Devo - Post Post-Modern Man (Vinyl)

Kitchens of Distinction. The Alarm. How to Order. International Shipping. Return Policy. Order Items by Catalog. View Catalogs Online. Safe Shopping Guarantee. Buy a Gift Certificate. Customer Reviews. Contact Info. Privacy Policy. Send Feedback. Smooth Noodle Maps is the eighth studio album by the American new wave band Devo.

It was originally released in June and would be their last album released through Enigma. The album was recorded over a period of three months between October and January , at Master Control Studios, in Burbank, California. Smooth Noodle Maps was Devo's last full-length studio album until the release of Something for Everybody in , as well as the last Devo studio album to feature David Kendrick on drums.

The album includes a cover version of Bonnie Dobson 's song " Morning Dew ," transformed into a dance song. In , Futurismo Inc. The double CD set comes housed in a digipak [3] while the double LP comes in three vinyl color variations.

The album title refers to a kind of discrete mathematical system—a noodle map—which may exhibit chaotic behavior, similar to the standard map. The adjective smooth refers to the lack of kinks or discontinuities. This is referenced in the song "Devo Has Feelings Too," which includes the lyric, "snake through the chaos with a smooth noodle map. The front cover of the record and the fold-out of the CD version featured the members of the band emerging from a strange circle.

The liner notes from the "Post Post-Modern Man" single revealed that the circle is actually a computer simulation of the planet Jupiter. Smooth Noodle Maps was also issued on limited edition red vinyl by the Dutch East label. Two videos were made for the album's second single, "Post Post-Modern Man. According to Casale, when the finished video was delivered to Enigma , they demanded the video include March 's Playboy Playmate of the Month , Deborah Driggs , in order to make it more marketable.

After acquiescing to Enigma's demands, MTV then rejected the video because it used the "Macro Post Modern Mix" of the song instead of the "college alternative track" they wanted to market, as featured on the original album. This resulted in a second video directed by Rocky Schenck , which featured Devo in a spoof of the Home Shopping Network , selling various Devo-related merchandise.

Similar to Devo's two previous albums, critical reviews of Smooth Noodle Maps were largely negative, with Village Voice critic Robert Christgau even awarding the album a "Dud" rating [11] [12] , which meant he did not write a review to accompany it.

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