Duty Now For The Future
by Devo

Album
Duty Now For The Future by Devo
Year: 1979
Release date: 1979-06-01
Overall rank: 4,986th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 123 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (79th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (801st)
Award Best albums of all time (4,986th)

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Devo bestography

Duty Now For The Future is ranked 3rd best out of 37 albums by Devo on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Devo is Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! which is ranked number 856 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,025.

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Duty Now For The Future rankings

Duty Now For The Future rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,986th | 1970s rank: 801st | 1979 rank: 79th  Overall chart history
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75/100 (from 123 votes)
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Duty Now For The Future forum mentions

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From dihansse 11/14/2016 22:25 in My discoveries per year
“And this is the last bunch of albums of 1979 I listened to: - (nr 44 on the overall BEA top chart of 1979): this is one of those religious albums of Bob Dylan and some of the tracks are not so bad but not good enough for my personal top chart - (nr 45): I really have started to like the earlier…”
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From 11/13/2016 05:40 | #178350 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Surprised this Devo album is rated higher than some of the others. A solid album but their synth albums are much better
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From 05/29/2015 17:09 | #142649 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Devo changing direction after the Eno produced debut. Loose and weird and fun. (Edited)
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Bit of a letdown after the first album. Probably my least favourite Devo album. A few decent tracks but the rest all sounds a bit lost to me, neither rock or synth. Disappointing.
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From 10/17/2021 04:00 | #275107 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
To my ears, this is a great example of the dreaded sophomore slump album. It happens. There was much better to come.
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Best Albums of  1979
1. London Calling by The Clash
2. The Wall by Pink Floyd
3. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
4. Fear Of Music by Talking Heads
5. Off The Wall by Michael Jackson
6. Breakfast In America by Supertramp
7. Entertainment! by Gang Of Four
8. Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
9. Highway To Hell by AC/DC
10. Tusk by Fleetwood Mac