I’m posting the cover to avoid confusion with the 1990 release on Warner Bros. with the same title. As noted in the title of this post, this is the 1998 release on BMG. It should be subtitled The Restless/Enigma Years 1988-1990, because all 10 tracks are from the band’s three album run on that label: Total Devo [1988], Now It Can Be Told: Devo at the Palace 12/9/88 [1989], and Smooth Noodle Maps [1990]. The first five tracks are from the live one in the middle, recorded at a show in 1988, obviously. The second five tracks are from the two studio albums that flanked the live one, including a version of the Grateful Dead’s “Morning Dew,” of all things. I listened to those five songs three times and would give them a 7.5 (high B+) but not collect it as #bestof. I could not find the five live tracks to stream anywhere, so that is why there is no grade for the full album.
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