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{{Infobox album
| name         = DEV-O Live
| type         = EP
| artist       = [[Devo]]
| cover        = Devolive.jpg
| alt          =
| released     = March 25, 1981
| recorded     = August 16, 1980
| studio       =
| venue        = [[Warfield Theatre|Fox Warfield]] (San Francisco)
| genre        = {{hlist|[[New wave music|New wave]]|[[punk rock]]|[[post-punk]]}}
| length       = 17:41 (EP version)<br/>73:52 (CD version)
| label        = {{hlist|[[Warner Brothers]]|[[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Handmade]]}}
| producer     = Devo
| prev_title   = [[Freedom of Choice (album)|Freedom of Choice]]
| prev_year    = 1980
| next_title   = [[New Traditionalists]]
| next_year    = 1981
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r5603|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Church appeal |last=Mithcell |first=Tony |date=25 July 1981 |magazine=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]] |page=31}}</ref>
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'''''DEV-O Live''''' is a live [[Extended play|EP]] (and, later, [[live album]]) by American [[New wave music|new wave]] band [[Devo]]. It was recorded during the [[Freedom of Choice (album)|Freedom of Choice]] tour on August 16, 1980, at the [[Fox Warfield Theatre]] in [[San Francisco]].<ref name="Handmade">{{Cite AV media notes |title=DEV-O Live |author=[[Devo]] |date=1999 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=[[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Handmade]] |id=RHM2 7708 |location=Los Angeles}}</ref>
==Background==
''DEV-O Live'' stems from a 16-track promotional album called ''Devo Live: Warner Bros. Music Show'', recorded for broadcast on the [[King Biscuit Flower Hour]].<ref name="Handmade"/> The broadcast was so popular that four songs ("Freedom of Choice Theme Song", "Whip It", "[[Be Stiff]]" and "Gates of Steel") were released as a promotional EP in November 1980, titled ''DEV-O Live'', followed by the more widely available EP of the same name that added two more tracks ("Girl U Want" and "Planet Earth").<ref name="Handmade"/> In 1999, Rhino Handmade re-released ''DEV-O Live'' on CD and included both the wide release EP version and the original promotional album in its entirety.<ref name="Handmade"/> Additionally, side breaks and the announcer's voice from the show were edited out.<ref name="Handmade"/> The Rhino edition was released in a plastic sleeve with a cover insert. It was later reissued in the 2008 Japanese CD [[box set]] ''[[This Is the Devo Box]]''.
On November 29, 2019, Rhino issued an LP of the 16-track version as a [[Black Friday (shopping)|Black Friday]] limited edition for [[Record Store Day]], under the title ''Devo Live!''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/11786 |title=Devo - Devo Live! |website=[[Record Store Day]] |date=2019 |access-date=November 19, 2022}}</ref>
Four additional songs—"Pink Pussycat" (played after "[[Secret Agent Man (Johnny Rivers song)|Secret Agent Man]]"), "[[(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|Satisfaction]]" (played after "Blockhead"), "[[Freedom of Choice (song)|Freedom of Choice]]" and "[[Jocko Homo]]" (both played after "Gates of Steel")—appear on audience recordings of the show.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huboon.com/1980.html |last=Ziegler |first=Mike |title=DEVO Live Guide - 1980 |website=Devo Live Guide |access-date=November 19, 2022}}</ref>
==Reception==
Devo were given consistent radio support by [[Sydney]]-based noncommercial rock station [[Triple J|2JJ]], one of the first rock stations outside America to play their recordings. This paid off, as in August 1981, they found commercial success in Australia when the EP spent three weeks at the top of the [[List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s#1981 (Kent Music Report)|Australian singles charts]].<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Kent|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|page=88|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> Later in the year, they travelled to Australia and appeared on the TV show ''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)|Countdown]]''.
==Track listing==
All songs by [[Mark Mothersbaugh]] and [[Gerald V. Casale]], unless otherwise indicated.
===1981 EP===
;Side one
#"Freedom of Choice Theme Song" – 2:44
#"[[Whip It (Devo song)|Whip It]]" – 2:42
#"[[Girl U Want]]" – 2:45
;Side two
#"Gates of Steel" (Casale, Mothersbaugh, Deborah Smith, Susan Schmidt) – 3:16
#"[[Be Stiff]]" (Casale, [[Bob Lewis (musician)|Bob Lewis]]) – 2:49
#"Planet Earth" (Casale) – 2:31
===1999 CD reissue===
;Original EP
#"Freedom of Choice Theme Song" – 2:46
#"Whip It" – 2:41
#"Girl U Want" – 2:56
#"Gates of Steel" (Casale, Mothersbaugh, Schmidt, Smith) – 3:17
#"Be Stiff" (Casale, Lewis) – 2:50
#"Planet Earth" (Casale) – 2:32
;Promo LP
#<li value="7">"Freedom of Choice Theme Song" – 2:46
#"Whip It" – 2:41
#"Snowball" – 2:42
#"It's Not Right" (Mothersbaugh) – 2:20
#"Girl U Want" – 2:56
#"Planet Earth" (Casale) – 2:32
#"S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)" (Mothersbaugh) – 4:06
#"[[Secret Agent Man (Johnny Rivers song)#Devo|Secret Agent Man]]" ([[Steve Barri]], [[P. F. Sloan]]) – 3:17
#"Blockhead" (Mothersbaugh, [[Bob Mothersbaugh]]) – 3:25
#"Uncontrollable Urge" (Mothersbaugh) – 3:08
#"[[Mongoloid (song)|Mongoloid]]" (Casale) – 2:50
#"Be Stiff" (Casale, Lewis) – 2:50
#"Gates of Steel" (Casale, Mothersbaugh, Schmidt, Smith) – 3:17
#"Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA" (Casale/Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 4:08
#"Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)" (Mothersbaugh, Mothersbaugh/Casale) – 4:12
#"Come Back Jonee" – 3:19
==Personnel==
;Devo
*[[Mark Mothersbaugh]] – guitar, keyboards, vocals
*[[Gerald V. Casale]] – bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
*[[Bob Casale]] – guitar, keyboards, vocals
*[[Bob Mothersbaugh]] – guitar, vocals
*[[Alan Myers (drummer)|Alan Myers]] – drums
;Technical
*Devo – producer, mixing
*Biff Dawes – live engineer
*Robert Kaminsky – live producer
*Ken Perry – mastering
*Lisa Barillier – front cover photography
*David Peters – back cover photography
==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (1981)
! Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Kent|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|page=88|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| 1
|-
{{album chart|Canada|44|artist=Devo|album=Devo Live|chartid=0334|rowheader=true|access-date=June 30, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|14|artist=Devo|album=Devo Live (EP)|rowheader=true|access-date=June 30, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|50|artist=Devo|rowheader=true|access-date=June 30, 2024}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (1981)
! Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=433}}</ref><ref name="aus81">{{cite web|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1981 |publisher= [[Kent Music Report]] |issue= 393 |page= 7 |via= [[Imgur]] |date= 4 January 1982 |access-date=January 11, 2022 |url= https://i.imgur.com/RgsDOOc.jpg}}</ref>
| 5
|}
{{col-end}}
==Sales==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Devo live EP|type=album|artist=Devo|relyear=1981|region=Australia|nocert=yes|salesamount=115,000|salesref=<ref name=Billboard>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GCQEAAAAMBAJ&q=album+sales+kim+wilde&pg=PT57|title=Major fight economics with quirky rock originals|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=12 June 1982 |access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref>}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.huboon.com Devo Live Guide] – Comprehensive guide to Devo's live performances.
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