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Devo: Freedom of Choice (Warner Bros.)

Laura Fissinger, Rolling Stone, 27 November 1980

AFTER THE SEMINAL mutant microcosm of the modern world they constructed on Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo., Devo have moved on to present their listeners with a no-win situation. It's creepy enough to think that these musicians would laugh at you if you took them seriously. But it's even creepier to believe that they'd still laugh if you played it cool and pretended to get the joke.

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