in the past this information has been suppressed, but now it can be POLLED - Devo ballot poll results thread

here's the full results with number of points/ number of votes / number of first place votes:

1. Uncontrollable Urge 579 / 22 / 2
2. Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA 543/ 18 / 4
3. Freedom of Choice 471 / 19 / 1
4. Mongoloid 447 / 16 / 1
5. Girl U Want 438 / 18 / 1
6. Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy 437 / 15 / 2
7. Jocko Homo 410 / 16
8. Gates of Steel 393 / 15 / 1
9. Beautiful World 373 / 13 / 2
10. I Can't Get No Satisfaction 354 / 15
11. Whip It 293 / 13 / 1
12. Through Being Cool 288 / 15
13. Space Junk 280 / 11 / 1
14. Peek-A-Boo! 265 / 12
15. Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin') 249 / 10 / 2
16. The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize 224 / 11
17. Jerkin Back and Forth 204 / 10
18. Big Mess 200 / 9

18. Snowball 200/ 9 / 1
20. That's Good 182 / 10
21. Clockout 168 / 8
22. Be Stiff 168 / 8
23. S.I.B. 159 / 8 / 1
24. Speed Racer 158 / 7 / 1
25. Wiggly World 157 / 8
26. Blockhead 154 / 7
27. Going Under 148 / 7
28. Come Back Jonee 141 / 7
29. Shrivel Up 130 / 7
30. Time Out For Fun 126 / 6
31. It’s Not Right 104/ 4
32. That's Pep 102 / 4 / 1
33. Praying Hands 98 / 5
34. Love Without Anger 87 / 5
35. Too Much Paranoias 86 / 4
36. Pink Pussycat 74 / 4
37. Strange Pursuit 73 / 3 / 1
37. Turn Around 73 / 4
37. Race of Doom 73 / 3
40. Mechanical Man 72 / 4

41. Penetration In The Centrefold 70 / 3
42. I’m A Potato 69/ 3
43. Social Fools 65 / 3
43. Planet Earth 65 / 3
45. Working In The Coal Mine 61/ 4
46. Mecha-Mania Boy 60/ 3
47. Auto Modown/Space Girl Blues 50 / 2
48. Faster And Faster 49/ 3
49. Ono 47/ 2
50. Uglatto 46 / 2
50. Soo Bawls 46 / 3
50. Ton O Love 46/ 3
53. Secret Agent Man 38 / 2
54. What I must do 36/ 1
54. RU Experienced 36/ 2
56. Post Post Modern Man 35 / 2
57. Red Eye 34 / 2
57. Mr. B's Ballroom 34 /2
57. Disco Dancer 34/2
57. Stop Look and Listen 34 / 2
61. Worried Man 33 / 1
61. Puppet Boy 32 / 2
61. U got me bugged 32 / 2
64. Can You Take It? 30 / 2
64. I Desire 30 / 2
64. Theme From Doctor Detroit 30/1
64. The Satisfied Mind 30/1
68. Don't Shoot (I'm a Man) 29/ 2
69. Timing X 26 / 1
70. My My Hey Hey 25 / 1
71. Triumph of the Will 23 / 1
72. Bushwacked 22/ 1
72. No Place Like Home 22
74. Modern Life 21/1
75. The Rope Song 20/ 1
76. A Plan For U 19/ 1
76. Pity You 19 / 1
78. Golden Energy 18/1
78. Don’t You Know 18/ 1
80. Find Out 17/1
81. Enough Said 16 / 1
81. Explosions 16/1
83. Midget 15/ 1
84. Go Monkey Go 14 /1
85.Happy Guy 13 /1
85. Watch Us Work It 13 / 1
85. Chango 13 / 1
88. I’m Lost At Home 12 / 1
88. Time Bomb 12 / 1
88. Fresh 12/1
88. Nu-Tra Speaks (New Traditionalist Man) 12 / 1

tracks from the first 5 albums that received no votes:

Devo Corporate Anthem
Cold War
Soft Things
The Super Thing
Out of Sync
Pattens
Deep Sleep

Cold War and Out of Sync were two of the last things I cut from my ballot, I probably would have found room for them if I'd known

thanks again to everyone who voted!

Not too surprised at the (deserving) winner, my #2.

Great poll, soref, thanks for running this one!

This was a hoot!

