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80
After 20 years out of the spotlight, this is a terrific return to form.
15y
80
Ultimately – like contemporaries Sparks – DEVO have stayed sharp by tweaking their trademarks rather than trend-chasing, and remained oddly fashionable regardless. Not even a scratch on the bumper.
12y
80
"It's all the same, there's nothing new," they sing on the album's catchiest track, handily identifying what makes Something for Everybody such an unabashed delight.
10y
80
For Devo, it is business as usual. And rather marvellous it is too.
5y
75
Devo Inc. has returned in full force.
12y
70
More than anything it's just reassuring to know that they're still out there and they've still got their energy domes screwed on the right way.
15y
70
On their first album in 20 years, the spud boys return to show dancey electro-pop pretenders how it’s done — syn-drums and all.
15y
70
Devo have held on to their core belief: If you want to be subversive, be utterly, unrelentingly pop.
11y
66
Despite a shaky start, Devo's first LP in 20 years turns out to be more than a marketing and conceptual gesture.
15y
60
This is Devo's first album in 20 years, and the band still has the same rigid, geeky rock energy that made their first albums so unique. At times, this band's shtick can wear thin with me, but the songs I do love on this LP are real heavy hitters. There were a few tracks I disliked, but it's still amazing to hear Devo back in the saddle.
8y
58
Obsolescence isn’t the real problem with Something For Everybody, Devo’s first album since 1990—instead, the disc suffers from simply sounding like a weak iteration of itself.
15y
50
While continuing to crusade against ‘de-evolution’, these new wave pioneers are stuck in stasis.
15y
40
Something for Everybody is a humbling reminder that my generation needs to respect its elders. Otherwise, they’re going to have to do better than, “Don’t tase me, bro!”
15y
After 20 years without any new original material being released, Devo decided to reform in 2010 and release their unexpected return Something for Everybody. I hate to say it but this does not have something for everybody and is instead a nice sounding throwback to those cheesy 80s days with a lot more life than a majority of their other projects. This project has the feel of a good project, but I just could not get into a single song here and really connect with it. Even though this is Devo ... read more
I feel like I would have loved this album when I was 13. It definitely sounds like if Devo were made in the 2010s, which I feel like was the intention. It's loud, crunchy, well performed and fantastically produced quirky dance music. But...it does sound just like every other 'oddball' dance record that came out of this period in music. There is definitely more emphasis on creating something new and interesting that those other records don't have, and some really great guitar ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Fresh 3:00 | 70 |
| 2 | What We Do 3:17 | 66 |
| 3 | Please Baby Please 2:41 | 65 |
| 4 | Don't Shoot (I'm a Man) 3:26 | 69 |
| 5 | Mind Games 2:30 | 69 |
| 6 | Human Rocket 3:23 | 63 |
| 7 | Sumthin' 2:46 | 66 |
| 8 | Step Up 3:01 | 64 |
| 9 | Cameo 2:50 | 58 |
| 10 | Later Is Now 3:52 | 66 |
| 11 | No Place Like Home 3:19 | 63 |
| 12 | March On 3:51 | 61 |
Total Length: 37 minutes
