Track Listing 1. Stuck in a Loop 2. Post Post-Modern Man 3. When We Do It 4. Spin the Wheel 5. Morning Dew 6. Change Is Gonna C**, A 7. Big Picture, The 8. Pink Jazz Trancers 9. Jimmy 10. Devo Has Feelings Too 11. Dawghaus 12. Post Post-Modern Man -(Macro Post-Modern Mix) 13. Post Post-Modern Man -(Neo Post-Modern Mix) 14. Post Post-Modern Man -(Ultra Post-Modern Mix)
| Details | | Playing Time: | 35 min. | | Producer: | Devo | | Distributor: | Ryko Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Recorded at Master Control Studios, Burbank, California. All songs written by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald V. Casale. On SMOOTH NOODLE MAPS, the band went back to the heavily programmed sound of SHOUT and TOTAL DEVO. Also gone was the band's trademark bizarre humor, resulting in an album that sounds very similar to other late-'80s synth bands. The album's first two tracks prove to be the best. "Stuck In A Loop" is a catchy dance tune, while "Post Post-Modern Man" is a charming piece of pop tunefulness (the CD version of SMOOTH NOODLE MAPS features three different remixes of the track at the disc's end). Other intriguing songs include "A Change Is Gonna C**," "Pink Jazz Trancers," and "Devo Has Feelings Too." This would prove to be Devo's third and final album for the independent Enigma label, as the band opened their Mutato Muzika recording studio in California, becoming a successful songwriting team for movies and TV in the '90s (Pee Wee's Playhouse, Rugrats, etc.).
Editorial Reviews Performance Post-postmodern / Recording Very good - ...SMOOTHNOODLEMAPS is sort of an electrified folk album...On the precipice of a new age, the band is back from the computerized drawing board with new ideas, banking on a calculated combination of emotion, intellect, wit, and rhythm to point us foolish humans over the hump toward a better future... Stereo Review (12/01/1990)
Q 3 Stars - Good.
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