Nice one, all of my tracks were in the Top 40 somewhere or other... which must mean something, don't know what... oops, all of my tracks but one.

Great poll soref. Thanks for running it.

Uncontrollable Urge is a great song and a worthy winner but I did hope Smart Patrol might be number one. It's one of my favourite songs ever. This live performance is ridiculously exciting https://youtu.be/0UKtZwWLMp8

Oh I got the top 2 mixed up. SP/MrDNA was my #2.

love this photo of them at a skatepark

https://pregnantminds.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/devomalba_pamona1.jpg

votes that got scalped :(

I'm a Potato
Red Eye
Faster and Faster
Time Bomb

Now regretting not voting for Watch Us Work It, not that another vote would've gotten it in the top 40. As far as comeback singles go, that one's way up there.

I'm not so keen on Watch Us Work It, partly because it's a reworking of an Oh No era track called Part Of You which is much better imo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkB-ssGU00o

I do like their performance of Watch Us Work It they performed on Yo Gabba Gabba though, and prefer this arrangement to the single version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvtwTi_oC78

I think the only album that had zero votes for any of its tracks (unless you count Adventures of the Smart Patrol) was Something Else for Everybody which is a shame as it's good, maybe better than Something for Everybody. (there is some good stuff on Something for Everybody though, especially Later Is Now and Fresh)

Since we're just posting stuff now, wanted to re-rep for "Faster and Faster", one of my all-time favorites, if anything too low on my ballot. Working an underexplored lonely conventioneer tech-noir angle that suits Devo all too well. Plus catchy as heck:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvw21UhMGvo

Faster, faster...

In this hour of darkness
Just before I say goodbye
Smoke a teflon cigarette
I chew my cyanide Clorets
I write down a fake confession
And I send it off to you

You did it

Swim up the river
Shoot them my head
Bury the hatchet
In the fertile riverbed

Drive my car over a cliff
See myself lying dead
They tortured me
With the cable tv

In this hour of darkness
Everything's turned gray
Now it's time for all good things
To pass away

Don't ask me why, why, why
We all must go, go, go go go

You did it, faster

Now the tears run from my eyes
But it seems like there's no running from the lies
My heart, my poor heart plays tricks on my mind

This poll followed the same pattern as the Van Halen poll - every song from the 1978 debut album makes Top 40*, nothing makes Top 40 from any album post-'84 (Van Halen) or '82 (Devo)

*(in Van Halen's case one song made #41)

Correction: I think about three Van Halen songs post '84 made their list, something like that

Faster and Faster is great, I couldn't find room for it on my ballot but it's impressive that it managed to pick up three votes considering its relative obscurity. I think it was recorded around the time of the Oh No It's Devo album (it seems to have evolved into Luv-Luv which came out in 1983, so it must be before that), you're right about underexplored, it feels like another direction they could have gone in as they moved into the mid-80s, but didn't

Jocko Homo was my #1, so I don't know if my ballot got left out, or just the first place marker got forgotten. Either way, I don't think it changes the results much. Thanks for running it!

gah, sorry - I forgot to add the first place marker, the only first place for Jocko Homo. Your ballot was definitely included though!

brilliant poll soref - ta for doing this.

while all this was going on i remembered a random 12" single that i picked up years ago that i seemed to recall having some DEVO involvement. took some digging out, but i found it on thursday.
its not been mentioned in the thread to date ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnxOY4soITM

summary : DEVO vs Bill Paxton !!

Here's my full ballot:

1. Beautiful World
2. Gates of Steel
3. Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
4. Mongoloid
5. Blockhead
6. Freedom of Choice
7. Jocko Homo
8. That's Good
9. Girl U Want
10. Satisfaction
11. Uncontrollable Urge
12. Big Mess
13. Red Eye
14. Snowball
15. Peek-a-Boo
16. RU Experienced
17. Midget
18. Speed Racer
19. Don't Shoot (I'm a Man)
20. Mechanical Man

Songs
1. Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin')
2. Gut Feeling / (Slap Your Mammy)
3. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
4. Mongoloid
5. Be Stiff
6. Space Junk
7. Jocko Homo
8. Clockout
9. Uncontrollable Urge
10. Freedom of Choice
11. Whip It
12. Through Being Cool
13. Girl U Want
14. Come Back Jonee
15. S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)
16. That's Good
17. Shrivel-Up
18. Penetration in the Centrefold
19. That's Pep!
20. Love Without Anger

