The discography of Devo, an American new wave band formed in 1973, consists of 25 singles and 9 studio albums. Devo was founded by Gerald Casale, Bob Lewis and Mark Mothersbaugh. Devo currently consists of brothers Mark Mothersbaugh (synthesizers, guitar, lead vocals) and Bob Mothersbaugh (lead guitar, lead and backing vocals), Gerald Casale (bass guitar, keyboards, lead and backing vocals), Josh Hager (rhythm guitar, keyboards) and Josh Freese (drums). The band rose to prominence in the US during the new wave era with their single "Whip It". The band have released nine studio albums, ten extended plays, fourteen compilation albums, ten live albums, one soundtrack album and twenty-five singles.
Before signing a record contract with Warner Bros. in the US, the band released several singles on the independent Stiff Records label that charted in the UK. Devo followed up with their debut full-length album Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! in July 1978. The album reached No. 12 in the UK and No. 78 in the US. In 1980, Devo released Freedom of Choice, which went Platinum in the US and Gold in Canada, making it their highest selling album. Their 1981 follow-up, New Traditionalists, peaked at No. 23 on the American charts and was their final album to chart in the UK. Devo's chart success slowly fell throughout the decade until they released their apparently final studio album, Smooth Noodle Maps, in 1990; it failed to chart in either the US or the UK.
In 1996, Devo released a multimedia CD-ROM adventure game, Devo Presents Adventures of the Smart Patrol, through Inscape. Members of Devo also began recording together under different aliases, including the surf rock-influenced the Wipeouters and Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers. From 1990 through 2009, no new albums under the Devo name were released. However, a new single, "Watch Us Work It", was released as a digital download in 2007 and as part of a 12-inch EP in 2008. A new studio album, Something for Everybody, was released on June 15, 2010.
A tribute album to Devo, entitled We Are Not Devo, was released by Centipede Records in 1997 and featured various artists—including the Aquabats, Voodoo Glow Skulls and the Vandals—covering some of the band's songs.
Albums
Studio albums YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertificationsUSAUSCAN NZUKWarwick, 2004. p.3201978Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Released: August 1978 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl, 8-track tape 78 57 — 7 12 RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver1979Duty Now for the Future Released: July 1979 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl, 8-track tape 73 51 87 13 491980Freedom of Choice Released: May 1980 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl, 8-track tape 22 5 75 9 47 RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold1981New Traditionalists Released: August 1981 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl, 8-track tape 23 3 32 6 501982Oh, No! It's Devo Released: October 1982 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, vinyl, 8-track tape 47 57 — 10 —1984Shout Released: October 1984 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl 83 — 92 — —1988Total Devo Released: May 1988 Label: Enigma Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl, DAT 189 — — — —1990Smooth Noodle Maps Released: June 1990 Label: Enigma Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl, DAT — — — — —2010Something for Everybody Released: June 15, 2010 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, vinyl, digital 30 — — — 164 "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Live albums YearTitle Notes1981DEV-O Live Released: 1981 Label: Warner Bros. Live EP1989Now It Can Be Told: Devo at the Palace Released: 1989 Label: Enigma Live 19881992Devo Live: The Mongoloid Years Released: October 1992 Label: Rykodisc2005Devo Live 1980 Released: July 12, 2005 Label: Target VideoDualDisc containing both audio and video performance.Live in Central Park Released: July 26, 2005 Label: DiscLive2012Live 1981 Seattle Released: April 21, 2012 Label: Booji BoyRecord Store Day release CD version released on May 14, 2013, with two bonus tracks2014Live at Max's Kansas City – November 15, 1977 Released: April 19, 2014 Label: JackpotRecord Store Day release2014Butch Devo and the Sundance Gig Released: April 19, 2014 Label: MVDRecord Store Day release 12-inch vinyl picture disc Also includes DVD2014Miracle Witness Hour Released: November 17, 2014 Label: FuturismoLive at the Eagle Street Saloon in Cleveland, Ohio, 1977.2015Hardcore Devo Live! Released: February 24, 2015 Label: MVD2026Nitrous Nightmare Released: June 19, 2026 Label: Futurismo Live at the WHK Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio, 1975. Contains the debut performance of "Jocko Homo".
