New Traditionalists

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All tracks are written by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale, except where noted

New Traditionalists
Newtraditionalists.jpg
Studio album by
Devo
ReleasedSeptember 16, 1981 (1981-09-16) [1]
RecordedDecember 1980 – April 1981
Studio
Genre
Length33:28
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Devo
Devo chronology
Freedom of Choice
(1980)		New Traditionalists
(1981)		 Oh, No! It's Devo
(1982)
Alternative cover
Devo-NewTradUK.jpg
International cover
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Through Being Cool"
3:14
2."Jerkin' Back 'n' Forth" 3:05
3."Pity You"M. Mothersbaugh2:47
4."Soft Things" 3:27
5."Going Under" 3:26
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Race of Doom" 3:44
2."Love Without Anger" 2:37
3."The Super Thing" 4:21
4."Beautiful World" 3:35
5."Enough Said"
3:26
Total length:33:28

1993 Virgin Duty Now for the Future / New Traditionalists CD bonus track:

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Working in the Coal Mine" Allen Toussaint 2:53

1997 Infinite Zero Archive/American Recordings CD bonus tracks:

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Working in the Coal Mine"Toussaint2:53
12."Mecha-Mania Boy" 2:48
13."Nu-Tra Speaks (New Traditionalist Man)"G. Casale1:39

2010 Warner Bros. CD bonus tracks:

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Nu-Tra Speaks (New Traditionalist Man)"G. Casale1:40
12."One Dumb Thing" 2:46
13."Modern Life"M. Mothersbaugh3:05
14."Faster and Faster"M. Mothersbaugh2:50
15."Psychology of Desire" (Demo) 4:23
16."It's a Beautiful World" (E-Z Listening Version) 3:12

Personnel

Credits adapted from Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology CD liner notes: [1]

Devo

Credits adapted from the original album's liner notes: [32]

Technical

Charts

Weekly charts

ChartPeak
position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart [33] 3
Canadian RPM Albums Chart [34] 32
New Zealand Albums Chart [35] 6
UK Albums Chart [36] [37] 50
US Billboard 200 [23] 23
US Record World 24

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [38] 47

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia—75,000+ [39]
New Zealand (RMNZ) [40] Gold7,500^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Bibliography

Devo (2018a). DEVO: The Brand. London: Rocket 88 Books Publishing. ISBN   9781910978016.

Devo (2018b). DEVO: Unmasked. London: Rocket 88 Books Publishing. ISBN   9781910978016.

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