Albums:
1. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
2. Freedom of Choice
3. New Traditionalists
4. Duty Now for the Future
5. Oh, No! It's Devo

TRACKS

Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin')
Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy
Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
Freedom of Choice
Big Mess
Beautiful World
Gates of Steel
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Mongoloid
Girl U Want
Uncontrollable Urge
That's Good
Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth
Whip It
Jocko Homo
Peek-A-Boo
Shrivel-Up
Through Being Cool
Happy Guy
Be Stiff

ALBUMS

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Freedom of Choice
New Traditionalists
Oh No! It's Devo
Duty Now for the Future

Here's my list:

smart patrol/mr. dna
peek-a-boo!
too much paranoias
penetration in the centerfold
auto modown/space girl blues
race of doom
s.i.b.
social fools
mecha-mania boy
praying hands
ono
turn around
uncontrollable urge
wiggly world
speed racer
can you take it?
soo bawls
go monkey go
chango
clockout

albums:

Q?A!
Hardcore Vol. 1
Duty Now
Devo Live: The Mongoloid Years
NuTra

Here's some tracks I wanted to put on but had to cut:

space junk
blockhead
golden energy
u got me bugged
pink pussycat
red eye
sloppy
tunnel of life
mongoloid
mechanical man

Uncontrollable Urge
Smart Patrol/Mr DNA
Freedom of Choice
Mongoloid
Beautiful World
Gut Feeling
Gates of Steel
Girl U Want
Jocko Homo
Peek-a-Boo!
The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize
Through Bein' Cool
Blockhead
Sloppy
Stop Look and Listen
That's Good
Mechanical Man
Jerkin' Back 'n' Forth
S.I.B.
Too Much Paranoias

Albums

Are We Not Men
Oh No, it's
EZ Listening
Duty Now
Hardcore Devo Live

thanks for doing this. can't argue with the results, though I was surprised to see "Gut Feeling" only get #6 - thought that and "Smart Patrol" were gonna be 1 and 2

Tracks:
1. Space Junk
2. Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
3. Jocko Homo
4. Be Stiff
5. Wiggly World
6. Timing X
7. Uncontrollable Urge
8. Gates of Steel
9. Mongoloid
10. Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy
11. Satisfaction
12. Peek-a-Boo
13. That’s Pep!
14. The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize
15. Pink Pussycat
16. Whip It
17. Workin’ in a Coal Mine
18. Girl U Want
19. That’s Good
20. Freedom of Choice

Albums:
1. Q: Are We Not Men?
2. Duty Now

I've been delving into deep Devo cuts for this and this Newbeats cover is by far the worst pre-90s Devo song I have ever heard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsST889zw4A

1. Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
2. Freedom of Choice
3. Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth
4. Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)
5. Beautiful World
6. Uncontrollable Urge
7. Secret Agent Man
8. Girl U Want
9. Praying Hands
10. Faster and Faster
11. Through Being Cool
12. It's Not Right
13. Mongoloid
14. Space Junk
15. Turn Around
16. Gates of Steel
17. Strange Pursuit
18. Blockhead
19. The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize
20. Nu-Tra Speaks (New Traditionalist Man)

soo! bawlz! too! low! j/k my #1 was beautiful world, i saw that video way too many times way too young

tracks from the first 5 albums that received no votes:

Devo Corporate Anthem
Cold War
Soft Things
The Super Thing
Out of Sync
Pattens
Deep Sleep

I missed this poll completely. I'm kind of obsessed with Cold War right now so I would've voted had I known.

My ballot:

TRACKS
1. Mongoloid
2. Space Junk
3. Come Back Jonee
4. Girl U Want
5. Going Under
6. Jerkin’ Back ‘n’ Forth
7. Freedom of Choice
8. Speed Racer
9. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
10. Beautiful World
11. Whip It
12. Love Without Anger
13. Pity You
14. Peek-A-Boo
15. I Desire
16. Uncontrollable Urge
17. Jocko Homo
18. That’s Good
19. Time Out for Fun
20. Through Being Cool

ALBUMS
1. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
2. Freedom Of Choice
3. New Traditionalists
4. Oh No! It’s Devo!
5. Duty Now For The Future

just tried to learn Pink Pussycat on guitar then tried playing along to the record. FAST! damn these Devo boys were on fire.