Soundtracks YearTitle Notes1996Adventures of the Smart Patrol Released: August 27, 1996 Label: Discover Soundtrack of Devo's PC CD-ROM game of the same name. Includes a few catalog songs, two new songs, a spruced up demo recording and a few tracks by other artists.2025Energy Dome Frequencies: Songs from the Devo Documentary Released: October 31, 2025 Label: Rhino Soundtrack to the Netflix documentary
Compilation albums YearTitle Notes1981E-Z Listening Disc Released: 1981 Label: Rykodisc Compiles all but one of the tracks from Devo's two E-Z Listening Muzak Cassettes, which had been available only through Club Devo in 1981, respectively, consisting of instrumental versions of classic Devo songs performed in the style of easy listening Muzak or new-age music.1984E-Z Listening Disc Volume 2 Released: 1984 Label: Rykodisc1990Hardcore Devo: Volume One Released: August 17, 1990 Label: Rykodisc Basement demo recordings from 1974–1977.Greatest Hits Released: December 1990 Label: Warner Bros.Greatest Misses Released: December 1990 Label: Warner Bros.1991Hardcore Devo: Volume Two Released: August 23, 1991 Label: Rykodisc More basement demo recordings from 1974–1977.1993Hot Potatoes: The Best of Devo Released: 1993 Label: Virgin1998Greatest Hits Released: November 3, 1998 Label: Discover Budget compilation. Includes studio tracks from the two Restless/Enigma albums and live tracks from Now It Can Be Told.2000Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology Released: May 9, 2000 Label: Rhino/Warner Bros. Archives Two-disc set spanning Devo's entire career. Contains 17 previously unreleased tracks.Recombo DNA Released: 2000 Label: Rhino Handmade Limited edition two-disc set of previously unreleased material including demos, alternate mixes, live tracks and outtakes.2002The Essentials Released: April 2, 2002 Label: Rhino Budget compilation.2003Whip It & Other Hits Released: October 10, 2003 Label: Rhino Budget compilation.2013Something Else for Everybody Released: July 23, 2013 Label: Warner Bros. A digital collection of 11 tracks from the Something for Everybody sessions that didn't make the album. Released on CD by Booji Boy Records on May 20, 2014. 2015Social Fools: The Virgin Singles 1978–1982 Released: October 23, 2015 Label: Virgin A compilation of all the singles released in the UK by Virgin Records2016E-Z Listening Muzak Released: 2016 Label: Futurismo Re-release of the E-Z Listening Disc CD with the omitted cassette track, and new recording of "Human Rocket"2023Art Devo 1973–1977 Released: September 2023Collection of rarities from their early years50 Years of De-Evolution 1973–2023 Released: October 2023Collection of hits and rarities
Box sets YearTitle Notes2008This Is the Devo Box Released: July 23, 2008 Label: Warner Music Life Fully remastered CD box set of Devo's Warner Brothers releases (including DEV-O Live) in miniature LP sleeve replicas. Available only in Japan. A vinyl version (minus DEV-O Live and the "Working in the Coal Mine" 7-inch) was released in the US for Record Store Day 2019.2009The Ultra DEVO-lux Ltd. Edition Released: December 23, 2009 Label: Warner Bros. Limited edition box set containing remastered CDs of Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! and Freedom of Choice, a live DVD of Devo performing Q: Are We Not Men? at the London Forum, a DVD of music videos and a 7-inch single of "Jocko Homo" and "Mongoloid" on yellow vinyl.
