Smooth Noodle Maps [Bonus Tracks] by Devo (CD, Apr-1994, Restless Records (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	018777275729
Artist:	DEVO
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1994
Record Label:	Restless Records (USA)
Genre:	New Wave, Rock & Pop

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 Dub mix)

Details
Playing Time:	35 min.
Producer:	DEVO, Justin Strauss
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.Audio Mixer: Jeff Lord-Alge.Audio Remixers: Hugo Dwyer; Justin Strauss.Recording information: Master Control Studios, Burbank, CA.Photographer: Laddy Van Jansky.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 (19901201)

Q 3 Stars - Good.