Greatest Hits
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compilation
First released:
Dec 29 1990

Overview Edit

Greatest Hits is a collection of songs by Devo released in 1990. The album includes several photos from previous albums, and the first half of an article on the band by Howie Klein. The second half of this article appears in the accompanying material for Devo's Greatest Misses.

The Overview appearing in this section is attributed to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo's_Greatest_Hits. Portions of this Overview may be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, version 3.0 or any later version, available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Additional terms may apply. See Wikipedia Terms of Use for details.

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Record label:
Catalog number:
26449
Release dates:
  • Dec 29 1990

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New Wave, Synthpop. Vote on Genres

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4 stars Collection U want.
Some may call Devo a one-hit-wonder. Some may call them silly or odd. Some just don't get it. After listening to these "Greatest Hits" you will get it. Besides the obvious choices like "Whip It" and "Working in A Coalmine", we also get songs they've covered, like "Satisfaction" (Rolling Stones), as well as songs they've had covered, like "Girl U Want" (Soundgarden believe it or not). Lesser known tracks that still impress are "Through Being Cool", "Beautiful World", "Freedom Of Choice", and "Joc…
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3 stars Great content-poor sound
I loved these guys in the 80's. Went to one of their concerts and almost had a riot (Devo thought it would be cute to see how many of their music videos they could play before the concert started, thought I was gonna get thrown off the balcony) anyway Devo's keyboards are often in the upper ranges of notes and this production sounds like someone cut off the treble. Wait for the remaster!
Written by Remaster Mark

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Other versions Edit

Greatest Hits 10 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Bertelsmann Music Group
catalog number: 44842-2
release dates: Nov 3 1998 in United States
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Greatest Hits 16 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Rhino / Wea
catalog number: 9264492
release dates: Jun 8 2004
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