Extended plays YearTitlePeak chart positionsNotesUSAUSNZUKWarwick, 2004. p.3201977B Stiff Label: Stiff Formats: Vinyl — — — — Compiles the first three Devo singles released on Stiff Records.1978Mechanical Man Label: Elevator Formats: Vinyl — — — — "Club Devo" webmaster Michael Pilmer states that it was a promo produced by Virgin Records and included with some copies of the band's debut album Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! in the United Kingdom.1981DEV-O Live Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, vinyl 50 1 14 — Live EP from the Freedom of Choice tour1983Theme from Doctor Detroit Label: MCA Records Formats: Vinyl 59 88 42 981988Baby Doll EP Label: Enigma Formats: 12-inch vinyl, CD — — — —Disco Dancer EP Label: Enigma Formats: 12-inch vinyl, CD, Mini CD — — — —1990Post Post-Modern Man EP Label: Enigma Formats: CD Maxi-Single — — — —2008Watch Us Work It Label: MVD Formats: 12-inch vinyl — — — — Vinyl release of the downloadable single.2010Song Study EP Label: Warner Bros. Formats: Digital download — — — —2011What We Do: Electro-Devo Remix Cornucopia – EP Label: Warner Bros. Formats: Digital download — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Singles Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album/EP USWhitburn, Joel. Bubbling Under Singles & Albums (1998): 64 US Dance AUS CAN NZ UK 1977 "Mongoloid" — — — — — —B Stiff"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" — — 98 — — 41 B Stiff and Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! 1978"Jocko Homo" — — — — — 62Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!"Be Stiff" — — — — — 71B Stiff"Come Back Jonee" — — — — — 60Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! 1979"The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize" — — — — — —Duty Now for the Future"Secret Agent Man" — — — — — — 1980"Girl U Want" — — — — — — Freedom of Choice"Whip It" 14 8 77 11 11 51 RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold"Gates of Steel" — — — — — "Freedom of Choice" 103 71 — — — — 1981"Working in the Coal Mine" 43 30 20 17 8 — Heavy Metal (soundtrack)"Beautiful World" 102 — 14 — 15 — New Traditionalists"Through Being Cool" 107 32 — — — —1982"Jerkin' Back 'n' Forth" — — — — — —"Peek-a-Boo!" 106 13 45 — — —Oh, No! It's Devo"That's Good" 104 6 — — — — 1983"Theme from Doctor Detroit" 59 50 88 — 42 98 Doctor Detroit (soundtrack) 1984"Are U Experienced?" — — — — — — Shout 1985"Here to Go" — 40 — — —"Shout" — — — — — — 1988"Disco Dancer" 45 — — — — Total Devo"Baby Doll" — — — — — — 1990"Post Post-Modern Man" 26 — — — — Smooth Noodle Maps"Stuck in a Loop" — — — — — — 2007"Watch Us Work It" — — — — — — Something for Everybody 2009"Don't Shoot (I'm a Man)" — — — — — — 2010"Fresh" — — — — — —Greetings from Akron, Ohio (Split 7-inch with the Black Keys)Devo track is "Human Rocket" — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
A "Whip It" and "Freedom of Choice" charted together with "Gates of Steel" as a triple-sided single on the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco chart. B "Working in the Coal Mine" additionally charted at number 53 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. C "Through Being Cool" charted together with "Jerkin' Back 'n' Forth" and "Going Under" as a triple-sided single on the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco chart. D "That's Good" charted together with "Speed Racer" as a double-sided hit on the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco chart. E "Here to Go" and "Disco Dancer" additionally charted on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart at numbers 44 and 40 respectively. F "Post Post-Modern Man" additionally charted at #7 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Other releases This section is intended to be a compendium of the many properly released tracks that Devo has recorded for TV and film soundtracks, video games and various artists compilation albums, as well as rare remixes and other oddities. It does not list any of the tracks that appeared on proper studio albums and singles, nor any tracks from collections of previously unreleased songs (such as the Hardcore Devo compilations) or illicit bootleg releases.