Mothersbaugh | 6:24 |
Personnel
- Devo
- Technical
- Hank Waring (FDS Labs) – digital processing
- Dr. Toby Mountain – digital consultant
- EXIT – graphic concepts and execution
- Devo – arrangements
- Gerald V. Casale – liner notes (2016 reissue)
References
- v
- t
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- Mark Mothersbaugh
- Gerald Casale
- Bob Mothersbaugh
- Josh Hager
- Jeff Friedl
- Bob Casale
- Alan Myers
- Jim Mothersbaugh
- Bob Lewis
- Fred Weber
- Rod Reisman
- David Kendrick
- Josh Freese
albums
- Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978)
- Duty Now for the Future (1979)
- Freedom of Choice (1980)
- New Traditionalists (1981)
- Oh, No! It's Devo (1982)
- Shout (1984)
- Total Devo (1988)
- Smooth Noodle Maps (1990)
- Something for Everybody (2010)
- Now It Can Be Told: Devo at the Palace (1989)
- Devo Live: The Mongoloid Years (1992)
- DEV-O Live (1999)
- Devo Live 1980 (2005)
- Hardcore Devo Live! (2015)
albums
- E-Z Listening Disc (1987)
- Devo's Greatest Hits (1990)
- Devo's Greatest Misses (1990)
- Hardcore Devo: Volume One (1990)
- Hardcore Devo: Volume Two (1991)
- Hot Potatoes: The Best of Devo (1993)
- Adventures of the Smart Patrol (1996)
- Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology (2000)
- Recombo DNA (2000)
- This Is the Devo Box (2008)
- Something Else for Everybody (2013)
- 50 Years of De-Evolution 1973–2023 (2023)
- B Stiff (1977)
- Mechanical Man (1978)
- DEV-O Live (1981)
- Theme from Doctor Detroit (1983)
- Watch Us Work It (2008)
- Song Study (2010)
- "Mongoloid"
- "Jocko Homo"
- "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
- "Be Stiff"
- "Secret Agent Man"
- "Girl U Want"
- "Whip It"
- "Freedom of Choice"
- "Through Being Cool"
- "Beautiful World"
- "Working in the Coal Mine"
- "Peek-a-Boo!"
- "That's Good"
- "Are You Experienced?"
- "Here to Go"
- "Disco Dancer"
- "Watch Us Work It"
releases
articles
- Discography
- Characters (Booji Boy
- General Boy)
- Church of the SubGenius
- Devo 2.0
- Devo Presents Adventures of the Smart Patrol
- Energy dome
- Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers
- Mutato Muzika
- The Beginning Was the End
- "Dare to Be Stupid"
- "The Mutants Are Revolting"