freedom of choice

Freedom of Choice is an album by New Wave musicians Devo, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). It was highly unlike Devo's previous albums, full of synthesizers and outright synth pop elements. On the Billboard Music Charts, Freedom of Choice peaked at #22 on the Pop Albums chart. The single "Whip It" was a #8 and #14 hit on the Club Play Singles and Pop Singles charts, respectively.

align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Freedom of Choice
lign="center" colspan="3"\|Album Cover
lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Album by Devo
lign="left" valign="top"\|Released	colspan="2" valign="top"\|July 1980
lign="left" valign="top"\|Recorded	colspan="2" valign="top"\|1980
lign="left" valign="top"\|Genre	colspan="2" valign="top"\|Post Punk
lign="left" valign="top"\|Length	colspan="2" valign="top"\|32 min 14 s
lign="left" valign="top"\|Record label	colspan="2" valign="top"\|Warner Brothers
lign="left" valign="top"\|Producer	colspan="2" valign="top"\|Robert Margouleff
gcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Professional reviews
lign="left" valign="top"\|Allmusic.com	valign="top"\|4.5 stars out of 5	valign="top"\|http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2gjveay04xf7
gcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Devo Chronology
align="top"\|Duty Now for the Future (1979)	valign="top"\|Freedom of Choice (1991)	valign="top"\|DEV-O Live (1981)

Track listing

"Girl U Want" (Casale/Mothersbaugh) - 2:55
"It's Not Right" (Mothersbaugh) - 2:20
"Whip It" (Casale/Mothersbaugh) - 2:37
"Snowball" (Casale/Mothersbaugh) - 2:28
"Ton o' Luv" (Casale) - 2:29
"Freedom of Choice" (Casale/Mothersbaugh) - 3:28
"Gates of Steel" (Casale/Mothersbaugh/Schmidt/Smith) - 3:26
"Cold War" (Casale/Mothersbaugh) - 2:30
"Don't You Know" (Mothersbaugh) - 2:14
"That's Pep" (Mothersbaugh) - 2:17
"Mr. B's Ballroom" (Mothersbaugh) - 2:45
"Planet Earth" (Casale) - 2:45

(The Track Listing is from the CD Release. This album was originally released on LP and cassette.)

Personnel

Devo - Producer
Mark Mothersbaugh - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Ken Perry - Mastering
Bob Casale - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Gerald V. Casale - Keyboards, Vocals
Robert Margouleff - Producer, Engineer
Bob Mothersbaugh - Guitar, Vocals
Alan Myers - Drums
Howard Siegel - Engineer
Karat Faye - Assistant Engineer
Artrouble - Cover Design

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