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Shout (Devo album)
Shout is the sixth studio album by American new wave band Devo, released on October 8, 1984, by Warner Bros. Records.
Arriving two years after their previous studio album, Oh, No! It's Devo (1982), the album retained the synth-pop sound of their previous few records, with an extensive focus on the then-new Fairlight CMI, Series IIx digital sampling synthesizer. Despite the popularity of synth-pop in 1984, the album was a critical and commercial failure, peaking at only No. 83 on the Billboard 200 and ultimately leading to Warner Bros. dropping the band from their label.
Most of the band members have stated that they were not satisfied with the completed album and the band went on hiatus for four years following its release. Additionally, Alan Myers, who had played drums for the band since 1976, departed after the release of the album, citing a lack of creative fulfillment stemming from the band's increasing use of drum machines and programming. Although Devo would go on to release two studio albums through Enigma Records, they would not release another studio album through Warner Bros. until their ninth album, Something for Everybody (2010).
Shout was recorded over a period of ten months between July 1983 and February 1984, in sessions that took place at the Record Plant in Los Angeles, California.
Over the course of their career, Devo had been transitioning away from using analog synthesizers. Shout made extensive use of digital equipment such as the Fairlight CMI, as well as the LinnDrum LM-2, E-mu Emulator and the Synclavier II. Mark Mothersbaugh enjoyed the process of sampling real instruments, as well as blending acoustic samples from the Fairlight's library with the band's synthesizer tracks. As such, the compositional process for the band became more insular for him.
Gerald Casale has stated that Mothersbaugh purchased the Fairlight with band money and introduced it into the sessions, and that Casale reluctantly agreed to its use because he'd heard that Depeche Mode had used one. After some experimentation, Casale and other band members were dissatisfied with the results, so he suggested centering the album on the use of bass, drums and guitar, reserving the Fairlight for sequencer lines, "scary sounds" and "abstract element[s]". Mothersbaugh eventually rejected this idea, and as a result, Casale began withdrawing from the sessions.
"Here to Go" was inspired by artist Brion Gysin's theory that constant change was the meaning of life and an essential component for humanity. Warner Bros. initially rejected the album and asked that the band include a cover version, with Casale suggesting the Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Are You Experienced?".
Shout was the final studio album by the 1976–1985 line-up of Devo, with their third and most prominent drummer, Alan Myers, leaving the band shortly after the album's release. According to the book We Are Devo, Myers cited a lack of creative fulfillment as his reason for leaving the band, something that he had felt since Devo's move to Los Angeles in the late 1970s. Devo's increased use of drum machines and electronics through the years had greatly reduced Myers' role in the band, although Casale has said that he begged Myers not to leave.
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Shout (Devo album)
Shout is the sixth studio album by American new wave band Devo, released on October 8, 1984, by Warner Bros. Records.
Arriving two years after their previous studio album, Oh, No! It's Devo (1982), the album retained the synth-pop sound of their previous few records, with an extensive focus on the then-new Fairlight CMI, Series IIx digital sampling synthesizer. Despite the popularity of synth-pop in 1984, the album was a critical and commercial failure, peaking at only No. 83 on the Billboard 200 and ultimately leading to Warner Bros. dropping the band from their label.
Most of the band members have stated that they were not satisfied with the completed album and the band went on hiatus for four years following its release. Additionally, Alan Myers, who had played drums for the band since 1976, departed after the release of the album, citing a lack of creative fulfillment stemming from the band's increasing use of drum machines and programming. Although Devo would go on to release two studio albums through Enigma Records, they would not release another studio album through Warner Bros. until their ninth album, Something for Everybody (2010).
Shout was recorded over a period of ten months between July 1983 and February 1984, in sessions that took place at the Record Plant in Los Angeles, California.
Over the course of their career, Devo had been transitioning away from using analog synthesizers. Shout made extensive use of digital equipment such as the Fairlight CMI, as well as the LinnDrum LM-2, E-mu Emulator and the Synclavier II. Mark Mothersbaugh enjoyed the process of sampling real instruments, as well as blending acoustic samples from the Fairlight's library with the band's synthesizer tracks. As such, the compositional process for the band became more insular for him.
Gerald Casale has stated that Mothersbaugh purchased the Fairlight with band money and introduced it into the sessions, and that Casale reluctantly agreed to its use because he'd heard that Depeche Mode had used one. After some experimentation, Casale and other band members were dissatisfied with the results, so he suggested centering the album on the use of bass, drums and guitar, reserving the Fairlight for sequencer lines, "scary sounds" and "abstract element[s]". Mothersbaugh eventually rejected this idea, and as a result, Casale began withdrawing from the sessions.
"Here to Go" was inspired by artist Brion Gysin's theory that constant change was the meaning of life and an essential component for humanity. Warner Bros. initially rejected the album and asked that the band include a cover version, with Casale suggesting the Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Are You Experienced?".
Shout was the final studio album by the 1976–1985 line-up of Devo, with their third and most prominent drummer, Alan Myers, leaving the band shortly after the album's release. According to the book We Are Devo, Myers cited a lack of creative fulfillment as his reason for leaving the band, something that he had felt since Devo's move to Los Angeles in the late 1970s. Devo's increased use of drum machines and electronics through the years had greatly reduced Myers' role in the band, although Casale has said that he begged Myers not to leave.