Duty Now For The Future (studio album) by Devo

Duty Now For The Future by Devo
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 3,965th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 107 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (65th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (691st)
Award Best albums of all time (3,965th)

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 754 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,431.

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Duty Now For The Future track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Duty Now For The Future ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 107 votes)
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03/02/2023 01:17 replacementlevel  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 6,24571/100
 
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01/15/2023 00:47 tmbgwes  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 19876/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.

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60/100
From 10/17/2021 04:00
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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From 11/13/2016 05:40
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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65/100
From 11/07/2016 20:39
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 05/29/2015 17:09
Devo changing direction after the Eno produced debut. Loose and weird and fun.
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Best Albums of 1979
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2. The Wall by Pink Floyd
3. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
4. Fear Of Music by Talking Heads
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