| Hardcore Devo: Volume Two | ||||
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| Released | August 23, 1991 (1991-08-23) | |||
| Recorded | April 1974 – December 1977 | |||
| Length | 66:01 | |||
| Label | Rykodisc | |||
| Devo chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    link |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.9/10[1] |
Hardcore Devo: Volume Two is the last of two collections of demos by American new wave band Devo, released on August 23, 1991, by Rykodisc.
The Hardcore Devo albums are collections of 4-track basement demos recorded by the band between 1974 and 1977. Some tracks are earlier versions of some of Devo's best known tracks that would later be re-recorded and used on subsequent Devo records (e.g. "Jocko Homo," "Mongoloid"), but a majority of the tracks were never re-used and remained unreleased until the Hardcore Devo compilations.
Hardcore Devo: Volume Two was out of print for years; however, it was re-issued by Superior Viaduct in 2013, both as a vinyl release (May 2013) and a CD containing both volumes and bonus tracks (July 2013).[2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording Date | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Booji Boy's Funeral" | Mark Mothersbaugh | 1977 | 3:59 |
| 2. | "Can U Take It?" | Gerald Casale | 1974 | 3:00 |
| 3. | "Bamboo Bimbo" |
| 1975 | 3:16 |
| 4. | "A Plan for U" | G. Casale | 1974 | 3:11 |
| 5. | "The Rope Song" |
| 1974 | 3:21 |
| 6. | "Goo Goo Itch" | M. Mothersbaugh | 1976 | 2:17 |
| 7. | "Be Stiff" |
| 1974 | 3:19 |
| 8. | "All of Us" | G. Casale | 1974 | 4:53 |
| 9. | "Baby Talkin' Bitches" |
| 1975 | 2:25 |
| 10. | "I Need a Chick" |
| 1974 | 2:51 |
| 11. | "U Got Me Bugged" | M. Mothersbaugh | 1975 | 2:45 |
| 12. | "Chango" |
| 1975 | 3:10 |
| 13. | "Fraulein" | M. Mothersbaugh | 1975 | 3:06 |
| 14. | "Dogs of Democracy" | M. Mothersbaugh | 1976 | 3:25 |
| 15. | "37" |
| 1975 | 2:57 |
| 16. | "Bottled Up" | G. Casale | 1976 | 2:21 |
| 17. | "Working in the Coal Mine" | Allen Toussaint | 1977 | 3:13 |
| 18. | "I Been Refused" | G. Casale | 1974 | 3:32 |
| 19. | "Fountain of Filth" |
| 1977 | 3:09 |
| 20. | "Clockout" | G. Casale | 1976 | 3:09 |
| 21. | "Let's Go" | M. Mothersbaugh | 1977 | 2:42 |
| Total length: | 66:01 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording Date | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22. | "Man from the Past" | G. Casale | 1974 | 3:22 |
| 23. | "Doghouse Doghouse" | G. Casale | 1974 | 2:40 |
| 24. | "Hubert House" |
| 1975 | 1:50 |
| 25. | "Shimmy Shake" | B. Mothersbaugh | 1975 | 2:57 |
Credits adapted from liner notes of Superior Viaduct 2013 reissue:[3]
Devo
Additional personnel
Technical
Credits adapted from liner notes of original Rykodisc 1991 issue:[4]
Credits adapted from Devo: The Brand (2018):[5]
